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
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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
