Canto 8: Withdrawal of the Cosmic CreationsChapter 24: Matsya, the Lord's Fish Incarnation

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 8.24.23

ity uktaḥ so 'nayan matsyaḿ

tatra tatrāvidāsini

jalāśaye 'sammitaḿ taḿ

samudre prākṣipaj jhaṣam

SYNONYMS

iti uktaḥ — thus being requested; saḥ — the King; anayat — brought; matsyam — the fish; tatra — therein; tatra — therein; avidāsini — where the water never diminishes; jala-āśayein the reservoir of water; asammitam — unlimited; tam — unto the fish; samudrein the ocean; prākṣipat — threw; jhaṣam — the gigantic fish.

TRANSLATION

When thus requested, King Satyavrata took the fish to the largest reservoir of water. But when that also proved insufficient, the King at last threw the gigantic fish into the ocean.

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