Verse 1.10.12

Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 1.10.12:

যোগ-পট্ট-ছান্দে বস্ত্র করিযা বন্ধন বৈসেন সভার মধ্যে করি’ বীরাসন ॥ ১২ ॥

योग-पट्ट-छान्दे वस्त्र करिया बन्धन वैसेन सभार मध्ये करि’ वीरासन ॥ १२ ॥

yoga-paṭṭa-chānde vastra kariyā bandhana vaisena sabhāra madhye kari’ vīrāsana || 12 ||

yoga-patta-chande vastra kariya bandhana vaisena sabhara madhye kari’ virasana (12)

English translation:

(12) Nimāi wore His cloth like a sannyāsī, and He sat in the vīrāsana posture.

Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:

In this verse the word yoga-paṭṭa refers to the way Vedic sannyāsīs wear their cloth. The word yoga-kakṣā is found in Śrīdhara Svāmī’s commentary on Śrīmad Bhāgavatam (4.6.39). The piece of cloth circling tightly around the back and thigh like a belt that a sannyāsī wears is called yoga-paṭṭa. It is stated in the Padma Purāṇa, Kārttika-māhātmya, Chapter 2: “The piece of cloth that a sannyāsī wears wrapped around his side like a bangle that covers his back and hangs down to his knees is called yoga-paṭṭa.”

The word vīrāsana refers to sitting (like a hero) with one’s left foot on the right thigh and right foot on left thigh. This is explained in Śrīdhara Svāmī’s commentary on the Śrīmad Bhāgavatam (4.6.38) wherein he quotes from the yoga-śāstras as follows: “Placing the right foot on the left thigh and the left foot on the right thigh while placing the left hand on the left thigh and raising the right hand in an argumentative pose is called vīrāsana.”