तत्रैकाग्रं मनः कृत्वा यतचित्तेन्द्रियक्रियः | उपविश्यासने युञ्ज्याद्योगमात्मविशुद्धये ||६-१२||
tatraikāgraṃ manaḥ kṛtvā yatacittendriyakriyaḥ . upaviśyāsane yuñjyādyogamātmaviśuddhaye ||6-12||
- tatra
- thereupon
- eka-agram
- with one attention
- manaḥ
- mind
- kṛtvā
- making
- yata-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
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.