6.11 शुचौ देशे प्रतिष्ठाप्य स्थिरमासनमात्मनः। नात्युच्छ्रितं नातिनीचं चैलाजिनकुशोत्तरम्
śucau deśe pratiṣṭhāpya sthiram
Word meanings
śhuchau—in a clean;deśhe—place;pratiṣhṭhāpya—having established;sthiram—steadfast;āsanam—seat;ātmanaḥ—his own;na—not;ati—too;uchchhritam—high;na—not;ati—too;nīcham—low;chaila—cloth;ajina—a deerskin;kuśha—kuśh grass;uttaram—one over the other
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Divine Verses of the Bhagavad Gita • Swami Dayananda Saraswati
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Setting up in a clean place his own suitable, firm seat predominantly made of cloth, skin, and kusa-grass, neither too high nor too low for him;
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.
Having established for himself, in a clean spot, a firm seat, which is neither too hight nor too low, and covering it with cloth, deer-skin and Kusa grass in the reverse order -
Having firmly established in a clean place his seat, neither too high nor too low, and made of cloth, skin and kusa-grass, placed successively one below the other;
In a clean spot, having established a firm seat of his own, neither too high nor too low, made of a cloth, a skin and kusha grass, one over the other,
6.13 समं कायशिरोग्रीवं धारयन्नचलं स्थिरः। संप्रेक्ष्य नासिकाग्रं स्वं दिशश्चानवलोकयन्
samaṃ kāya
Word meanings
samam—straight;kāya—body;śhiraḥ—head;grīvam—neck;dhārayan—holding;achalam—unmoving;sthiraḥ—still;samprekṣhya—gazing;nāsika-agram—at the tip of the nose;svam—own;diśhaḥ—directions;cha—and;anavalokayan—not looking
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Divine Verses of the Bhagavad Gita • Swami Dayananda Saraswati
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Holding the body, head, and neck erect and motionless; remaining firm; looking properly at one's own nose-tip; and not looking in different directions.
Let him hold body, head and neck erect, motionless and steady; let him look fixedly at the tip of his nose, turning neither to the right nor to the left.
Holding the trunk, head and neck erect, motionless and steady, gazing at the tip of the nose, and looking not in any direction;
Holding the body, head and neck erect and still, being steady, looking at the tip of his own nose-and not looking around;
Let him firmly hold his body, head and neck erect and perfectly still, gazing at the tip of his nose, without looking around.
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ध्यानयोग
Chapter 6: The Yoga of Meditation
dhyānayoga
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6.12 तत्रैकाग्रं मनः कृत्वा यतचित्तेन्द्रियक्रियः। उपविश्यासने युञ्ज्याद्योगमात्मविशुद्धये
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Word meanings
tatra—there;eka-agram—one-pointed;manaḥ—mind;kṛitvā—having made;yata-chitta—controlling the mind;indriya—senses;kriyaḥ—activities;upaviśhya—being seated;āsane—on the seat;yuñjyāt yogam—should strive to practice yog;ātma viśhuddhaye—for purification of the mind
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Divine Verses of the Bhagavad Gita • Swami Dayananda Saraswati
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Sitting there on the seat and making the mind single-pointed, let him, with the activities of his mind and senses subdued, practice Yoga for self-purification.
Seated thus, his mind concentrated, its functions controlled and his senses governed, let him practise meditation for the purification of his lower nature.
There, sitting on the seat, with the mind concentrated and holding the mind and senses in check, he should practise Yoga for the purification of the self.
(and) sitting on that seat, he should concentrate his mind for the purification of the internal organ, making the mind one-pointed and keeping the actions of the mind and senses under control.
There, having made the mind one-pointed, with the actions of the mind and the senses controlled, let him, seated on the seat, practise Yoga for the purification of the self.
