Chapter 6 Verse 12 of 47

• śucau deśe pratiṣṭhāpya
• sthiram āsanam ātmanaḥ
• nāty-ucchritaḿ nāti-nīcaḿ
• cailājina-kuśottaram
• tatraikāgraḿ manaḥ kṛtvā
• yata-cittendriya-kriyaḥ
• upaviśyāsane yuñjyād
• yogam ātma-viśuddhaye

Translation

To practice yoga, one should go to a secluded place and should lay kuśa grass on the ground and then cover it with a deerskin and a soft cloth. The seat should be neither too high nor too low and should be situated in a sacred place. The yogī should then sit on it very firmly and practice yoga to purify the heart by controlling his mind, senses and activities and fixing the mind on one point.

Synonyms

• śucau

  in a sanctified

• deśe

  land

• pratiṣṭhāpya

  placing

• sthiram

  firm

• āsanam

  seat

• ātmanaḥ

  his own

• na

  not

• ati

  too

• ucchritam

  high

• na

  nor

• ati

  too

• nīcam

  low

• ajina

  of soft cloth and deerskin

• kuśa

  and kusa grass

• uttaram

  covering

• tatra

  thereupon

• agram

  with one attention

• manaḥ

  mind

• kṛtvā

  making

• citta

  controlling the mind

• indriya

  senses

• kriyaḥ

  and activities

• upaviśya

  sitting

• āsane

  on the seat

• yuñjyāt

  should execute

• yogam

  yoga practice

• ātma

  the heart

• viśuddhaye

  for clarifying.

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