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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
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स कदाचित्सरस्वत्या उपस्पृश्य जलं शुचिः विविक्त एक आसीन उदिते रविमण्डले
sa kadācit sarasvatyā upaspṛśya jalaṁ śuciḥ vivikta eka āsīna udite ravi-maṇḍale
WORD BY WORD
saḥ he; kadācit once; sarasvatyāḥ on the bank of the Sarasvatī; upaspṛśya 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.
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PURPORT
| The river Sarasvatī is flowing in the Badarikāśrama area of the Himālayas. So the place indicated here is Śamyāprāsa in Badarikāśrama, where Śrī Vyāsadeva is residing.
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