Srimad Bhagavatam. Canto 8: Withdrawal of the Cosmic Creations

Chapter 24: Matsya, the Lord's Fish Incarnation. Text 27

नूनं त्वं भगवान् साक्षाद्धरिर्नारायणोऽव्ययः ।
अनुग्रहाय भूतानां धत्से रूपं जलौकसाम् ॥२७॥

nÅ«naá¹ tvaá¹ bhagavÄn sÄká¹£Äd
dharir nÄrÄyaṇo 'vyayaḥ
anugrahÄya bhÅ«tÄnÄá¹
dhatse rÅ«paá¹ jalaukasÄm

 nÅ«nam - certainly; tvam - You (are); bhagavÄn - the Supreme Personality of Godhead; sÄká¹£Ät - directly; hariḥ - the Lord; nÄrÄyaṇaḥ - the Personality of Godhead; avyayaḥ - inexhaustible; anugrahÄya - to show mercy; bhÅ«tÄnÄm - to all living entities; dhatse - You have assumed; rÅ«pam - a form; jala-okasÄm - like an aquatic.


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My Lord, You are certainly the inexhaustible Supreme Personality of Godhead, NÄrÄyaṇa, ÅšrÄ« Hari. It is to show Your mercy to the living entities that You have now assumed the form of an aquatic.

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