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Chapter 24: Matsya, the Lord's Fish Incarnation

Verse 57 of 59
SB 8.24.57

अतीतप्रलयापाय उत्थिताय स वेधसे हत्वासुरं हयग्रीवं वेदान्प्रत्याहरद्धरिः

atīta-pralayāpāya utthitāya sa vedhase hatvāsuraṁ hayagrīvaṁ vedān pratyāharad dhariḥ

Synonyms

atīta—passed; pralaya-apāye—at the end of the inundation; utthitāya—to bring him to his senses after sleeping; saḥ—the Supreme Lord; vedhase—unto Lord Brahmā; hatvā—after killing; asuram—the demon; hayagrīvam—by the name Hayagrīva; vedān—all the Vedic records; pratyāharat—delivered; hariḥ—the Supreme Personality of Godhead..

Translation

At the end of the last inundation [during the period of Svāyambhuva Manu] the Supreme Personality of Godhead killed the demon named Hayagrīva and delivered all the Vedic literatures to Lord Brahmā when Lord Brahmā awakened from sleeping.

Verse 57 of 59