Bhagavad Gita 6.11
Dhyana Yoga · हिन्दी अनुवाद
संस्कृत
शुचौ देशे प्रतिष्ठाप्य स्थिरमासनमात्मनः | नात्युच्छ्रितं नातिनीचं चैलाजिनकुशोत्तरम् ||६-११||
लिप्यंतरण
śucau deśe pratiṣṭhāpya sthiramāsanamātmanaḥ . nātyucchritaṃ nātinīcaṃ cailājinakuśottaram ||6-11||
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.।।
शब्दार्थ
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
पारंपरिक भाष्य
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.