कृत्वोरौ दक्षिणे सव्यं पादपद्मं च जानुनि । बाहुं प्रकोष्ठेऽक्षमालाम् आसीनं तर्कमुद्रया ॥ ३८ ॥
krtvorau daksine savyam pada-padmam ca januni bahum prakosthe ’ksa-malam asinam tarka-mudraya
- krtva
- having placed
- urau
- thigh
- daksine
- at the right
- savyam
- the left
- pada-padmam
- lotus feet
- ca
- and
- januni
- on his knee
- bahum
- hand
- prakosthe
- in the end of the right hand
- aksa-malam
- rudraksa beads
- asinam
- sitting
- tarka-mudraya
- with the mudra of argument.
His left leg was placed on his right thigh, and his left hand was placed on his left thigh. In his right hand he held rudraksa beads. This sitting posture is called virasana. He sat in the virasana posture, and his finger was in the mode of argument.