देशे शुचौ समे राजन्संस्थाप्यासनमात्मन: । स्थिरं सुखं समं तस्मिन्नासीतर्ज्वङ्ग ओमिति ॥ ३१ ॥
dese sucau same rajan samsthapyasanam atmanah sthiram sukham samam tasminn asitarjv-anga om iti
- dese
- in a place
- sucau
- very sacred
- same
- level
- rajan
- O King
- samsthapya
- placing
- asanam
- on the seat
- atmanah
- one’s self
- sthiram
- very steady
- sukham
- comfortably
- samam
- equipoised
- tasmin
- on that sitting place
- asita
- one should sit down
- rju-angah
- the body perpendicularly straight
- om
- The Vedic mantra pranava
- iti
- in this way.
My dear King, in a sacred and holy place of pilgrimage one should select a place in which to perform yoga. The place must be level and not too high or low. There one should sit very comfortably, being steady and equipoised, keeping his body straight, and thus begin chanting the Vedic pranava.