SB 8.24.26

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

SB 8.24.25

SB 8.24.27

His Divine Grace
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

TEXT 26

naivaṁ vīryo jalacaro
dṛṣṭo 'smābhiḥ śruto 'pi vā
yo bhavān yojana-śatam
ahnābhivyānaśe saraḥ

SYNONYMS

na—not; evam—thus; vīryaḥ—powerful; jala-caraḥ—aquatic; dṛṣṭaḥ—seen; asmābhiḥ—by us; śrutaḥ api—nor heard of; vā—either; yaḥ—who; bhavān—Your Lordship; yojana-śatam—hundreds of miles; ahnā—in one day; abhivyānaśe—expanding; saraḥ—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.