तमाह सातिकरुणं महाकारुणिकं नृपम् यादोभ्यो ज्ञातिघातिभ्यो दीनां मां दीनवत्सल कथं विसृजसे राजन्भीतामस्मिन्सरिज्जले
tam āha sātikaruṇaṁ mahā-kāruṇikaṁ nṛpam yādobhyo jñāti-ghātibhyo dīnāṁ māṁ dīna-vatsala kathaṁ visṛjase rājan bhītām asmin sarij-jale
Synonyms
tam—unto him (Satyavrata); āha—said; sā—that small fish; ati-karuṇam—extremely compassionate; mahā-kāruṇikam—extremely merciful; nṛpam—unto King Satyavrata; yādobhyaḥ—to the aquatics; jñāti-ghātibhyaḥ—who are always eager to kill the smaller fish; dīnām—very poor; mām—me; dīna-vatsala—O protector of the poor; katham—why; visṛjase—you are throwing; rājan—O King; bhītām—very much afraid; asmin—within this; sarit-jale—in the water of the river..
Translation
With an appealing voice, the poor small fish said to King Satyavrata, who was very merciful: My dear King, protector of the poor, why are you throwing Me in the water of the river, where there are other aquatics who can kill Me? I am very much afraid of them.
Purport
In the Matsya Purāṇa it is said:
ananta-śaktir bhagavān
matsya-rūpī janārdanaḥ
krīḍārthaṁ yācayām āsa
svayaṁ satyavrataṁ nṛpam
"The Supreme Personality of Godhead possesses unlimited potency. Nonetheless, in His pastime in the form of a fish He begged protection from King Satyavrata."