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

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 8.24.34-35

tvaḿ tāvad oṣadhīḥ sarvā

bījāny uccāvacāni ca

saptarṣibhiḥ parivṛtaḥ

sarva-sattvopabṛḿhitaḥ

āruhya bṛhatīḿ nāvaḿ

vicariṣyasy aviklavaḥ

ekārṇave nirāloke

ṛṣīṇām eva varcasā

SYNONYMS

tvam — you; tāvat — until that time; oṣadhīḥ — herbs; sarvāḥ — all kinds of; bījāni — seeds; ucca-avacāni — lower and higher; ca — and; sapta-ṛṣibhiḥ — by the seven ṛṣis; parivṛtaḥ — surrounded; sarva-sattva — all kinds of living entities; upabṛḿhitaḥ — surrounded by; āruhya — getting on; bṛhatīm — very large; nāvam — boat; vicariṣyasi — shall travel; aviklavaḥ — without moroseness; eka-arṇavein the ocean of inundation; nirāloke — without being illuminated; ṛṣīṇām — of the great ṛṣis; eva — indeed; varcasā — by the effulgence.

TRANSLATION

Thereafter, O King, you shall collect all types of herbs and seeds and load them on that great boat. Then, accompanied by the seven ṛṣis and surrounded by all kinds of living entities, you shall get aboard that boat, and without moroseness you shall easily travel with your companions on the ocean of inundation, the only illumination being the effulgence of the great ṛṣis.

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