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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 1, Ch. 7]
five sons of Draupadī while they were asleep, for which he was punished by Arjuna. Before commencing the great epic  Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam , Śrī Vyāsadeva realized the whole truth by trance in devotion.
TEXT 2
सूत उवाच
ब्रह्मनद्यां सरस्वत्यामाश्रमः पश्चिमे तटे । शम्याप्रास इति प्रोक्त ऋषीणां सत्रवर्धनः ॥ २ ॥
sūta uvāca   brahma-nadyām sarasvatyām   āśramaḥ paścime taṭe   śamyāprāsa iti prokta   ṛṣīṇām satra-vardhanaḥ
sūtaḥ —Śrī Sūta;  uvāca —said;  brahmanadyām —on the bank of the river intimately related with  Vedas ,  brāhmaṇas , saints, and the Lord;  sarasvatyām —Sarasvatī;  āśramaḥ —cottage for meditation;  paścime —on the west;  taṭe —bank;  śamyāprāsaḥ —the place named Śamyāprāsa;  iti —thus;  proktaḥ —said to be;  ṛṣīṇām —of the sages;  satra-vardhanaḥ —that which enlivens activities.
TRANSLATION
Śrī Sūta  said: On the western bank of the River Sarasvatī, which is intimately related with the Vedas, there is a cottage for meditation at Śamyāprāsa which enlivens the transcendental activities of the sages.
PURPORT
For spiritual advancement of knowledge a suitable place and atmosphere are definitely required. The place on the western bank of the Sarasvatī is especially suitable for this purpose. And there is the  āśrama  of Vyāsadeva at Śamyāprāsa. Śrīla Vyāsadeva was a householder, yet his residential place is called an  āśrama . An  āśrama  is a place where spiritual culture is always foremost. It does not matter whether the place belongs to a householder or a mendicant. The whole  varṇāśrama  system is so designed that each and every status of life is called an  āśrama . This means that spiritual