SB 8.24.12 • मूल श्लोक

एकदा कृतमालायां कुर्वतो जलतर्पणम् । तस्याञ्जल्युदके काचिच्छफर्येकाभ्यपद्यत ॥ १२ ॥

Transliteration

ekadā kṛtamālāyāṁ kurvato jala-tarpaṇam tasyāñjaly-udake kācic chaphary ekābhyapadyata

Synonyms (Word-for-Word)

ekadā — one day; kṛtamālāyām — on the bank of the Kṛtamālā River; kurvataḥ — executing; jala-tarpaṇam — the offering of oblations of water; tasya — his; añjali — palmful; udake — in the water; kācit — some; śapharī — a small fish; ekā — one; abhyapadyata — was generated.

Translation

“One day while King Satyavrata was performing austerities by offering water on the bank of the river Kṛtamālā, a small fish appeared in the water in his palms.”

Bhaktivedanta Purport

By Śrīla Prabhupāda