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Chapter 24: Matsya, the Lord's Fish Incarnation

Verse 44 of 59
SB 8.24.44

सो ऽनुध्यातस्ततो राज्ञा प्रादुरासीन्महार्णवे एकशृंगधरो मत्स्यो हैमो नियुतयोजनः

so 'nudhyātas tato rājñā prādurāsīn mahārṇave eka-śṛṅga-dharo matsyo haimo niyuta-yojanaḥ

Synonyms

saḥ—the Lord; anudhyātaḥ—being meditated upon; tataḥ—thereafter (hearing the words of the saintly brāhmaṇas); rājñā—by the King; prādurāsīt—appeared (before him); mahā-arṇave—in the great ocean of inundation; eka-śṛṅga-dharaḥ—with one horn; matsyaḥ—a big fish; haimaḥ—made of gold; niyuta-yojanaḥ—eight million miles long..

Translation

Then, while the King constantly meditated upon the Supreme Personality of Godhead, a large golden fish appeared in the ocean of inundation. The fish had one horn and was eight million miles long.

Verse 44 of 59