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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 8, Ch. 24]
TRANSLATION
One who narrates this description of the Matsya incarnation and King Satyavrata will certainly have all his ambitions fulfilled, and he will undoubtedly return home, back to Godhead.
TEXT 61
प्रलयपयसि भातुः सुप्तशक्तेर्मुखेभ्यः 
  श्रुतिगणमपनीतं प्रत्युपादत्त हत्वा । 
  दितिजमकथयद् यो ब्रह्म सत्यव्रतानां 
  तमहमखिलहेतुं जिह्वामीनं नतोऽस्मि ॥६१॥
pralaya-payasi dhātuḥ supta-śakter mukhebhyaḥ 
  śruti-gaṇam apanītam pratyupādatta hatvā 
  ditijam akathayad yo brahma satyavratānām 
  tam aham akhila-hetum jihma-mīnam nato 'smi
pralaya-payasi —in the water of inundation;  dhātuḥ —from Lord Brahmā;  supta-śakteḥ —who was inert because of sleeping;  mukhebhyaḥ —from the mouths;  śruti-gaṇam —Vedic records;  apanītam —stolen;  pratyupādatta —gave back to him;  hatvā —by killing;  ditijam —the great demon;  akathayat —explained;  yaḥ —one who;  brahma —Vedic knowledge;  satyavratānām —for the enlightenment of Satyavrata and the great saintly persons;  tam —unto Him;  aham —I;  akhila-hetum —unto the cause of all causes;  jihma-mīnam —appearing as and pretending to be a great fish;  nataḥ asmi —I offer my respectful obeisances.
TRANSLATION
I offer my respectful obeisances unto the Supreme Personality of Godhead, who pretended to be a gigantic fish, who restored the Vedic literature to Lord Brahmā when Lord Brahmā awakened from sleep, and who explained the essence of Vedic literature to King Satyavrata and the great saintly persons.