SB 8.24.56

Srimad-Bhagavatam - Eighth Canto - Chapter 24: Matsya, the Lord's Fish Incarnation

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His Divine Grace
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

TEXT 56

aśrauṣīd ṛṣibhiḥ sākam

ātma-tattvam asaṁśayam

nāvy āsīno bhagavatā

proktaṁ brahma sanātanam

SYNONYMS

aśrauṣīt—he heard; ṛṣibhiḥ—the great saintly persons; sākam—with; ātma-tattvam—the science of self-realization; asaṁśayam—without any doubt (because it was spoken by the Supreme Lord); nāvi āsīnaḥ—sitting in the boat; bhagavatā—by the Supreme Personality of Godhead; proktam—explained; brahma—all transcendental literatures; sanātanam—eternally existing.

TRANSLATION

While sitting in the boat, King Satyavrata, accompanied by the great saintly persons, listened to the instructions of the Supreme Personality of Godhead in regard to self-realization. These instructions were all from the eternal Vedic literature [brahma]. Thus the King and sages had no doubt about the Absolute Truth.

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