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| Canto 8: Withdrawal of the Cosmic Creations | Chapter 24: Matsya, the Lord's Fish Incarnation |
Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Srimad Bhagavatam 8.24.26
naivam viryo jalacaro
drishto 'smabhih sruto 'pi va
ahnabhivyanase sarah
SYNONYMS
na -- not; evam -- thus; viryah -- powerful; jala-carah -- aquatic; drishtah -- seen; asmabhih -- by us; srutah api -- nor heard of; va -- either; yah -- who; bhavan -- Your Lordship; yojana-satam -- hundreds of miles; ahna -- in one day; abhivyanase -- expanding; sarah -- water.
TRANSLATION
My Lord, in one day You have expanded Yourself for hundreds of miles, covering the water of the river and the ocean. Before this I had never seen or heard of such an aquatic animal.
Copyright (c) The Bhaktivedanta Book Trust International, Inc.
His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, Founder Acarya of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness