246 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 8, Ch. 24

worship of the lotus feet of Hari, even if this means giving up the so-
called occupational duty assigned because of the particular body one has
accepted. Because worship in terms of the body is temporary, it does not
bear any permanent fruit. But worship of the Supreme Personality of

Godhead gives immense benefit.

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Sri-Suka uvaca
iti bruvanam nrpatim jagat-patih
satyavratamh matsya-vapur yuga-ksaye
vihartu-kamah pralayarnave "bravic
cikirsur ekanta-jana-priyah priyam

Sri-Sukah uvdica—Sri Sukadeva Gosvami said; iti—thus; bruvanam—
speaking like that; nrpatim—unto the King; jagat-patih—the master of
the entire universe; satyavratam—unto Satyavrata; matsya-vapuh—the
Lord, who had assumed the form of a fish; yuga-ksaye—at the end of a
yuga; vihartu-kamah—to enjoy His own pastimes; pralaya-arnave —in
the water of inundation; abravit—said; cikirsuh—desiring to do;
ekanta-jana-priyah—most beloved by the devotees; priyam—something
very beneficial.

TRANSLATION
Sukadeva Gosvami said: When King Satyavrata spoke in this
way, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, who at the end of the
yuga had assumed the form of a fish to benefit His devotee and en-
joy His pastimes in the water of inundation, responded as follows.
