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Chapter 24: Matsya, the Lord's Fish Incarnation

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SB 8.24.4

श्रीसूत उवाच इत्युक्तो विष्णुरातेन भगवान्बादरायणिः उवाच चरितं विष्णोर्मत्स्यरूपेण यत्कृतम्

śrī-sūta uvāca ity ukto viṣṇu-rātena bhagavān bādarāyaṇiḥ uvāca caritaṁ viṣṇor matsya-rūpeṇa yat kṛtam

Synonyms

śrī-sūtaḥ uvācaŚrī Sūta Gosvāmī said; iti uktaḥthus being questioned; viṣṇu-rātenaby Mahārāja Parīkṣit, known as Viṣṇurāta; bhagavānthe most powerful; bādarāyaṇiḥthe son of Vyāsadeva, Śukadeva Gosvāmī; uvācasaid; caritamthe pastimes; viṣṇoḥof Lord Viṣṇu; matsya-rūpeṇaby Him in the form of a fish; yatwhatever; kṛtamwas done..

Translation

Sūta Gosvāmī said: When Parīkṣit Mahārāja thus inquired from Śukadeva Gosvāmī, that most powerful saintly person began describing the pastimes of the Lord's incarnation as a fish.

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