svayamkA hI doSh, mithyAtvAdikA jaDapanA usI prakAr chetanapanA, puNya aur pAp dononkA bandhasvarUpapanA, mokShamArgamen charaNAnuyog kA sthAn — ityAdi anek viShay is shAstramen prarUpaN kiye hain. bhavya jIvonko yathArtha mokShamArga batalAnekA in sabakA uddesh hai. is shAstrakI mahattA dekhakar antar ullAs A jAnese shrImad jayasen AchArya kahate hain ki ‘jayavant varto ve padmanandi AchArya arthAt kundakunda AchArya ki jinhonne mahAtattvase bhare huye prAbhRutarUpI parvatako buddhirUpI sir par uThAkar bhavya jIvonko samarpit kiyA hai. vastuta is kAlamen yah shAstra mumukShu bhavya jIvonkA param AdhAr hai. aise duSham kAlamen bhI aisA adbhut ananya-sharaNabhUt shAstra — tIrthankaradevake mukhamense nikalA huA amRut — vidyamAn hai yah ham sabakA mahA sadbhAgya hai. nishchay-vyavahArakI sandhipUrvak yathArtha mokShamArgakI aisI sankalanAbaddha prarUpaNA dUsare koI bhI granthamen nahIn hai. paramapUjya sadgurudev(shrI kAnajIsvAmI)ke shabdommen kahA jAye to — ‘yah samayasAr shAstra AgamonkA bhI Agam hai; lAkhon shAstronkA sAr isamen hai; jainashAsanakA yah stambha hai; sAdhakakI yah kAmaghenu hai, kalpavRukSha hai. chaudah pUrvakA rahasya isamen samAyA huvA hai. isakI haraek gAthA chhaTThe-sAtaven guNasthAnamen jhUlate hue mahAmunike Atma-anubhavamense nikalI huI hai. is shAstrake kartA bhagavAn kundakundAchAryadev mahAvidehakShetramen sarvagna vItarAg shrI sImangharabhagavAnake samavasaraNamen gaye the aur vahAn ve ATh din rahe the yah bAt yathAtathya hai, akSharasha satya hai, pramANasiddha hai, isamen leshamAtra bhI shankAke liye sthAn nahIn hai. un param upakArI AchAryabhagavAn dvArA rachit is samayasAramen tIrthanngkaradevakI nirakSharI OMkAradhvanimense nikalA huA hI upadesh hai’.
is shAstramen bhagavAn kundakundAchAryadevakI prAkRit gAthAon par AtmakhyAti nAmakI sanskRit TIkA likhanevAle (lagabhag vikramakI dasavIn shatAbdImen hue) shrImAn amRutachandrAchAryadev hain. jisaprakAr is shAstrake mUl kartA alaukik puruSh hain usIprakAr isake TIkAkAr bhI mahAsamartha AchArya hain. AtmakhyAti jaisI TIkA abhI tak dUsare koI jain granthakI nahIn likhI gaI hai. unhonne panchAstikAyasangrah tathA pravachanasArakI bhI TIkA likhI hai aur tattvArthasAr, puruShArthasiddhayupAy Adi svatantra grantha bhI likhe hain. unakI ek is AtmakhyAti TIkA paDhanevAleko hI unakI adhyAtmarasikatA, AtmAnubhav, prakhar vidvattA, vastusvarUpako nyAyase siddha karanekI unakI asAdhAraN shakti aur uttam kAvyashaktikA pUrA gnAn ho jAyegA. ati sankShepamen gambhIr rahasyonko bharadenekI unakI anokhI shakti vidvAnonko Ashcharyachakit karatI hai. unakI yah daivI TIkA shrutakevalIke vachanonke samAn hai. jisaprakAr mUlashAstrakartAne samasta nijavaibhavase is shAstrakI rachanA kI hai usIprakAr TIkAkArane bhI atyanta utsAhapUrvak sarva nijavaibhavase yah TIkA rachI hai, aisA is TIkAke paDhanevAlonko svabhAvata hI nishchay huye binA nahIn rah sakatA. shAsanamAnya bhagavAn kundakundAchAryadevane is kalikAlamen jagadguru tIrthankaradevake jaisA kAm kiyA hai aur shrI amRutachandrAchAryadevane, mAnon ki ve kundakundabhagavAnke hRudayamen pravesh kar gaye hon us prakArase unake