यादोभ्यो ज्ञातिघातिभ्यो दीनां मां दीनवत्सल ।
कथं विसृजसे राजन् भीतामस्मिन् सरिज्जले ॥१४॥
tam Äha sÄtikaruṇaá¹
mahÄ-kÄruṇikaá¹ ná¹›pam
yÄdobhyo jñÄti-ghÄtibhyo
dÄ«nÄá¹ mÄá¹ dÄ«na-vatsala
kathaá¹ visá¹›jase rÄjan
bhÄ«tÄm asmin sarij-jale
tam - unto him (Satyavrata); Äha - said; sÄ - that small fish; ati-karuṇam - extremely compassionate; mahÄ-kÄruṇikam - extremely merciful; ná¹›pam - unto King Satyavrata; yÄdobhyaḥ - to the aquatics; jñÄti-ghÄtibhyaḥ - who are always eager to kill the smaller fish; dÄ«nÄm - very poor; mÄm - me; dÄ«na-vatsala - O protector of the poor; katham - why; visá¹›jase - you are throwing; rÄjan - O King; bhÄ«tÄm - very much afraid; asmin - within this; sarit-jale - in the water of the river.
With an appealing voice, the poor small fish said to King Satyavrata, who was very merciful: My dear King, protector of the poor, why are you throwing Me in the water of the river, where there are other aquatics who can kill Me? I am very much afraid of them.
In the Matsya PurÄṇa it is said:
ananta-Å›aktir bhagavÄn
matsya-rÅ«pÄ« janÄrdanaḥ
krÄ«á¸Ärthaá¹ yÄcayÄm Äsa
svayaá¹ satyavrataá¹ ná¹›pam
“The Supreme Personality of Godhead possesses unlimited potency. Nonetheless, in His pastime in the form of a fish He begged protection from King Satyavrata.â€
