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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 1, Ch. 4]
saḥ —he;  kadācit —once;  sarasvatyāḥ —on the bank of the Sarasvatī;  upasprśya —after finishing morning ablutions;  jalam —water;  śuciḥ —being purified;  vivikte —concentration;  ekaḥ —alone;  āsīnaḥ —being thus seated;  udite —on the rise;  ravi-maṇḍale —of the sun disc.
TRANSLATION
Once upon a time, he [Vyāsadeva], as the sun rose, took his morning ablution in the waters of the Sarasvatī and sat alone to concentrate.
PURPORT
The River Sarasvatī is flowing in the Badarikāśrama area of the Himalayas. So the place indicated here is Śamyāprāsa in Badarikāśrama where Śrī Vyāsadeva is residing.
TEXT 16
परावरज्ञः स ऋषिः कालेनाव्यक्तरंहसा । युगधर्मव्यतिकरं प्राप्तं भुवि युगे युगे ॥१६॥
parāvara-jñaḥ sa rṣiḥ kālenāvyakta-raṁhasā yuga-dharma-vyatikaraṁ prāptaṁ bhuvi yuge yuge
parāvara —past and future;  jñaḥ —one who knows;  saḥ —he;  rṣiḥ —Vyāsadeva;  kālena —in the course of time;  avyakta —unmanifested;  raṁhasā —by great force;  yuga-dharma —acts in terms of the millennium;  vyatikaraṁ —anomalies;  prāptaṁ —having accrued;  bhuvi —on the earth;  yuge yuge —different ages.
TRANSLATION
The great sage Vyāsadeva saw anomalies in the millennium. This happens on the earth in different ages, due to unseen forces in the course of time.
PURPORT
The great sages like Vyāsadeva are liberated souls, and therefore they can see clearly past and future. Thus he could see the future anomalies in the