Text 54]
Matsya, the Lord's Fish Incarnation
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tad viddhi praṇipātena paripraśnena sevayā upadekṣyanti te jñānaṁ jñāninas tattva-darśinaḥ
“Just try to learn the truth by approaching a spiritual master. Inquire from him submissively and render service unto him. The self-realized soul can impart knowledge unto you because he has seen the truth.” Lord Kṛṣṇa directly instructed Arjuna. Arjuna is therefore  tattva-darśī  or  guru . Arjuna accepted the Supreme Personality of Godhead ( paraṁ brahma paraṁ dhāma pavitraṁ paramaṁ bhavān ). Similarly, following in the footsteps of Śrī Arjuna, who is a personal devotee of the Lord, one should accept the supremacy of Lord Kṛṣṇa, as supported by Vyāsa, Devala, Asita, Nārada and later by the  ācāryas  Rāmānujācārya, Madhvācārya, Nimbārka and Viṣṇusvāmī and still later by the greatest  ācārya , Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu. Where, then, is the difficulty in finding a  guru ? If one is sincere he can find the  guru  and learn everything. One should take lessons from the  guru  and find out the goal of life. Mahārāja Satyavrata, therefore, shows us the way of the  mahājana .  Mahājano yena gataḥ sa panthāḥ . One should surrender to the Supreme Personality of Godhead ( daśāvatāra ) and learn from Him about the spiritual world and the goal of life.
TEXT 54
श्रीशुक उवाच
इत्युक्तवन्तं नृपतिं भगवानादिपूरुषः ।
मत्स्यरूपी महाम्भोधौ विहरंस्तत्त्वमन्नवीत् ॥५४॥
śrī-śuka uvāca
ity uktavantaṁ nṛpatiṁ
bhagavān ādi-pūruṣaḥ
matsya-rūpī mahāmbhodhau
viharaṁs tattvam abravīt
śrī-śukaḥ uvāca —Śrī Śukadeva Gosvāmī said;  iti —thus;  uktavantam —being addressed by Mahārāja Satyavrata;  nṛpatim —unto the King;  bhagavān —the Supreme Personality of Godhead;  ādi-pūruṣaḥ —the