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The **Mokshamarg** (path to liberation) is a comprehensive guide, a detailed explanation of the essence of **Vitarag** (free from attachment) and **Sarvjna** (omniscient) teachings. It outlines the relationship between the soul (Jiva) and other substances. Both **Samyagdarshan** (right faith) and **Samyagjnana** (right knowledge) are common to householders and monks. However, the **charitra** (conduct) of the **sadhu** (saint) and **tapasvi** (ascetic) is defined by the **charitra granthas** (texts on conduct) like **Aacharsar** (essence of conduct). It involves the five **mahavrata** (great vows), five **samiti** (observances), three **gupti** (secrecies), and six **aavashyak** (essentials) – all in accordance with the seventh **gunasthan** (stage of spiritual progress). The **charitra** of householders, as described in the **Upasakaadhyayan Shastra** (text on householder's practice), is based on the fifth **gunasthan** and includes **daan** (charity), **sheel** (good conduct), **pooja** (worship), **upavas** (fasting), **darshan** (vision), **vrat** (vow), and other practices, totaling eleven aspects. This is the essence of the **Mokshamarg**.
This **Mokshamarg** is the foundation for the transformation of oneself and others. It involves distinct means and ends, and its understanding is based on **vyavharnay** (practical logic). Just as fire is an external means to extract gold from ore, this **Mokshamarg** is an external means to achieve **Nischyamokshamarg** (the definitive path to liberation). A **bhavy** (soul destined for liberation) who, through **Nischyanyay** (definitive logic), abandons the distinction between means and ends and focuses on the pure essence of the soul, achieving **shraddha** (faith), **jnana** (knowledge), and **anubhav** (experience) – this is the one who embraces **Nischyamokshamarg**. For them too, this **Mokshamarg** is an external means. || 160 ||
Thus, the **Nischyamokshamarg** is achieved through the **Vyavharmokshamarg**, completing the fifth **sthala** (stage).
This is the explanation of **Nischyamokshamarg** as the goal of **Vyavharmokshamarg**. The soul, united by the three principles of **Nischyanyay**, is the one who does not engage in anything else and is free from attachment – this is the **Mokshamarg**. || 161 ||
The soul, united by **Samyagdarshan**, **Samyagjnana**, and **Charitra**, is the **Nischyamokshamarg** due to its inherent nature of **Jivasvabhavaniyatcharitra** (conduct governed by the nature of the soul). Now, the one who has embraced **Vyavharmokshamarg** by abandoning **anadyavidya** (original ignorance) – their **dharmaadittvatvarthashraddha** (faith in the essence of Dharma), **angapurvagatarthajnana** (knowledge of the essence of Dharma), and **tapascheshta** (effort in austerity) – all these are abandoned and adopted for the sake of **dharmaadittvatvarthashraddha**, **angapurvagatarthajnana**, and **tapascheshta**. This is the **prarabdhaviviktabhavavyapar** (action of the soul in its state of separation from the world). The **tyagopaadaan** (abandonment and adoption) of **kutachidupaadey** (something to be taken) and **tyajyopaadaan** (something to be abandoned) are again initiated by **pratividhanaabhipraay** (intention of the soul). In this state, due to the **visishtabhavanaasousthavavashat** (power of specific contemplation), the soul, united by **Samyagdarshan**, **Samyagjnana**, and **Charitra**, becomes **samamangangi** (harmonious) and **parinatya** (transformed). This leads to **tyagopaadaanvikalpashoonyatva** (absence of the duality of abandonment and adoption) and **vishrantabhavavyapar** (action of the soul in its state of rest). This is the **suniprakamp** (unwavering) state of the soul. In this state, the soul, being **Jivasvabhavaniyatcharitra** (conduct governed by the nature of the soul), is the **Nischyamokshamarg**.