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Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 1.7.3
āsīno 'pa upaspriśya
SYNONYMS
tasmin — in that (āśrama); sve — own; āśrame — in the cottage; vyāsah — Vyāsadeva; badarī — berry; shanda — trees; mandite — surrounded by; āsīnah — sitting; apah upaspriśya — touching water; pranidadhyau — concentrated; manah — the mind; svayam — himself.
TRANSLATION
In that place, Śrīla Vyāsadeva, in his own āśrama, which was surrounded by berry trees, sat down to meditate after touching water for purification.
PURPORT
Under instructions of his spiritual master Śrīla Nārada Muni, Vyāsadeva concentrated his mind in that transcendental place of meditation.
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