________________ Verse 173 adoration (aradhana) of the soul-substance in four ways: a) faith, b) knowledge, c) conduct, and d) getting-rid-of-desires (iccha nirodha) or austerities (tapa). For those with the mostauspicious-body (carama-sariri) these four adoration (aradhana) lead to liberation in the same life; for others it may take a few more lives. This is the 'uttamartha-kala'. The ascetic may attain perfect-knowledge (kevalajnana) in any of these six stages. It is not necessary that the ascetic must go through all the six stages. इस प्रकार आचार्य कुन्दकुन्द विरचित पंचास्तिकाय-संग्रह ग्रन्थराज का नव पदार्थ मोक्षमार्ग प्ररूपक नामक द्वितीय महा-अधिकार समाप्त हुआ। This completes the second mega-chapter of Acarya Kundakunda's 'Pancastikaya-samgraha' outlining the nine objects (padartha) and the path to liberation. This concludes Acarya Kundakunda's Pancastikaya-samgraha - With Authentic Explanatory Notes in English (The Jaina Metaphysics) With great devotion, I make obeisance humble at the Worshipful Feet of Acarya Kundakunda, a glittering jewel among the authors of the Scripture, whose expositions illumine the Reality, as preached by the Omniscient Lord. I bow down at the Worshipful Feet of Acarya Amrtacandra and Acarya Jayasena whose commentaries on Acarya Kundakunda's 'Pancastikaya-samgraha' instilled in me, feeble in intellect, the fortitude to take up this work. . . . . . . . . . . 331
