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Chapter 24: Matsya, the Lord's Fish Incarnation

Verse 40 of 59
SB 8.24.40

आस्तीर्य दर्भान्प्राक्कूलान्राजर्षिः प्रागुदङ्मुखः निषसाद हरेः पादौ चिन्तयन्मत्स्यरूपिणः

āstīrya darbhān prāk-kūlān rājarṣiḥ prāg-udaṅ-mukhaḥ niṣasāda hareḥ pādau cintayan matsya-rūpiṇaḥ

Synonyms

āstīryaspreading; darbhānkuśa grass; prāk-kūlānthe upper portion facing east; rāja-ṛṣiḥSatyavrata, the saintly King; prāk-udak-mukhaḥlooking toward the northeast (īśāna); niṣasādasat down; hareḥof the Supreme Personality of Godhead; pādauupon the lotus feet; cintayanmeditating; matsya-rūpiṇaḥwho had assumed the form of a fish..

Translation

After spreading kuśa with its tips pointing east, the saintly King, himself facing the northeast, sat down on the grass and began to meditate upon the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Viṣṇu, who had assumed the form of a fish.

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