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Matsya, the Lord's Fish Incarnation
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PURPORT
Here is a summary of Satyavrata's meeting with the fish incarnation of Lord Viṣṇu. Lord Viṣṇu's purpose was to take back all the Vedic literatures from the demon Hayagrīva and restore them to Lord Brahmā. Incidentally, by His causeless mercy, the Lord spoke with Satyavrata. The word  satyavratānām  is significant because it indicates that those on the level of Satyavrata can take knowledge from the  Vedas  delivered by the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Whatever is spoken by the Supreme Lord is accepted as  Veda . As stated in  Bhagavad-gītā ,  vedānta-kṛd veda-vit : the Supreme Personality of Godhead is the compiler of all Vedic knowledge, and He knows the purport of the  Vedas . Therefore, anyone who takes knowledge from the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Kṛṣṇa, or from  Bhagavad-gītā  as it is, knows the purpose of the  Vedas  ( vedaiś ca sarvair aham eva vedyaḥ ). One cannot understand Vedic knowledge from the  veda-vāda-ratās , who read the  Vedas  and misconstrue their subject matter. One has to know the  Vedas  from the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
Thus end the Bhaktivedanta purports of the Eighth Canto, Twenty-fourth Chapter, of the Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam, entitled "Matsya, the Lord's Fish Incarnation."
—This commentation has been finished in our New Delhi center today, the first of September, 1976, the day of Rādhāṣṭamī, by the grace of the Supreme Personality of Godhead and the  ācāryas . Śrīla Narottama dāsa Thākura says,  tāṅdera caraṇa sevi bhakta-sane vāsa janame janame haya, ei abhilāṣa . I am attempting to present  Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam  in the English language by the order of my spiritual master, Śrīmad Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Thākura, and by his grace the work of translation is gradually progressing, and the European and American devotees who have joined the Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement are helping me considerably. Thus we have expectations of finishing the great task before my passing away. All glories to Śrī Guru and Gaurāṅga.
END OF THE EIGHTH CANTO