Canto 8, Chapter 24

Matsya, the Lord’s Fish Incarnation

Verse 42 (SB 8.24.42)
SB 8.24.42 • मूल श्लोक

ध्यायन् भगवदादेशं दद‍ृशे नावमागताम् । तामारुरोह विप्रेन्द्रैरादायौषधिवीरुध: ॥ ४२ ॥

Transliteration

dhyāyan bhagavad-ādeśaṁ dadṛśe nāvam āgatām tām āruroha viprendrair ādāyauṣadhi-vīrudhaḥ

Synonyms (Word-for-Word)

dhyāyan — remembering; bhagavat-ādeśam — the order of the Supreme Personality of Godhead; dadṛśe — he saw; nāvam — a boat; āgatām — coming near; tām — aboard the boat; āruroha — got up; vipra-indraiḥ — with the saintly brāhmaṇas; ādāya — taking; auṣadhi — herbs; vīrudhaḥ — and creepers.

Translation

“As Satyavrata remembered the order of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, he saw a boat coming near him. Thus he collected herbs and creepers, and, accompanied by saintly brāhmaṇas, he got aboard the boat.”

Bhaktivedanta Purport

By Śrīla Prabhupāda