240 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 8, Ch. 24

naitan me svastaye rdjann
udakam salilaukasah

nidhehi raksd-yogena
hrade mam avidasini

na—not; etat—this; me—unto Me; svastaye—comfortable; rajan—O
King; udakam—water; salila-okasah—because I am a big aquatic;
nidhehi—put; raksd-yogena—by some means; hrade—in a lake;
mam—Me; aviddsini—perpetual.

TRANSLATION

The fish then said: O King, I am a large aquatic, and this water is
not at all suitable for Me. Now kindly find some way to save Me. It
would be better to put Me in the water of a lake that will never
reduce,

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ity uktah so ‘nayan matsyam
tatra tatravidasini

jalésaye ’sammitam tam
samudre praksipaj jhasam

iti uktah—thus being requested; sah—the King; anayat—brought;
matsyam—the fish; tatra—therein; tatra—therein; aviddsini—where
the water never diminishes; jala-asaye—in the reservoir of water;
asammitam—unlimited; tam—unto the fish; samudre—in the ocean;
praksipat—threw; jhasam—the gigantic fish.

TRANSLATION

When thus requested, King Satyavrata took the fish to the
largest reservoir of water. But when that also proved insufficient,
the King at last threw the gigantic fish into the ocean.
