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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 1.7.3

తస్మిన్ స్వ ఆశ్రమే వ్యాసో బదరీషణ్డమణ్డితే । ఆసీనోఽప ఉపస్పృశ్య ప్రణిదధ్యౌ మన: స్వయమ్ ॥ ౩ ॥
tasmin sva āśrame vyāso
[tasmin sva aashrame vyaaso]
badarī-ṣaṇḍa-maṇḍite
[badaree-shanda-mandite]
āsīno ’pa upaspṛśya
[aaseeno ’pa upasprishya]
praṇidadhyau manaḥ svayam
[pranidadhyau manah svayam]
tasmin — in that (āśrama) sve — own āśrame — in the cottage vyāsaḥ — Vyāsadeva badarī — berry ṣaṇḍa — trees maṇḍite — surrounded by āsīnaḥ — sitting apaḥ upaspṛśya — touching water praṇidadhyau — concentrated manaḥ — the mind svayam — himself.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
tasmin sva āśrame vyāso
tasmin
in that (āśrama)
sve
own
āśrame
in the cottage
vyāsaḥ
Vyāsadeva
badarī-ṣaṇḍa-maṇḍite
badarī
berry
ṣaṇḍa
trees
maṇḍite
surrounded by
āsīno ’pa upaspṛśya
āsīnaḥ
sitting
apaḥ upaspṛśya
touching water
praṇidadhyau
concentrated
praṇidadhyau manaḥ svayam
manaḥ
the mind
svayam
himself.
In that place, Śrīla Vyāsadeva, in his own āśrama, which was surrounded by berry trees, sat down to meditate after touching water for purification.

Under instructions of his spiritual master Śrīla Nārada Muni, Vyāsadeva concentrated his mind in that transcendental place of meditation.

— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya
Translation
In his hermitage surrounded by a grove of badari trees Vyāsa sat down, performed ācamana, and began to reflect using his mind.
Commentary

Nārada had instructed Vyāsa to remember the pastimes of the Lord continually in samādhi (SB 1.5.13). Thus he sat and concentrated using his mind.

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