270 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 8, Ch. 24
original person; matsya-ripi—who had assumed the form of a fish;
maha-ambhodhau—in that water of inundation; viharan—while mov-
ing; tattvam abravit—explained the Absolute Truth.
TRANSLATION

Sukadeva Gosvami continued: When Satyavrata had thus prayed
to the Supreme Personality of Godhead, who had assumed the
form of a fish, the Lord, while moving in the water of inundation,
explained to him the Absolute Truth.

TEXT 55
qeoraiaar eat aera
qeIATa TATTATTAANTT: 1144 I
puradna-samhitam divyam
sankhya-yoga-kriyavatim
satyavratasya rdjarser
dtma-guhyam asesatah

purdna—the subject matter explained in the Purdnas, the old histo-
ries, especially the Matsya Purdna; samhitam—the Vedic instructions
contained in Brahma-samhitad and other samhitds; divyam—all tran-
scendental literatures; sa@rikhya—the philosophical way of sdrkhya-
yoga; yoga—the science of self-realization or bhakti-yoga; kriyavatim—
practically applied in life; satyavratasya—of King Satyavrata; rdja-
rseh—the great king and saint; dtma-guhyam—all the mysteries of self-
realization; aSesatah—including all branches.

TRANSLATION

The Supreme Personality of Godhead thus explained to King
Satyavrata the spiritual science known as sankhya-yoga, the
science by which one distinguishes between matter and spirit [in
other words, bhakti-yoga], along with the instructions contained
in the Puranas [the old histories] and the samhitas. The Lord ex-
plained Himself in all these literatures.
