Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 8.24.21

tata ādāya sā rājñā

kṣiptā rājan sarovare

tad āvṛtyātmanā so 'yaḿ

mahā-mīno 'nvavardhata

SYNONYMS

tataḥ — from there; ādāya — taking away; sā — the fish; rājñā — by the King; kṣiptā — being thrown; rājan — O King (Mahārāja Parīkṣit); sarovare — in a lake; tat — that; āvṛtya — covering; ātmanā — by the body; saḥ — the fish; ayam — this; mahā-mīnaḥ — gigantic fish; anvavardhata — immediately developed.

TRANSLATION

O Mahārāja Parīkṣit, the King took the fish from the well and threw Him in a lake, but the fish then assumed a gigantic form exceeding the extent of the water.

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