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Chapter 24: Matsya, the Lord's Fish Incarnation

Verse 23 of 59
SB 8.24.23

इत्युक्तः सो ऽनयन्मत्स्यं तत्र तत्राविदासिनि जलाशये ऽसम्मितं तं समुद्रे प्राक्षिपज्झषम्

ity uktaḥ so 'nayan matsyaṁ tatra tatrāvidāsini jalāśaye 'sammitaṁ taṁ samudre prākṣipaj jhaṣam

Synonyms

iti uktaḥthus being requested; saḥthe King; anayatbrought; matsyamthe fish; tatratherein; tatratherein; avidāsiniwhere the water never diminishes; jala-āśayein the reservoir of water; asammitamunlimited; tamunto the fish; samudrein the ocean; prākṣipatthrew; jhaṣamthe gigantic fish..

Translation

When thus requested, King Satyavrata took the fish to the largest reservoir of water. But when that also proved insufficient, the King at last threw the gigantic fish into the ocean.

Verse 23 of 59
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