Having, in a clean spot, established a firm seat of his own, neither too high nor too low, made of a cloth, a skin and KUSHA -grass, one over the other, . . .

śucau = in a sanctified; deśe = land; pratiṣṭhāpya = placing; sthiraṃ = firm; āsanaṃ = seat; ātmanaḥ = his own; na = not; ati = too; ucchritaṃ = high; na = nor; ati = too; nīcaṃ = low; cailājina = of soft cloth and deerskin; kuśa = and kusa grass; uttaraṃ = covering;