Asana

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Hari Om

 

while meditating

 

Maa's words about no pillows

 

kept coming to me

 

later while chanting the Gita

 

Maa's words came to this again

 

below is the following verse

 

the translation is by Swamiji

 

Jai Maa

Love janaardana

 

 

 

 

 

shuchau deshe pratishhThaapya sthiramaasanamaatmanaH .

naatyuchchhritaM naatiniicha.n chailaajinakushottaram.h .. 6\-11..

 

 

bhagavad gita

 

 

Such an individual should establish his seat for meditation in a

clean place, neither too high nor too low, covered by cloth, deer

skin

or kusha grass

 

##shuchau##\ (shuchau) = in a sanctified\\

##deshe##\ (deshe) = land\\

##pratishhThaapya##\ (pratishhThaapya) = placing\\

##sthiraM##\ (sthiraM) = firm\\

##aasanaM##\ (aasanaM) = seat\\

##aatmanaH##\ (aatmanaH) = his own\\

##na##\ (na) = not\\

##ati##\ (ati) = too\\

##uchchhritaM##\ (uchchhritaM) = high\\

##na##\ (na) = nor\\

##ati##\ (ati) = too\\

##niichaM##\ (niichaM) = low\\

##chailaajina##\ (chailaajina) = of soft cloth and deerskin\\

##kusha##\ (kusha) = and kusa grass\\

##uttaraM##\ (uttaraM) = covering\\

 

the above is in Itrans