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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 5, Ch. 18]
ramyake ca bhagavataḥ priyatamaṁ mātsyam avatāra-rūpaṁ tad-varṣa-puruṣasya manoḥ prāk-pradarśitaṁ sa idānīm api mahatā bhakti-yogenārādhayatīdaṁ codāharati.
ramyake ca —also in Ramyaka-varṣa;  bhagavataḥ —of the Supreme Personality of Godhead;  priya-tamam —the foremost;  mātsyam —fish;  avatāra-rūpam —the form of the incarnation;  tat-varṣa-puruṣasya —of the ruler of that land;  manoḥ —Manu;  prāk —previously (at the end of the Cākṣuṣa-manvantara);  pradarśitam —exhibited;  saḥ —that Manu;  idānīm api —even until now;  mahatā bhakti-yogena —by dint of advanced devotional service;  ārādhayati —worships the Supreme Personality of Godhead;  idam —this;  ca —and;  udāharati —chants.
TRANSLATION
Śukadeva Gosvāmī continued:  In Ramyaka-varṣa, where Vaivasvata Manu rules, the Supreme Personality of Godhead appeared as Lord Matsya at the end of the last era [the Cākṣuṣa-manvantara]. Vaivasvata Manu now worships Lord Matsya in pure devotional service and chants the following mantra.
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ॐ नमो भगवते मुख्यतमाय नमः सत्त्वाय प्राणायौजसे सहसे बलाय महामत्स्याय नम इति ॥२५॥
oṁ namo bhagavate mukhyatamāya namaḥ sattvāya prāṇāyaujase sahase balāya mahā-matsyāya nama iti.
om —O my Lord;  namaḥ —respectful obeisances;  bhagavate —unto the Supreme Personality of Godhead;  mukhya-tamāya —the first incarnation to appear;  namaḥ —my respectful obeisances;  sattvāya —unto the pure transcendence;  prāṇāya —the origin of life;  ojase —the source of the potency of the senses;  sahase —the origin of all mental power;  balāya —the origin of bodily strength;  mahā-matsyāya —unto the gigantic fish incarnation;  namaḥ —respectful obeisances;  iti —thus.