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Twenty-four Tava (people's) Sutra text and its commentary
The third light of Yoga Shastra, verse 123, is called respect. Other Acharyas call mental pleasure respect. Why is this veneration-worship-respect-honor done? This is explained by Bohillabhavattiaye, that is, for the sake of Bodhilabha, the form of Dharma obtained by the Arihant Bhagwan, it is called Kaussagg. Why is this Bodhilabha also? It is said - Niruvassagavattiaye, that is, for the sake of attaining liberation free from birth etc. upsargas, the benefit of Bodhi. Here there is a doubt that the Sadhu and Shravak already have Bodhilabha; then why pray for it? And the fruit of Bodhilabha is liberation; which (liberation) is going to happen from it; then why pray for it? In answer to this, it is said that the Bodhi obtained due to a terrible karma-udaya can also be destroyed. Therefore, it is beneficial to pray for Bodhilabha so that it is not destroyed, and it is also beneficial to pray for liberation in the next birth. And it is appropriate to do Kaussagg for this.
Even if such Kayotsarga is done, if there is no increase in qualities like faith etc. with it, then the success of the desired work cannot be achieved. Therefore, it is said - Saddhae, Mehae, Dhiie, Dharanae, Anupehae, Vaddamaanie Thami Kaussagg, that is, I do Kaussagg with faith, with intelligence, with patience, with concentration, with contemplation, for the increase of all these. The analysis is as follows: Saddhae = with faith. That is, I do Kaussagg with faith, which manifests in the soul due to the destruction and pacification of Mithyatva-Mohaniya karma etc., and which purifies the mind like the Jalakant Mani which purifies water. I do not do it forcibly or for other reasons; but Mehae with skillful intelligence. Meha means - skillful in understanding the best scriptures, abandoning the scriptures of sin, and the intelligence manifested due to the destruction and pacification of Gnanavarania karma - the power to explain to others. I do Kaussagg with that Meha-intelligence; not with dullness or with propriety, not without propriety, and Dhiie with patience. That is, I do Kaussagg with the patience of the mind's samadhi; not by becoming agitated by attachment-aversion etc., and Dharanae, that is, I do it with concentration (remembering the qualities) without forgetting the qualities of Sri Arihant Bhagwan; not with a blank mind, and Anuppehae, that is, I do it while constantly contemplating the qualities of Arihant Bhagwan, not without contemplation. And Vaddamaanie, that is, I do Kaussagg for the increase of this kind. Here, all five of faith etc. are interconnected and beneficial. If there is faith, there is intelligence, if there is intelligence, there is patience, with patience there is concentration, and with concentration there is contemplation; in this way, there is gradual increase, and Thami Kaussagg, that is, I do Kaussagg. Here again the question arises that - in the beginning of the Sutra, Karemi Kaussagg was said, then why was it necessary to say Thami Kaussagg? In answer to this, it is said - your saying is true, but according to the logic of word-science, what is to be done in the near (immediate) future, I do it now. This is how the present tense is used. Satsamipe Sadvad. 5.4.1. According to this Sutra of Siddhahemashabdanushasan, if the present tense is in the near future, then it is considered to be the form of the present tense. According to this logic, Karemi Kaussagg was said in the beginning. By saying this, first there, Bante! Give permission, now I do Kayotsarga; in this way, permission to do Kaussagg was sought. That permission is the form of the verb tense, and the text at the end is, I do Kaussagg now. This is the time of the completion of the action. Since there is some similarity in both, to tell the beginning of it in the present, it is said, I do Kaussagg.
Here the question arises, is the body completely (in all ways) abandoned in Kaussagg? The answer to this is - that is not the case. Earlier, in the Annatha Sutra, it was said that I abandon the activities of the body other than the causes (agaras) like breathing, coughing etc.; to tell this, Annatha Ussasienam etc. Sutra is spoken, and in the same way, Kaussagg is done. Kaussagg is only for eight breaths, and in it, only the Navkar Mantra should be counted, this is not a strict rule; but this is the goal. If the one who is doing Chaitya-Vandan is alone, then at the end of Kaussagg, he says 'Namo Arihantaanam' and completes Kaussagg, and then he praises the Jina Tirthankar Prabhu in front of whom he has done Chaitya-Vandan. If there are many people doing Chaitya-Vandan, then one person completes Kaussagg and praises, the rest of the people do Kaussagg.
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