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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

atītapassed; pralaya-apāyeat the end of the inundation; utthitāyato bring him to his senses after sleeping; saḥthe Supreme Lord; vedhaseunto Lord Brahmā; hatvāafter killing; asuramthe demon; hayagrīvamby the name Hayagrīva; vedānall the Vedic records; pratyāharatdelivered; hariḥthe 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
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