नारायणपरोऽतपत् तपः स सलिलाशनः ॥१०॥
tatra rÄja-ṛṣiḥ kaÅ›cin
nÄmnÄ satyavrato mahÄn
nÄrÄyaṇa-paro 'tapat
tapaḥ sa salilÄÅ›anaḥ
tatra - in that connection; rÄja-ṛṣiḥ - a king equally qualified as a great saintly person; kaÅ›cit - someone; nÄmnÄ - by the name; satyavrataḥ - Satyavrata; mahÄn - a great personality; nÄrÄyaṇa-paraḥ - a great devotee of Lord NÄrÄyaṇa, the Supreme Personality of Godhead; atapat - performed austerities; tapaḥ - penances; saḥ - he; salila-ÄÅ›anaḥ - only drinking water.
During the CÄká¹£uá¹£a-manvantara there was a great king named Satyavrata who was a great devotee of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Satyavrata performed austerities by subsisting only on water.
The Lord assumed one fish incarnation to save the Vedas at the beginning of the SvÄyambhuva-manvantara, and at the end of the CÄká¹£uá¹£a-manvantara the Lord again assumed the form of a fish just to favor the great king named Satyavrata. As there were two incarnations of VarÄha, there were also two incarnations of fish. The Lord appeared as one fish incarnation to save the Vedas by killing HayagrÄ«va, and He assumed the other fish incarnation to show favor to King Satyavrata.
