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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 1.4.15
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A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
TEXT 15
- sa kadācit sarasvatyā
- upaspṛśya jalaṁ śuciḥ
- vivikta eka āsīna
- udite ravi-maṇḍale
saḥhe — he; kadācitonce — once; sarasvatyāḥon the bank of the Sarasvatī — on the bank of the Sarasvatī; upaspṛśyaafter finishing morning ablutions — after finishing morning ablutions; jalamwater — water; śuciḥbeing purified — being purified; vivikteconcentration — concentration; ekaḥalone — alone; āsīnaḥbeing thus seated — being thus seated; uditeon the rise — on the rise; raviof the sun disc-maṇḍaleof the sun disc — of the sun disc.
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.
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.