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"name":"SB 8.24.54", "h1":"SB 8.24.54", "label":"Text 54", "title":"Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 8.24.54", "description":"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."
} —
SB 8.24.54
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.