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

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 8.24.27

nūnaḿ tvaḿ bhagavān sākṣād

dharir nārāyaṇo 'vyayaḥ

anugrahāya bhūtānāḿ

dhatse rūpaḿ jalaukasām

SYNONYMS

nūnam — certainly; tvam — You (are); bhagavān — the Supreme Personality of Godhead; sākṣāt — directly; hariḥ — the Lord; nārāyaṇaḥ — the Personality of Godhead; avyayaḥ — inexhaustible; anugrahāyato show mercy; bhūtānāmto all living entities; dhatse — You have assumed; rūpama form; jala-okasām — like an aquatic.

TRANSLATION

My Lord, You are certainly the inexhaustible Supreme Personality of Godhead, Nārāyaṇa, Śrī Hari. It is to show Your mercy to the living entities that You have now assumed the form of an aquatic.

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