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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 8, Ch. 24]
TRANSLATION
Then, while the King constantly meditated upon the Supreme Personality of Godhead, a large golden fish appeared in the ocean of inundation. The fish had one horn and was eight million miles long.
TEXT 45
निबध्य नावं तच्छृङ्गे यथोक्तो हरिणा पुरा । वरत्रेणाहिना तुष्टस्तुष्टाव मधुसूदनम् ॥४५॥
nibadhya nāvam tac-chṛige yathokto hariṇā purā varatreṇāhinā tuṣṭas tuṣṭāva madhusūdanam
nibadhya —anchoring;  nāvam —the boat;  tat-śṛige —onto the horn of the big fish;  yathā-uktaḥ —as advised;  hariṇā —by the Supreme Personality of Godhead;  purā —before;  varatreṇa —used as a rope;  ahinā —by the great serpent (of the name Vāsuki);  tuṣṭaḥ —being pleased;  tuṣṭāva —he satisfied;  madhusūdanam —the Supreme Lord, the killer of Madhu.
TRANSLATION
Following the instructions formerly given by the Supreme Personality of Godhead, the King anchored the boat to the fish's horn, using the serpent Vāsuki as a rope. Thus being satisfied, he began offering prayers to the Lord.
TEXT 46
श्रीराजोवाच
अनाद्यविद्योपहतात्मसंविद-
स्तन्मूलसंसारपरिश्रमातुराः ।
यदृच्छयोपसृता यमाप्नुयु-
र्बिमुक्तिदो नः परमो गुरुर्भवान् ॥४६॥