Text 15] Krsna Is the Source of All Incarnations 153

posts. Maharaja Prthu excavated many produces from the earth, and thus
not only the citizens became happy to have such a good king, but the
complete sight of the earth also became beautiful and attractive.

TEXT 15

eta aut aed araqiichrarga |
ACI ReATATTBTA AA UUZ4I

riipam sa jagrhe matsyam
caksusodadhi-samplave

navy adropya mahimayyam
apad vaivasvatam manum

ripam—form; sah—he; jagrhe—accepted; matsyam—of fish; caksusa—
Caksusa; udadhi—water; samplave—inundation; navi—on the boat; aropya
—keeping on; mahi—the earth; mayyam—drowned in; apat—protected;
vaivasvatam— V aivasvata; manum—Manu, the father of man.

TRANSLATION

When there was a complete inundation after the period of the Caksusa
Manu and the whole world was deep within water, the Lord accepted the
form of a fish and protected Vaivasvata Manu, keeping him up on a boat.

PURPORT

According to Sripada Sridhara Svami, the original commentator on the
Bhagavata, there is not always a devastation after the change of every
Manu. And yet this inundation after the period of Caksugsa Manu took
place in order to show some wonders to Satyavrata. But Sri Jiva Gosvami
has given definite proofs from authoritative scriptures (like Visnu-
dharmottara, Markandeya Purana, Harivarmsa, etc.) that there is always
a devastation after the end of each and every Manu. Srila Vigvanatha
Cakravarti has also supported Srila Jiva Gosvami, and he (Sri Cakravarti)
has also quoted from Bhagavatamrtam about this inundation after each
Manu. Apart from this, the Lord, in order to show special favor to
Satyavrata, a devotee of the Lord, in this particular period, incarnated
Himself.
