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Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Srimad Bhagavatam 5.18.24
ramyake ca bhagavatah priyatamam matsyam avatara-rupam tad-varsa-purusasya manoh prak-pradarsitam sa idanim api mahata bhakti-yogenaradhayatidam codaharati
SYNONYMS
ramyake ca -- also in Ramyaka-varsa; bhagavatah -- of the Supreme Personality of Godhead; priya-tamam -- the foremost; matsyam -- fish; avatara-rupam -- the form of the incarnation; tat-varsa-purusasya -- of the ruler of that land; manoh -- Manu; prak -- previously (at the end of the Caksusa-manvantara); pradarsitam -- exhibited; sah -- that Manu; idanim api -- even until now; mahata bhakti-yogena -- by dint of advanced devotional service; aradhayati -- worships the Supreme Personality of Godhead; idam -- this; ca -- and; udaharati -- chants.
TRANSLATION
Sukadeva Gosvami continued: In Ramyaka-varsa, where Vaivasvata Manu rules, the Supreme Personality of Godhead appeared as Lord Matsya at the end of the last era [the Caksusa-manvantara]. Vaivasvata Manu now worships Lord Matsya in pure devotional service and chants the following mantra.
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