Chapter 6, Verse 11
Chapter 6 · bhakti-yoga
Shloka
शुचौ देशे प्रतिष्ठाप्य स्थिरमासनमात्मनः | नात्युच्छ्रितं नातिनीचं चैलाजिनकुशोत्तरम् ||६-११||
śucau deśe pratiṣṭhāpya sthiramāsanamātmanaḥ . nātyucchritaṃ nātinīcaṃ cailājinakuśottaram ||6-11||
English Meaning
English Meaning
In a clean spot, having established a firm seat of his own, neither too high nor too low, made of a cloth, a skin and Kusa-grass, one over the other.
Hindi Meaning
शुद्ध (स्वच्छ) भूमि में कुश, मृगशाला और उस पर वस्त्र रखा हो ऐसे अपने आसन को न अति ऊँचा और न अति नीचा स्थिर स्थापित करके....৷৷.।।
Russian Meaning
На чистом месте, установив свое твердое сиденье, не слишком высокое и не слишком низкое, сделанное из ткани, кожи и травы куша, одно над другим.
Spanish Meaning
En un lugar limpio, habiendo establecido un asiento propio y firme, ni demasiado alto ni demasiado bajo, hecho de una tela, una piel y hierba Kusa, uno sobre el otro.
Commentary
In this verse the Lord has prescribed the external seat for practising meditation. Details of the pose are given in verse 13.Spread the Kusagrass on the ground first. Over this spread a tigerskin or deerskin over this spread a white cloth.Sit on a naturally clean spot? such as the bank of a river. Or? make the place clean? wherever you want to practise meditation.