206 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 1, Ch. 4

sah—he; kadacit—once; sarasvatyah—on the bank of the Sarasvati;
upasprsya—after finishing morning ablutions; jalam—water; sucih—being
purified; vivikte—concentration; ekah—alone; dsinah—being thus seated;
udite—on the rise; ravi-mandale—of the sun disc.

TRANSLATION

Once upon a time, he [ Vy4sadeva], as the sun rose, took his morning
ablution in the waters of the Sarasvati and sat alone to concentrate.

PURPORT

The River Sarasvati is flowing in the Badarikasrama area of the Himalayas.
So the place indicated here is Samyaprasa in Badarikagrama where Si
Vyasadeva is residing.

TEXT 16

Waa: a Bt: Asawa |
aratrat amt ae at aT zl

paravara-jiiah sa rsih
kalenavyakta-ramhasa

yuga-dharma-vyatikaram
praptam bhuvi yuge yuge

pardvara—past and future; jiah—one who knows; sah—he; rsih—
Vyasadeva; kalena—in the course of time; avyakta—unmanifested; ramhasa
—by great force; yuga-dharma—acts in terms of the millennium; vyatikaram
—anomalies; praptam—having accrued; bhuvi—on the earth; yuge yuge—
different ages.

TRANSLATION

The great sage Vydsadeva 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 Vyasadeva are liberated souls, and therefore they can
see clearly past and future. Thus he could see the future anomalies in the
