Text 13] Scheduled Incarnations with Specific Functions
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of fear of the vast water, at the end of the millennium, the Vedas come out of my [Brahmā's] mouth, and the Lord enjoys those vast waters and protects the Vedas.
PURPORT
During one day of Brahmā, there are fourteen Manus, and at the end of each Manu, there is devastation up to the earthly planets, and the vast water is fearful even to the personality of Brahmā. So in the beginning of the would-be Vaivasvata Manu, such devastation would be seen by him. There would be many other incidences also, such as the killing of the famous Śaṅkhāsura, etc. This foretelling is by past experience of Brahmājī, who knew that in that fearful devastating scene, the  Vedas  would come out of his mouth, but the Lord in His fish incarnation not only would save all living entities, namely the demigods, animals, man and the great sages, but would also save the  Vedas .
TEXT 13
क्षीरोदधावमरदानवयूथपाना-
मुन्मथ्रताममृतलब्धय आदिदेवः ।
पृष्ठेन कच्छपवपुर्विदधार गोत्रं
निद्राक्षणोऽद्रिपरिवर्तकषाणकण्डूः ॥१३॥
kṣīrodadhāv amara-dānava-yūthapānām unmathnatām amṛta-labdhaya ādi-devaḥ pṛṣṭhena kacchapa-vapur vidadhāra gotram nidrākṣaṇo'dri-parivarta-kaṣāṇa-kaṇḍūḥ
kṣīra—milk; udadhau—in the ocean of; amara—the demigods; dānava—the demons; yūtha-pānām—of the leaders of both hosts; unmathnatām—while churning; amṛta—nectar; labdhaya—for gaining; ādi-devaḥ—the primeval Lord; pṛṣṭhena—by the backbone; kacchapa—tortoise; vapuḥ—body; vidadhāra—assumed; gotram—the Mandara Hill; nidrākṣaṇaḥ—while partly sleeping; adri-parivarta—rolling the hill; kaṣāṇa—scratching; kaṇḍūḥ—itching.