Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 8.24.44

so 'nudhyātas tato rājñā

prādurāsīn mahārṇave

eka-śṛńga-dharo matsyo

haimo niyuta-yojanaḥ

SYNONYMS

saḥ — the Lord; anudhyātaḥ — being meditated upon; tataḥ — thereafter (hearing the words of the saintly brāhmaṇas); rājñā — by the King; prādurāsīt — appeared (before him); mahā-arṇave — in the great ocean of inundation; eka-śṛńga-dharaḥ — with one horn; matsyaḥ — a big fish; haimaḥ — made of gold; niyuta-yojanaḥ — eight million miles long.

TRANSLATION

Then, while the King constantly meditated upon the Supreme Personality of Godhead, a large golden fish appeared in the ocean of inundation. The fish had one horn and was eight million miles long.

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