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There certainly is Moksapada ...
The devoted pursuit of the three gems is obviously for the attainment of the pursued goal. Jiva is the pursuer, the three gems - jnana etc. are the devotion and attainment of the state of Supreme Soul is the goal. In other words, they are the sadhaka, sadhana and the sadhya.
Not only in the spiritual view, but even in the practical life, the presence of all these three is necessary. The higher the human intellect, the more desires there will be. A desire to achieve something, to attain something. That is the goal - sadhya. The effort being put in to attain this goal is the pursuit - sadhana. And the person putting in that effort is the pursuer - sadhaka. Humans have many sorts of desires. Not all these desires are fulfilled. If there is a chance, strength, destiny, effort - only then the desires are fulfilled not otherwise. Yet humans as well as all other beings have desires.
Indeed these desires arise because there is a possibility of attaining something. No jiva desires for something that does not exist, that cannot be attained at all. Desires may be good or bad. The efforts to fulfil desires may be through sinful acts or also through virtuous activity. Whatever it may be, the point to be understood here is that in the achievements in practical life too there can be success only when there are the proper three – sadhaka, sadhana and sadhya.
You can notice this in insects too. There is a small grain of food lying here. Far away there is an ant-hole. An ant gets attracted by the smell of the food and comes here. First of all there was the awakening of a desire in the ant. Then it made the effort to reach here. And it took away the grain of food. Thus the ant was the sadhaka, its effort was the sadhana, the grain of food was the sadhya and the attainment was siddhi.
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