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## The Defects of Kayotsarga
**Chapter 3 of the Yoga Shastra, Verse 129:**
Criticize the excessive conduct of the Paakshik Kshamana Kar. Then, after offering two Vandanas, seek forgiveness for each Kshamana Kar. After that, offer two Vandanas and recite the Paakshik Sutra. ||29||
After that, recite the Vandittu Sutra. While standing and reciting the words "Abbhudhi Omi Aarahaanaae", complete the Vandittu Sutra and then perform the Kaussagg. After that, perform the Muhpatti Padhilehan, offer two Vandanas, and complete the Samatt-Samaapt Kshamana and four Thobh Vandanas. ||30||
After that, complete the remaining Daivsik Pratikraman according to the previous method. However, instead of the Shrutadevaata, perform the Kaussagg for the Bhuvandevaata, and instead of the Stavan, recite the Ajit Shantistav. Understand this difference. ||31||
In this way, learn the Chaaturmaasik and Saavatsarik Pratikraman methods according to the Paakshik method. Just mention the name of the type of Pratikraman being performed. ||32||
Also, perform the Kaussagg in sequence, with twelve, twenty, and forty Logass with the Navkar Mantra, and perform the Abbhutthi Omi Kshamana for three, five, and Sadhus respectively in the Sambuddha Kshamana, etc. ||33||
We are not discussing the Vandittu Sutra in detail in the Pratikraman due to the fear of the text becoming too lengthy.
**Kayotsarga (Kaussagg) means the abandonment of the body.** Its method is to stand in the Jinmudra posture or, in exceptional cases, sit still with focused concentration due to old age, weakness, etc. Maintain silence with words and focus on auspicious thoughts with the mind. Abandoning all activities of the mind, speech, and body, except for essential bodily functions like breathing, is called Kayotsarga. For every breath, contemplate the Navkar or Logass. Upon completion, pronounce "Namo Arihantaanam".
There are two types of Kayotsarga: one for activity (pravritti) and the other for overcoming obstacles (parabhaav). The Kaussagg performed during the Pratikraman of Iriyaavhi, etc., is for activity, and the one performed for overcoming obstacles is for overcoming. It is said that there are two types of Kayotsarga from the perspective of activity and overcoming. The activities performed for begging fall under activity-Kayotsarga, and overcoming obstacles fall under overcoming.
Activity-Kayotsarga ranges from eight to twenty-five, twenty-seven, three hundred, five hundred, and up to one thousand and eight breaths. The Kayotsarga performed for overcoming obstacles, etc., ranges from one Muhurt to one year, like that of Bhahubali.
Kaussagg is performed in three postures: standing, sitting, and lying down. Each of these has four variations. The first type is Ucchrito Uchchrit, meaning standing in both substance and feeling. This means standing with the body in substance and standing (stable) in Dharma or Shukladhyaan in feeling. The second is Ucchritonuchchrit, meaning Ucchrit for standing in substance and Anuchchrit for feeling due to the presence of Krishnaadi Ashubhleshyaa (results). The third is Anuchchrito Uchchrit, meaning sitting down in substance and being enthusiastic in Dharmadyaan or Shukladhyaan in feeling. The fourth is Anuchchritanuchchrit, meaning sitting down with the body in substance and sitting down in results due to the declining unfavorable results of Krishnaadi Leshya.
Understand these four variations for sitting, standing, and lying down. Kayotsarga should be performed while avoiding defects. The Acharyas have mentioned twenty-one defects of Kayotsarga.
**Defects of Kayotsarga:**
1. **Ghotak Dosha:** Performing Kaussagg while standing on one leg like a horse.
2. **Lata Dosha:** Shaking the body like a vine trembling in a strong wind.
3. **Stambh Dosha:** Performing Kaussagg while leaning on a pillar.
4. **Kudya Dosha:** Performing Kaussagg while leaning on a wall.
5. **Maal Dosha:** Performing Kaussagg with the head resting against the ceiling.
6. **Shabari Dosha:** Performing Kaussagg with both hands on the private area like a tribal woman.
7. **Vadhu Dosha:** Performing Kaussagg with the head bowed like a bride.
8. **Nigad Dosha:** Standing in Kayotsarga with both legs stretched out or bent like someone in shackles.
9. **Lambottar Dosha:** Performing Kaussagg with a loincloth tied from the navel to below the knees.
10. **Stan Dosha:** Covering the breasts or chest area in Kayotsarga to prevent flies or mosquitoes, like a woman covering her breasts with clothes, or like a wet nurse breastfeeding a child.
... (The text continues with further details about the defects of Kayotsarga)