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.
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areimafret md ae at at zeii
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
