शुचौ देशे प्रतिष्ठाप्य विजितासन आसनम् । तस्मिन्स्वस्ति समासीन ऋजुकाय: समभ्यसेत् ॥ ८ ॥
sucau dese pratisthapya vijitasana asanam tasmin svasti samasina rju-kayah samabhyaset
- sucau dese
- in a sanctified place
- pratisthapya
- after placing
- vijita-asanah
- controlling the sitting postures
- asanam
- a seat
- tasmin
- in that place
- svasti samasinah
- sitting in an easy posture
- rju-kayah
- keeping the body erect
- samabhyaset
- one should practice.
After controlling one’s mind and sitting postures, one should spread a seat in a secluded and sanctified place, sit there in an easy posture, keeping the body erect, and practice breath control.