sucih -- clean; sambhrita -- having collected; sambharah -- the paraphernalia; prak -- their tips facing the east; darbhaih -- with blades of kusa grass; kalpita -- having arranged; asanah -- his own seat; asinah -- sitting; prak -- facing the east; udak -- facing the north; va -- or; arcet -- he should perform the worship; arcayam -- of the Deity; tu -- but; atha -- or else; sammukhah -- directly facing.

After cleansing himself and collecting all the paraphernalia, the worshiper should arrange his own seat with blades of kusa grass whose tips point eastward. He should then sit facing either east or north, or else, if the Deity is fixed in one place, he should sit directly facing the Deity.