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Praśamarati this quantity is equivalent to the smallest quantity of the activity of speech of a two - sensed Paryāpta Jīva. The same is done for the activity of breathing - here his quantity is equivalent to the smallest quantity of the activity of breathing of a Sadhāraṇa (i.e. many Jīvas in one body) of a single- sensed vegetable Paryāpta Jiva). The same is done for Kayayoga - here his quantity is equivalent to the smallest quantity of the body of a single -sensed elementary vegetable Paryāpta Jiva like a fungus. (Note the quantity destroyed at each Samaya is the smallest possible quantity of the respective activities). In this manner the Muni becomes, for all times, Ayogi (his capacities to think, speak, breathe, act, eat etc. are totally destroyed). (Note that in the process of Yoga-Nirodha the order is reversed when compared to the order at birth).
280. When the last remnants of Kāyayoga are being destroyed, the Yogi does the third sukladhyāna known as Sūkşmakriyam Apratipāti; and as soon as the Kayayoga is fully destroyed, the Yogi does the fourth Sukladhyāna known as Vigatakriyānivịtti through the power of the Ātman alone.
281. In the last moments of the last birth, the Ātman (i.e. its subtle parts which are there throughout the body) coalesces because there are empty spaces in the body, as in the ears, nose, etc, where there is no matter nor any subtle part of the Atman. This shrinking is such that the Atman is now in the original shape, but reduced by one third. (It is in this shape and size that the liberated soul lives everlastingly hereafter).
282. Once complete Yoganirodha is achieved, the activities of mind, speech, breathing and body totally cease. The Ātman then starts the process of becoming free from the remaining four Karmas (Vedaniya, Ayuş, Näma and Gotra). Now the Ātman is said to have crossed the great ocean of this four cornered world.
