PLATE SIX

Once, millions of years ago, the Supreme Personality of Godhead ap-
peared in the form of a fish and warned the pious King Satyavrata of an
impending inundation. After receiving instructions from Lord Matsya,
King Satyavrata spread a mat of kuSa grass, sat down and meditated on
the Lord for seven days. Thereafter, gigantic clouds pouring incessant
water swelled the ocean more and more. Thus the ocean began to over-
flow onto the land and inundate the entire world. Then, just as the Lord
had predicted, when the world was flooded by the devastating water a
magnificent boat mysteriously appeared before King Satyavrata and the
seven great sages. (pp. 253-254)
