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Matsya, the Lord's Fish Incarnation
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benediction offered by the Supreme Personality of Godhead. As the Lord says in  Bhagavad-gitā  (18.66):
sarva-dharmān parityajya mām ekaṁ śaraṇaṁ vraja ahaṁ tvāṁ sarva-pāpebhyo mokṣayiṣyāmi mā śucaḥ
“Abandon all varieties of religion and just surrender unto Me. I shall deliver you from all sinful reaction. Do not fear.” This is the greatest benediction.
TEXT 50
अचक्षुरन्धस्य यथाग्रणीः कृत-
स्तथा जनस्यारिदुषोऽबुधो गुरुः ।
त्वमर्कटक् सर्वदृशां समीक्षणो
वृतो गुरुर्नः स्वगतिं बुधुत्सताम् ॥५०॥
acakṣur andhasya yathāgraṇīḥ kṛtas tathā janasyāviduṣo 'budho guruḥ tvam arka-dṛk sarva-dṛśāṁ samīkṣaṇo vṛto gurur naḥ sva-gatiṁ bubhutsatām
acakṣuḥ —one who does not have his power of sight;  andhasya —for such a blind person;  yathā —as;  agraṇīḥ —the leader, who goes first;  kṛtaḥ —accepted;  tathā —similarly;  janasya —such a person;  aviduṣaḥ —who has no knowledge of the goal of life;  abudhaḥ —a foolish rascal;  guruḥ —the spiritual master;  tvam —Your Lordship;  arka-dṛk —appear like the sun;  sarva-dṛśāṁ —of all sources of knowledge;  samīkṣaṇaḥ —the complete seer;  vṛtaḥ —accepted;  guruḥ —the spiritual master;  naḥ —our;  sva-gatiṁ —one who knows his real self-interest;  bubhutsatām —such an enlightened person.
TRANSLATION
As a blind man, being unable to see, accepts another blind man as his leader, people who do not know the goal of life accept