Srimad Bhagavatam 824.22-23

[makarand]

TEXT 22

naitan me svastaye rājann

udakaṁ salilaukasaḥ

nidhehi rakṣā-yogena

hrade mām avidāsini

SYNONYMS

na—not; etat—this; me—unto Me; svastaye—comfortable; rājan—O King; udakam—water; salila-okasaḥ—because I am a big aquatic; nidhehi—put; rakṣā-yogena—by some means; hrade—in a lake; mām—Me; avidāsini—perpetual.

TRANSLATION

The fish then said: O King, I am a large aquatic, and this water is not at all suitable for Me. Now kindly find some way to save Me. It would be better to put Me in the water of a lake that will never reduce.

TEXT 23

ity uktaḥ so ’nayan matsyaṁ

tatra tatrāvidāsini

jalāśaye ’sammitaṁ taṁ

samudre prākṣipaj jhaṣam

SYNONYMS

iti uktaḥ—thus being requested; saḥ—the King; anayat—brought; matsyam—the fish; tatra—therein; tatra—therein; avidāsini—where the water never diminishes; jala-āśaye—in the reservoir of water; asammitam—unlimited; tam—unto the fish; samudre—in the ocean; prākṣipat—threw; jhaṣam—the gigantic fish.

TRANSLATION

When thus requested, King Satyavrata took the fish to the largest reservoir of water. But when that also proved insufficient, the King at last threw the gigantic fish into the ocean.