# SB 8.24.54 > श्रीशुक उवाच > इत्युक्तवन्तं नृपतिं भगवानादिपूरुषः > मत्स्यरूपी महाम्भोधौ विहरंस्तत्त्वमब्रवीत ॥५४॥ ## Text > śrī-śuka uvāca > ity uktavantaṁ nṛpatiṁ > bhagavān ādi-pūruṣaḥ > matsya-rūpī mahāmbhodhau > viharaṁs tattvam abravīt ## Synonyms *śrī-śukaḥ uvāca*—Śrī Śukadeva Gosvāmī said; *iti*—thus; *uktavantam*—being addressed by Mahārāja Satyavrata; *nṛpatim*—unto the King; *bhagavān*—the Supreme Personality of Godhead; *ādi-pūruṣaḥ*—the original person; *matsya-rūpī*—who had assumed the form of a fish; *mahā-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.**