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5. Kayotsarg: This is the fifth step of Avashyak. In Kayotsarg one discards attachment to the body and also refrains from any movement in the body. Keeping himself stabilized in the posture of an omniscient he recollects the virtues of omniscient (Arihants) and also of his own soul. He detaches himself from physical state and reflects on his soul. Thus he experiences the pure state of the soul and tries to maintain it so as to ultimately purify his soul completely.
6. Pratyakhyan: This is the sixth and last step of Avashyak. It is the last or the final one. So it is the most important one. Through this step of Avashyak, the practitioner accepts detachment from certain things and activities in order to remove the karmic dust from the soul. Keeping his capability in mind, the practitioner voluntarily accepts the rules of austerities. Austerity is the primary factor in shedding the karmic matter. By accepting pratyakhyan, the practitioner moves ahead on the path leading to removal of karmic effect. By greatest shedding of karmic matter, he makes his soul light. Just as a bird removes the dirt from his wings by fluttering his feathers, similarly through pratikarman, the practitioner removes the karmic dust from the vows accepted by him, then he cleans his soul. Then it becomes easy for him to move ahead in infinite span of spirituality. With the heavy load of dust of faults it is not possible to arrive at the great heights of spirituality. So the great seers have enumerated the provision of Avashyak. It is essential for every follower of Arihantas to practice Avashyak daily in a quiet manner in the evening as well as in the morning wherein he should closely look into his activities himself at the end of the day and before the end of night. He should examine his activities himself. He should practice self-criticism through self-introspection. By this process, his soul becomes pure and spotless. Then his real knowledge, perception and natural state of ecstatic happiness appears. This is the good result of this practice. He then treads on the final step leading to salvation.
Appreciation: Several devotees have provided their valuable assistance in the publication of illustrated Agams. First of all with gratitude I want to recollect the name of my gurudev ji who thought of the form of such a literature and inspired me in this direction first of all to go ahead with this project.
Late Shri Srichand Surana 'saras' assisted me a lot in this project. The faith of Shri Surana in Agam literature is the subject of real devotion. The services provided by him during his life time towards literature shall always he remembered in is historical perspective.
About English translation, Shri Rajkumar Jain has abundantly expressed his faith. // xxi //
