Canto 1: CreationChapter 7: The Son of Drona Punished

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 1.7.3

tasmin sva āśrame vyāso

badarī-shanda-mandite

āsīno 'pa upaspriśya

pranidadhyau manah svayam

SYNONYMS

tasminin that (āśrama); sve — own; āśramein 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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