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Matsya, the Lord's Fish Incarnation
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TEXT 56
अश्रौषीदृषिभिः साक्रमात्मतत्त्वमसंशयम् । नाव्यासीनो भगवता प्रोक्तं ब्रह्म सनातनम् ॥५६॥
aśrauṣīd ṛṣibhiḥ sākam ātma-tattvam asaṁśayam nāvy āsīno bhagavatā proktaṁ brahma sanātanam
aśrauṣīt—he heard; ṛṣibhiḥ—the great saintly persons; sākam—with; ātma-tattvam—the science of self-realization; asaṁśayam—without any doubt (because it was spoken by the Supreme Lord); nāvi āsīnaḥ—sitting in the boat; bhagavatā—by the Supreme Personality of Godhead; proktam—explained; brahma—all transcendental literatures; sanātanam—eternally existing.
TRANSLATION
While sitting in the boat, King Satyavrata, accompanied by the great saintly persons, listened to the instructions of the Supreme Personality of Godhead in regard to self-realization. These instructions were all from the eternal Vedic literature [brahma]. Thus the King and sages had no doubt about the Absolute Truth.
TEXT 57
अतीतप्रलयापाय उत्थिताय स वेधसे । हत्वासुरं हयग्रीवं वेदान् प्रत्याहरद्धरिः ॥५७॥
atīta-pralayāpāya utthitāya sa vedhase hatvāsuraṁ hayagrīvaṁ vedān pratyāharad dhariḥ
atīta—passed; pralaya-apāye—at the end of the inundation; utthitāya—to bring him to his senses after sleeping; saḥ—the Supreme Lord; vedhase—unto Lord Brahmā; hatvā—after killing; asuram—the