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

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 8.24.26

naivaḿ vīryo jalacaro

dṛṣṭo 'smābhiḥ śruto 'pi vā

yo bhavān yojana-śatam

ahnābhivyānaśe saraḥ

SYNONYMS

na — not; evam — thus; vīryaḥ — powerful; jala-caraḥ — aquatic; dṛṣṭaḥ — seen; asmābhiḥ — by us; śrutaḥ api — nor heard of; — either; yaḥ — who; bhavān — Your Lordship; yojana-śatam — hundreds of miles; ahnāin one day; abhivyānaśe — expanding; saraḥ — water.

TRANSLATION

My Lord, in one day You have expanded Yourself for hundreds of miles, covering the water of the river and the ocean. Before this I had never seen or heard of such an aquatic animal.

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