Canto 8, Chapter 24

Matsya, the Lord’s Fish Incarnation

Verse 44 (SB 8.24.44)
SB 8.24.44 • मूल श्लोक

सोऽनुध्यातस्ततो राज्ञा प्रादुरासीन्महार्णवे । एकश‍ृङ्गधरो मत्स्यो हैमो नियुतयोजन: ॥ ४४ ॥

Transliteration

so ’nudhyātas tato rājñā prādurāsīn mahārṇave eka-śṛṅga-dharo matsyo haimo niyuta-yojanaḥ

Synonyms (Word-for-Word)

saḥ — the Lord; anudhyātaḥ — being meditated upon; tataḥ — thereafter (hearing the words of the saintly brāhmaṇas); rājñā — by the King; prādurāsīt — appeared (before him); mahā-arṇave — in the great ocean of inundation; eka-śṛṅga-dharaḥ — with one horn; matsyaḥ — a big fish; haimaḥ — made of gold; niyuta-yojanaḥ — eight million miles long.

Translation

“Then, while the King constantly meditated upon the Supreme Personality of Godhead, a large golden fish appeared in the ocean of inundation. The fish had one horn and was eight million miles long.”

Bhaktivedanta Purport

By Śrīla Prabhupāda