Text 12] Matsya, the Lord’s Fish Incarnation 233

TEXT 11

TSA qerEet TAT: a TAA: |
areas ef Sarat Aaa afte fa: 112 21

yo ’sév asmin mahd-kalpe
tanayah sa vivasvatah
Sraddhadeva iti khydato

manutve harindrpitah

yah—one who; asau—He (the Supreme Person); asmin—in this;
mahd-kalpe—great millennium; tanayah—son; sah—he, vivasvatah—
of the sun-god; sraddhadevah—by the name Sraddhadeva; iti—thus;
khydtah—celebrated; manutve—in the position of Manu; harind—by
the Supreme Personality of Godhead; arpitah—was situated.

TRANSLATION

In this [the present] millennium King Satyavrata later became
the son of Vivasvan, the king of the sun planet, and was known as
Sraddhadeva. By the mercy of the Supreme Personality of God-
head, he was given the post of Manu.

TEXT 12

TMAH RSwAVAIa 11221!

ekada krtamalayam
kurvato jala-tarpanam
tasyanjaly-udake kacic
chaphary ekabhyapadyata

ekada—one day; krtamalayam—on the bank of the Krtamala River;
kurvatah—executing; jala-tarpanam—the offering of oblations of
water; tasya—his; arjali—palmful; udake—in the water; kdcit—some;
Saphari—a small fish; ekd—one; abhyapadyata—was generated.
