Text 54

SB 8.24.54

Text

śrī-śuka uvāca
ity uktavantaṁ nṛpatiṁ
bhagavān ādi-pūruṣaḥ
matsya-rūpī mahāmbhodhau
viharaṁs tattvam abravīt

Synonyms

sri-sukah uvāca—Śrī Śukadeva Gosvāmī said; iti—thus; uktavantam—being addressed by Mahārāja Satyavrata; nṛpatim—unto the King; bhagavan—the Supreme Personality of Godhead; ādi-purusah—the original person; matsya-rūpī—who had assumed the form of a fish; maha-ambhodhau—in that water of inundation; viharan—while moving; tattvam abravīt—explained the Absolute Truth. 

Translation

Śukadeva Gosvāmī 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. 

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