Bhagavad Gita
· Dhyana Yoga 6
· Verse 11
Verified original
शुचौ देशे प्रतिष्ठाप्य स्थिरमासनमात्मनः
नात्युच्छ्रितं नातिनीचं चैलाजिनकुशोत्तरम्
ശുചൌ ദേശേ പ്രതിഷ്ഠാപ്യ സ്ഥിരമാസനമാത്മനഃ നാത്യുച്ഛ്രിതം നാതിനീചം ചൈലാജിനകുശോത്തരം
śucau deśe pratiṣṭhāpya sthiramāsanamātmanaḥ nātyucchritaṃ nātinīcaṃ cailājinakuśottaram
English Translation
Having firmly established in a clean place his seat, neither too high nor too low, and made of cloth, skin and kusa-grass, placed successively one below the other;
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Explanation · English
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.