SB 8.24.4

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

SB 8.24.3

SB 8.24.5

His Divine Grace
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

TEXT 4

śrī-sūta uvāca
ity ukto viṣṇu-rātena
bhagavān bādarāyaṇiḥ
uvāca caritaṁ viṣṇor
matsya-rūpeṇa yat kṛtam

SYNONYMS

śrī-sūtaḥ uvāca—Śrī Sūta Gosvāmī said; iti uktaḥ—thus being questioned; viṣṇu-rātena—by Mahārāja Parīkṣit, known as Viṣṇurāta; bhagavān—the most powerful; bādarāyaṇiḥ—the son of Vyāsadeva, Śukadeva Gosvāmī; uvāca—said; caritam—the pastimes; viṣṇoḥ—of Lord Viṣṇu; matsya-rūpeṇa—by Him in the form of a fish; yat—whatever; kṛtam—was done.

TRANSLATION

Sūta Gosvāmī said: When Parīkṣit Mahārāja thus inquired from Śukadeva Gosvāmī, that most powerful saintly person began describing the pastimes of the Lord's incarnation as a fish.