6.11
Chapter 6, Verse 11
शुचौ देशे प्रतिष्ठाप्य स्थिरमासनमात्मनः। नात्युच्छ्रितं नातिनीचं चैलाजिनकुशोत्तरम्৷৷
śucau dēśē pratiṣṭhāpya sthiramāsanamātmanaḥ. nātyucchritaṅ nātinīcaṅ cailājinakuśōttaram৷৷
Translation
Having chosen a holy place, let him sit in a firm posture on a seat, neither too high nor too low, and covered with a grass mat, a deer skin and a cloth.
Translation — Purohit Swami
Commentary
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.
Commentary — Swami Sivananda
Sanskrit and transliteration of the Bhagavad Gita. Corpus compiled from the vedabase and the IIT Kanpur Gita Supersite.