Shloka 11

अक्षरब्रह्मयोगः | Akṣara-Brahma-Yoga

The Yoga of the Imperishable Brahman

Devanagari script

शुचौ देशे प्रतिष्ठाप्प स्थिरमासनमात्मन: । नात्युच्छितं नातिनीचं चैलाजिनकुशोत्तरम्‌,शुद्ध भूमिमें,/ जिसके ऊपर क्रमश: कुशा, मृगछाला और वस्त्र बिछे हैं, जो न बहुत ऊँचा है और न बहुत नीचा, ऐसे अपने आसनको स्थिर स्थापन करके “7

Transliteration

śucau deśe pratiṣṭhāpya sthiram āsanam ātmanaḥ | nātyucchritaṁ nātinīcaṁ cailājinakuśottaram ||

Translation

Arjuna said: “In a clean and pure place, one should set up a firm seat for oneself—neither too high nor too low—prepared with kuśa grass, a deer-skin, and a cloth laid in proper order. Thus established, the practitioner begins the discipline with steadiness and reverence, grounding inner practice in outer purity and moderation.”

Word by Word

शुचौin a pure/clean

देशेplace

प्रतिष्ठाप्यhaving established/placed

स्थिरम्steady, firm

आसनम्seat

आत्मनःof oneself

नnot

अति-उच्छ्रितम्too high

नnor/not

अति-नीचम्too low

चैल-अजिन-कुश-उत्तरम्having cloth, skin, and kuśa-grass as the upper covering (i.e., covered with cloth, deer-skin, and kuśa)

Speaker

अर्जुन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Arjuna

śucau deśa (a clean place)

āsana (seat)

kuśa grass

ajina (deer-skin)

caila (cloth)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes