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शुचौ देशे प्रतिष्ठाप्य स्थिरमासनमात्मनः। नात्युच्छ्रितं नातिनीचं चैलाजिनकुशोत्तरम्।।6.11।।

śhuchau deśhe pratiṣhṭhāpya sthiram āsanam ātmanaḥ nātyuchchhritaṁ nāti-nīchaṁ chailājina-kuśhottaram

Sanskrit Chant Recitation
Chapter 6, Verse 11
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Sanskrit to English Translation

Translator:
In a clean spot, having established a firm seat of his own, neither too high nor too low, made of cloth, skin, and kusha grass layered one over the other.

A Reading - Rantideb

Why: one should set up a firm seat in a clean place, neither too high nor too low, covered with cloth, skin, and grass, again giving specific, practical instruction on the physical setup for practice.

In life: having a consistent, dedicated physical spot for a practice, reading, writing, meditation, actually makes returning to it easier than starting fresh each time.

Teaching: set up one specific, consistent physical spot for whatever practice you're trying to build, the environment doing some of the work reduces the willpower required each time.

śhuchauin a clean
deśheplace
pratiṣhṭhāpyahaving established
sthiramsteadfast
āsanamseat
ātmanaḥhis own
nanot
atitoo
uchchhritamhigh
nanot
atitoo
nīchamlow
chailacloth
ajinaa deerskin
kuśhakuśh grass
uttaramone over the other

Deep Classical Commentary (Bhashya)

Author:
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.