CH 6, Verses 11 & 12

[Guest guest]

Chapter 6

Verse 12

 

Shuchau deshe pratishhthaapya sthiram aasanam aatmanah

/

n'aatyuchchhritam n'aatineecha.n

chail'aajina-kushottaram

 

Having established his seat in a clean place, firm,

neither too high nor too low, with cloth, skin (a

tiger or deer skin) and kusha grass, one over the

other.

 

Verse 12

 

Tatr'aikaagram manah kritvaa

yata-chitt'endriya-kriyaah /

upavishy'aasane yujnjyaad yogam aatma-vishuddhaye //

 

Seated thus, on that seat, making the mind

one-pointed, restraining the activities of the mind

and senses, let him practice Yoga for the purification

of the Self.

 

LESSONS FROM BHAGAVAD GITA – 57

As taught by Parama Pujya Sri Swamiji

Compiled by: Swami Dattananda

Bhaktimala, April 1998

 

"Having established his seat in a clean place, firm,

neither too high nor too low, with cloth, skin (a

tiger or deer skin) and kusha grass, one over the

other;" (Chapter 6, Verse 11)

 

"Seated thus, on that seat, making the mind

one-pointed, restraining the activities of the mind

and senses, let him practice Yoga for the purification

of the Self." (Chapter 6, Verse 12)

 

In these and the following few verses, the Lord is

giving the rules regarding seat, food, movements etc.,

as disciplines for Yoga to one practicing

concentration. These verses also furnish the

characteristics of a perfected Yogi and the fruits of

Yoga. In the beginning the Lord speaks about the

posture.

 

The Yogi, desirous of attaining mastery over Yoga,

should make a seat for himself in a clean place, which

is solitary and pure either by its very nature or made

so by appropriate means. The seat should not be too

high or too low. High seats are dangerous because by

chance if the Yogi loses balance when his mind is in

full concentration he may fall down from his seat.

Therefore the seat should not be too high. If the seat

is too low there is the danger of exposure to cold or

disturbances from reptiles. The seat should consist of

Kusha grass strewn on the ground. Kusha is a

particular kind of grass that is considered to be

disinfectant in its quality. On the kusha grass an

antelope’s skin should be kept. And above the

antelope’s skin should be spread a folded cloth. In

short, the Yogi should sit on a wooden plank slightly

raised from the ground and on which Kusha grass, deer

skin and cloth are kept one above the other. The seat

must be in a clean sot and it should be firm. Seated

there in any comfortable posture, the yogi should

practice yoga for the purification of mind by making

the mind one-pointed and senses controlled.

 

 

 

 

News - Today's headlines

http://news.