234 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 8, Ch. 24

TRANSLATION

One day while King Satyavrata was performing austerities by
offering water on the bank of the River Krtamala, a small fish ap-
peared in the water in his palms.

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satyavrato ‘ijali-gatam
saha toyena bhérata

utsasarja nadi-toye
Sapharim dravidesvarah

satyavratah—King Satyavrata; afijali-gatam—in the water held in
the palms of the King; saha—with; toyena—water; bhdrata—O King
Pariksit; utsasarja—threw; nadi-toye—in the water of the river;
Sapharim—that small fish; dravida-isvarah—Satyavrata, the King of
Dravida.

TRANSLATION

Satyavrata, the King of Dravidadesa, threw the fish into the
water of the river along with the water in his palm, O King
Pariksit, descendant of Bharata.

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tam aha sdtikarunam
mahé-karunikam nrpam

yadobhyo jnati-ghatibhyo
dinam mam dina-vatsala

katham visrjase rajan
bhitam asmin sarij-jale
