Text 41]
Matsya, the Lord's Fish Incarnation
253
ittham —as aforementioned;  ādiśya —instructing;  rājānam —the King (Satyavrata);  hariḥ —the Supreme Personality of Godhead;  antaradhīyata —disappeared from that place;  saḥ —he (the King);  anvavaikṣata —began to wait for;  tam kālam —that time;  yam —which;  hṛṣīka-īśaḥ —Lord Hṛṣīkeśa, the master of all the senses;  ādiśat —instructed.
TRANSLATION
After thus instructing the King, the Supreme Personality of Godhead immediately disappeared. Then King Satyavrata began to wait for that time of which the Lord had instructed.
TEXT 40
आस्तीर्य दर्भान् प्राक्कूलान् राजर्षिः प्रागुदञ्जुखः ।
निषसाद हरेः पादौ चिन्तयन् मत्स्यरूपिणः ॥४०॥
āstīrya darbhān prāk-kūlān rājarṣiḥ prāg-udaṅ-mukhaḥ niṣasāda hareḥ pādau cintayan matsya-rūpiṇaḥ
āstīrya —spreading;  darbhān — kuśa  grass;  prāk-kūlān —the upper portion facing east;  rāja-ṛṣiḥ —Satyavrata, the saintly King;  prāk-udak-mukhaḥ —looking toward the northeast ( īśāna );  niṣasāda —sat down;  hareḥ —of the Supreme Personality of Godhead;  pādau —upon the lotus feet;  cintayan —meditating;  matsya-rūpiṇaḥ —who had assumed the form of a fish.
TRANSLATION
After spreading  kuśa  with its tips pointing east, the saintly King, himself facing the northeast, sat down on the grass and began to meditate upon the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Viṣṇu, who had assumed the form of a fish.
TEXT 41
ततः समुद्र उद्वेलः सर्वतः प्रावयन् महीम् ।
वर्धमानो महामेघैर्वर्धद्भिः समदृश्यत ॥४१॥