Sanskrit · Devanagari
शुचौ देशे प्रतिष्ठाप्य स्थिरमासनमात्मनः। नात्युच्छ्रितं नातिनीचं चैलाजिनकुशोत्तरम् ॥
Sanskrit · IAST
śucau deśe pratiṣṭhāpya sthiramāsanamātmanaḥ nātyucchritaṃ nātinīcaṃ cailājinakuśottaram
English witness
Kashinath Trimbak Telang, 1882Fixing his seat firmly in a clean place not too high nor too low and covered over with a sheet of cloth a deerskin and (blades of) Kuśa (grass),—and there seated on (that) seat
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Śaṅkarācārya
।।6.11।। शुचौ शुद्धे विविक्ते स्वभावतः संस्कारतो वा देशे स्थाने प्रतिष्ठाप्य स्थिरम् अचलम् आत्मनः आसनं नात्युच्छ्रितं नातीवउच्छ्रितं न अपि अतिनीचम् तच्च चैलाजिनकुशोत्तरं चैलम् अजिनं कुशाश्च उत्तरे यस्मिन् आसने तत् आसनं चैलाजिनकुशोत्तरम्। पाठक्रमाद्विपरीतः अत्र क्रमः चैलादीनाम्।।प्रतिष्ठाप्य किम्
8f5d98eaa7ef…Rāmānuja
6.11 - 6.12 'In a clean spot,' i.e., in a spot pure in itself, not owned or controlled by impure persons and untouched by impure things; having 'established a firm seat,' a seat made of wood or similar material, which is neither too high nor too low; which is covered with cloth, deer-skin and Kusa grass in the reverse order; seated on it in a way which promotes the serenity of mind; having the mind concentrated on Yoga; and holding the activities of the mind and senses in check in all ways - he should practise 'Yoga', i.e., practise the vision of the self for 'the purification of the self,' i.e., to end his bondage.
35ae025beb4f…Swami Sivananda
6.11 शुचौ in a clean? देशे spot? प्रतिष्ठाप्य having established? स्थिरम् firm? आसनम् seat? आत्मनः his own? न not? अत्युच्छ्रितम् very high? न not? अतिनीचम् very low? चैलाजिनकुशोत्तरम् a cloth? skin and Kusagrass? one over the other.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.
c6f62477d170…These supplied texts come from the pinned VedicScriptures dataset under GPL-3.0 and await independent alignment review.