242
Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 8, Ch. 24]
TRANSLATION
After hearing these sweet words from the Supreme Personality of Godhead in the form of a fish, the King, being bewildered, asked Him: Who are You, sir? You simply bewilder us.
TEXT 26
नैवंबीयों जलचरो दृष्टोऽस्माभिः श्रुतोऽपि व । यो भवान् योजनशतमहाभिव्यानशे सरः ॥२६॥
naivaṁ vīryo jalacaro dṛṣṭo 'smābhiḥ śruto 'pi vā yo bhavān yojana-śatam ahnābhivyānaśe saraḥ
na—not; evam—thus; vīryaḥ—powerful; jala-caraḥ—aquatic; dṛṣṭaḥ—seen; asmābhiḥ—by us; śrutaḥ api—nor heard of; vā—either; yaḥ—who; bhavān—Your Lordship; yojana-śatam—hundreds of miles; ahnā—in one day; abhivyānaśe—expanding; saraḥ—water.
TRANSLATION
My Lord, in one day You have expanded Yourself for hundreds of miles, covering the water of the river and the ocean. Before this I had never seen or heard of such an aquatic animal.
TEXT 27
नूनं त्वं भगवान् साक्षाद्दरिर्नारायणोऽव्ययः । अनुग्रहाय भूतानां धत्से रूपं जलौकसाम् ॥२७॥
nūnaṁ tvaṁ bhagavān sākṣād dharir nārāyaṇo 'vyayaḥ anugrahāya bhūtānāṁ dhatse rūpaṁ jalaukasām
nūnam—certainly; tvam—You (are); bhagavān—the Supreme Personality of Godhead; sākṣāt—directly; hariḥ—the Lord; nārāyaṇaḥ—