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Chapter 24: Matsya, the Lord's Fish Incarnation

Verse 54 of 59
SB 8.24.54

श्रीशुक उवाच इत्युक्तवन्तं नृपतिं भगवानादिपूरुषः मत्स्यरूपी महाम्भोधौ विहरंस्तत्त्वमब्रवीत्

śrī-śuka uvāca ity uktavantaṁ nṛpatiṁ bhagavān ādi-pūruṣaḥ matsya-rūpī mahāmbhodhau viharaṁs tattvam abravīt

Synonyms

śrī-śukaḥ uvācaŚrī Śukadeva Gosvāmī said; itithus; uktavantambeing addressed by Mahārāja Satyavrata; nṛpatimunto the King; bhagavānthe Supreme Personality of Godhead; ādi-pūruṣaḥthe original person; matsya-rūpīwho had assumed the form of a fish; mahā-ambhodhauin that water of inundation; viharanwhile moving; tattvam abravītexplained the Absolute Truth..

Translation

Śukadeva Gosvāmī continued: When Satyavrata had thus prayed to the Supreme Personality of Godhead, who had assumed the form of a fish, the Lord, while moving in the water of inundation, explained to him the Absolute Truth.

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