274 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 8, Ch. 24

TRANSLATION

One who narrates this description of the Matsya incarnation and
King Satyavrata will certainly have all his ambitions fulfilled, and
he will undoubtedly return home, back to Godhead.

TEXT 61

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pralaya-payasi dhatuh supta-sakter mukhebhyah
Sruti-ganam apanitam pratyupddatta hatva
ditijam akathayad yo brahma satyavratandm
tam aham akhila-hetum jihma-minam nato ’smi

pralaya-payasi—in the water of inundation; dhatuh—from Lord
Brahma; supta-sakteh—who was inert because of sleeping;
mukhebhyah—from the mouths; Sruti-ganam—Vedic _ records;
apanitam—stolen; pratyupaddatta—gave back to him; hatvé—by kill-
ing; ditiiam—the great demon; akathayat—explained; yah—one who;
brahma—Vedic knowledge; satyavratanadm—for the enlightenment of
Satyavrata and the great saintly persons; tam—unto Him; aham—I;
akhila-hetum—unto the cause of all causes; jihma-minam—appearing
as and pretending to be a great fish; natah asmi—I offer my respectful
obeisances.

TRANSLATION
I offer my respectful obeisances unto the Supreme Personality
of Godhead, who pretended to be a gigantic fish, who restored the
Vedic literature to Lord Brahma when Lord Brahma awakened
from sleep, and who explained the essence of Vedic literature to
King Satyavrata and the great saintly persons.
