Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 1 - Chapter 1 - Verse 3

Sanskrit:

तस्मिन् स्व आश्रमे व्यासो बदरीषण्डमण्डिते ।आसीनोऽप उपस्पृश्य प्रणिदध्यौ मन: स्वयम् ॥ ३ ॥

ITRANS:

tasmin sva āśrame vyāsobadarī-ṣaṇḍa-maṇḍiteāsīno ’pa upaspṛśyapraṇidadhyau manaḥ svayam

Translation:

In that place, Śrīla Vyāsadeva, in his own āśrama, which was surrounded by berry trees, sat down to meditate after touching water for purification.

Purport:

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