Text 12] Matsya, the Lord’s Fish Incarnation 233
TEXT 11
MSA AERA TAT: a TAT: |
Maes ef EIA Aga eftonfta: 112 81
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
TARA BfPswtsvsaT 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.
