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## Penance for Excesses Arising from Attachment to the World (Nishiy Sutra)
**Penance Categories**
* **Minor Penance**
* **Medium Penance**
* **Excellent Penance**
**1. Short Period (Lahu Maas)**
* **Four Fasts**
* **Fifteen Fasts**
* **Twenty-Seven Fasts**
**2. Long Period (Guru Maas)**
* **Four Fasts, Renunciation of Four Viharas**
* **Fifteen Fasts, Renunciation of Four Viharas**
* **Thirty Fasts, Renunciation of Four Viharas**
**3. Short Four Months (Lahu Chaumasi)**
* **Four Bele (Oil-based food)**, **Four Tele (Oil-based food) for Parana (breaking the fast)**
* **One Hundred and Eight Fasts, Ayambil (fasting with water only) for Parana**
* **Ayambil for Parana**
**4. Long Four Months (Guru Chaumasi)**
* **Four Tele, Fifteen Tele for Parana**
* **One Hundred and Twenty Fasts, Ayambil for Parana**
* **Ayambil for forty days, Ayambil for sixty days, Ayambil for Parana, Diksha Chhed (breaking of vows)**
* **Diksha Chhed, Re-initiation (for 120 days)**
**General Interpretation:** Both minor and excellent penances encompass all types of penances.
**Specific Interpretation:** The commentator has described three types of penances: 1. Minor, 2. Medium, 3. Excellent.
**Guidance:** Based on the age, tolerance, and circumstances of the practitioner, the Gītārttha Muni can prescribe penances, including higher levels of penance, renunciation, and breaking of vows, as per the table.
**Equivalence of Penance to One Fast:**
1. Forty-eight Navkarsi
2. Twenty-four Porsi
3. Sixteen and a half Porsi
4. Eight Purimarth (two Porsi)
5. Four Ekasana
6. Three Nivi
7. Two Ayambil
8. Recitation of two thousand Gathas (2000)