Text 38] Matsya, the Lord’s Fish Incarnation 251

pralayah padmanabhasya
lilayeti ca kutracit

sarva-manvantarasyante
pralayo niscitam bhavet
visnu-dharmottare tv etat

markandeyena bhasitam

manor ante layo nasti
manave ‘darsi mayaya

visnuneti bruvanais tu
svdmibhir naisa manyate

TEXT 38

adta afar at aaa abqaq |
yeaaaTad AX asafad fe sci

madiyam mahimaénam ca
param brahmeti sabditam

vetsyasy anugrhitam me
samprasnair vivrtarh hrdi

madiyam —pertaining to Me; mahimaénam—glories; ca—and; param
brahma—the Supreme Brahman, the Absolute Truth; iti—thus;
Sabditam—celebrated; vetsyasi—you shall understand; anugrhitam—
being favored; me—by Me; samprasnaih—by inquiries; vivrtam—
thoroughly explained; hrdi—within the heart.

TRANSLATION

You will be thoroughly advised and favored by Me, and because
of your inquiries, everything about My glories, which are known
as param brahma, will be manifest within your heart. Thus you
will know everything about Me.

PURPORT

As stated in Bhagavad-gita (15.15), sarvasya caham hrdi sannivisto
mattah smrtir jndnam apohanam ca: the Supreme Personality of
