आसीनोऽप उपस्पृश्य प्रणिदध्यौ मनः स्वयम् ॥३॥
tasmin sva ÄÅ›rame vyÄso
badarÄ«-á¹£aṇá¸a-maṇá¸ite
ÄsÄ«no 'pa upaspṛśya
praṇidadhyau manaḥ svayam
2 times this text was mentioned in purports to other texts: LSB(2)
tasmin - in that (ÄÅ›rama); sve - own; ÄÅ›rame - in the cottage; vyÄsaḥ - VyÄsadeva; badarÄ« - berry; á¹£aṇá¸a - trees; maṇá¸ite - surrounded by; ÄsÄ«naḥ - sitting; apaḥ upaspṛśya - touching water; praṇidadhyau - concentrated; manaḥ - the mind; svayam - himself.
In that place, ÅšrÄ«la VyÄsadeva, in his own ÄÅ›rama, which was surrounded by berry trees, sat down to meditate after touching water for purification.
Under instructions of his spiritual master ÅšrÄ«la NÄrada Muni, VyÄsadeva concentrated his mind in that transcendental place of meditation.
