Chapter 6, Verse 11
शुचौ देशे प्रतिष्ठाप्य स्थिरमासनमात्मनः। नात्युच्छ्रितं नातिनीचं चैलाजिनकुशोत्तरम्।।6.11।।
śucau deśe pratiṣṭhāpya sthiramāsanamātmanaḥ. nātyucchritaṃ nātinīcaṃ cailājinakuśottaram..6.11..
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- शुचौ
- in a clean/pure
- देशे
- place
- प्रतिष्ठाप्य
- having established/fixed firmly
- स्थिरम्
- steady, firm
- आसनम्
- seat
- आत्मनः
- for himself / one's own
- न
- not
- अत्युच्छ्रितम्
- too high
- न
- not
- अतिनीचम्
- too low
- चैलाजिनकुशोत्तरम्
- covered with cloth, deerskin, and kusha grass (in that order, one over the other)
Commentary
ii. Having in a cleanly spot established a firm seat, neither too high nor too low, with cloth, skin, and kusa grass thereon ;
Source: Alladi Mahadeva Sastri, The Bhagavad-Gita with the Commentary of Sri Shankaracharya (1897), public domain
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शुचौ
देशे
प्रतिष्ठाप्य
स्थिरम्
आसनम्
आत्मनः
न
अत्युच्छ्रितम्
न
अतिनीचम्
चैलाजिनकुशोत्तरम्
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