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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 8, Ch. 24]
TRANSLATION
One day while King Satyavrata was performing austerities by offering water on the bank of the River Kṛtamālā, a small fish appeared in the water in his palms.
TEXT 13
सत्यव्रतोऽञ्जलिगतां सह तोयेन भारत । उत्ससर्ज नदीतोये शफरीं द्रविडेश्वरः ॥१३॥
satyavrato 'nījali-gatām saha toyena bhārata utsasarja nadī-toye śapharīm draviḍeśvaraḥ
satyavrataḥ —King Satyavrata;  añjali-gatām —in the water held in the palms of the King;  saha —with;  toyena —water;  bhārata —O King Parikṣit;  utsasarja —threw;  nadī-toye —in the water of the river;  śapharīm —that small fish;  draviḍa-īśvaraḥ —Satyavrata, the King of Draviḍa.
TRANSLATION
Satyavrata, the King of Draviḍadeśa, threw the fish into the water of the river along with the water in his palm, O King Parikṣit, descendant of Bharata.
TEXT 14
तमाह सातिकरुणं महाकारुणिकं नृपम् । यादोभ्यो ज्ञातिधातिभ्यो दीनां मां दीनवत्सल । कथं विसृजसे राजन् भीतामस्मिन् सरिजले ॥१४॥
tam āha sātikaruṇam mahā-kāruṇikam nṛpam yādobhyo jñāti-ghātibhyo dīnām mām dīna-vatsala katham visṛjase rājan bhītām asmin sarij-jale