224 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 8, Ch. 24

and offering oblations of water with the palm of his hand, he found a
small fish. The fish appealed to the King for protection, asking the King
to keep Him in a safe place. Although the King did not know that the
small fish was the Supreme Personality of Godhead Himself, as a king he
gave shelter to the fish and kept Him in a water jug. The fish, being the
Supreme Personality of Godhead, wanted to show His potency to King
Satyavrata, and thus He immediately expanded His body in such a way
that He could no longer be kept in the jug of water. The King then put
the fish in a big well, but the well was also too small. Then the King put
the fish in a lake, but the lake was also unsuitable. Finally the King put
the fish in the sea, but even the sea could not accommodate Him. Thus
the King understood that the fish was no one else but the Supreme Per-
sonality of Godhead, and he requested the Lord to describe His incarna-
tion as a fish. The Personality of Godhead, being pleased with the King,
informed him that within a week there would be an inundation
throughout the universe and that the fish incarnation would protect the
King, along with the rsis, herbs, seeds and other living entities, in a boat,
which would be attached to the fish’s horn. After saying this, the Lord
disappeared. King Satyavrata offered respectful obeisances to the
Supreme Lord and continued to meditate upon Him. In due course of
time, annihilation took place, and the King saw a boat coming near. After
getting aboard with learned braéhmanas and saintly persons, he offered
prayers to worship the Supreme Personality of Godhead. The Supreme
Lord is situated in everyone’s heart, and thus he taught Maharaja
Satyavrata and the saintly persons about Vedic knowledge from the core
of the heart. King Satyavrata took his next birth as Vaivasvata Manu,
who is mentioned in Bhagavad-gita. Vivasvan manave praha: the sun-
god spoke the science of Bhagavad-gita to his son Manu. Because of
being the son of Vivasvan, this Manu is known as Vaivasvata Manu.

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