Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 1.7.3

tasmin sva āśrame vyāso

badarī-ṣaṇḍa-maṇḍite

āsīno 'pa upaspṛśya

praṇidadhyau manaḥ svayam

SYNONYMS

tasmin — in that (āśrama); sve — own; āśrame — in the cottage; vyāsaḥ — Vyāsadeva; badarī — berry; ṣaṇḍa — trees; maṇḍite — surrounded by; āsīnaḥ — sitting; apaḥ upaspṛśya — touching water; praṇidadhyau — concentrated; manaḥ — 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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