Shankaracharya's commentary, trans. Alladi Mahadeva Sastry (1897)
[1]Having established a firm seat for himself in a clean place — not too high, not too low — made of cloth, deer-skin, and kusha-grass in succession.
BG 6.11
शुचौ देशे प्रतिष्ठाप्य स्थिरमासनमात्मनः | नात्युच्छ्रितं नातिनीचं चैलाजिनकुशोत्तरम् ||११||
śucau deśe pratiṣṭhāpya sthiram āsanam ātmanaḥ | nātyucchritaṃ nātinīcaṃ cailājinakuśottaram || 11 ||
"A clean spot, a firm seat — grass, skin, cloth in layers — not too high, not too low: this is where practice begins."
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Swami Swarupananda, Srimad Bhagavad Gita (1909)
[4]Having established in a cleanly spot his seat, firm, neither too high nor too low, covered with a cloth, a skin, and Kusha grass in succession.
Annie Besant & Bhagavan Das, The Bhagavad Gītā (1905)
[5]Having established a firm seat for himself in a pure place, neither very high nor very low, covered with a cloth, a skin, and grass.
William Quan Judge, The Bhagavad Gita (1890)
[6]He should in a cleanly spot establish for himself a firm seat — not too high, not too low — with sacred grass, a skin and cloth upon it.
Sir Edwin Arnold, The Song Celestial (1885)
[7]Let the Yogi seat himself in a clean spot, firm, neither too high nor too low, covered with the holy grass, a deerskin, and a cloth.
K.T. Telang, Sacred Books of the East Vol. 8 (1882)
[9]Having fixed in a clean spot his seat, firm, neither too much raised nor too much depressed, and covered with a cloth, a skin, and grass.