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Matsya, the Lord's Fish Incarnation
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TEXT 43
तमूचुर्मुनयः प्रीता राजन् ध्यायस्व केशवम् । स वै नः संकटादस्सादविता शं विधास्यति ॥४३॥
tam ūcur munayaḥ prītā rājan dhyāyasva keśavam sa vai naḥ saṅkaṭād asmād avitā śaṁ vidhāsyati
tam —unto the King;  ūcuḥ —said;  munayaḥ —all the saintly  brāhmaṇas ;  prītāḥ —being pleased;  rājan —O King;  dhyāyasva —meditate;  keśavam —upon the Supreme Lord, Keśava;  saḥ —His Lordship;  vai —indeed;  naḥ —us;  saṅkaṭāt —from the great danger;  asmāt —as now visible;  avitā —will save;  śam —auspiciousness;  vidhāsyati —He will arrange.
TRANSLATION
The saintly  brāhmaṇas , being pleased with the King, said to him: O King, please meditate upon the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Keśava. He will save us from this impending danger and arrange for our well-being.
TEXT 44
सोऽनुध्यातस्ततो राज्ञा प्रादुरासीन्महार्णवे । एकशृङ्गधरो मत्स्यो हैमो नियुतयोजनः ॥४४॥
so 'nudhyātas tato rājñā prādurāsīn mahārṇave eka-śṛṅga-dharo matsyo haimo niyuta-yojanaḥ
saḥ —the Lord;  anudhyātaḥ —being meditated upon;  tataḥ —thereafter (hearing the words of the saintly  brāhmaṇas );  rājñā —by the King;  prādurāsīt —appeared (before him);  mahā-arṇave —in the great ocean of inundation;  eka-śṛṅga-dharaḥ —with one horn;  matsyaḥ —a big fish;  haimaḥ —made of gold;  niyuta-yojanaḥ —eight million miles long.