### SB 1.7.3

> तस्मिन्स्व आश्रमे व्यासो बदरीषण्डमण्डिते ।\
> आसीनोऽप उपस्पृश्य प्रणिदध्यौ मनः स्वयम् ॥३॥

> tasmin sva āśrame vyāso\
> badarī-ṣaṇḍa-maṇḍite\
> āsīno 'pa upaspṛśya\
> praṇidadhyau manaḥ svayam

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

**In that place, Śrīla Vyāsadeva, in his own āśrama, which was surrounded by berry trees, sat down to meditate after touching water for purification.**

Under instruction of his spiritual master Śrīla Nārada Muni, Vyāsadeva concentrated his mind in that transcendental place of meditation.