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(1) First Pratima—In the first resolution the seeker performs kayotsarga standing on the ground. If needed he leans on an achit thing like wall, pillar etc. using his back or chest. If he stands with raised hands he holds some fixed chain (etc.) when he gets tired. He does other bodily activities like stretching or folding his limbs as well as a little careful movement with legs or walking only within the predetermined limited area. Saviyaram means moving about or walking a little. The allusion is that he walks only just to facilitate bowl movement. (Acharanga Churni, p. 228)
(2) Second Pratima,In the second resolution the seeker, besides leaning, performs activities of stretching or folding his limbs but does not walk.
(3) Third Pratima-In the third resolution the seeker only leans his body on a wall (etc.) when necessary but avoids even the activities of stretching or folding his limbs.
(4) Fourth Pratima-In the fourth resolution the seeker stops all these three activities. This way the seeker who accepts the fourth pratima completely dissociates his mind from his body and abandons any fondness for hair, beard, moustache, body-hair, nails etc. He performs kayotsarga by getting absolutely free of any fondness and attachment for his body (etc.). Resolving thus he stands motionless like a mountain. He is not disturbed from his kayotsarga even if some insect stings or someone plucks his hair.
The commentator (Churni) accepts the reading 'Sanniruddhagamatthanam thaissami' and elaborates—How one becomes sanniruddha (absolutely blocked or still)? To stare without blinking and abandoning all indulgences, stopping all movements of the eye and focussing on just one molecule, is called becoming sanniruddha. In this state the seeker is not disturbed even if his hair or nails are plucked. He remains absorbed in his contemplation of the self.
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