Srimad Bhagavatam. Canto 8: Withdrawal of the Cosmic Creations

Chapter 24: Matsya, the Lord's Fish Incarnation. Text 39

इत्थमादिश्य राजानं हरिरन्तरधीयत ।
सोऽन्ववैक्षत तं कालं यं हृषीकेश आदिशत् ॥३९॥

ittham ÄdiÅ›ya rÄjÄnaá¹
harir antaradhīyata
so 'nvavaiká¹£ata taá¹ kÄlaá¹
yaá¹ hṛṣīkeÅ›a ÄdiÅ›at

 ittham - as aforementioned; ÄdiÅ›ya - instructing; rÄjÄnam - the King (Satyavrata); hariḥ - the Supreme Personality of Godhead; antaradhÄ«yata - disappeared from that place; saḥ - he (the King); anvavaiká¹£ata - began to wait for; tam kÄlam - that time; yam - which; hṛṣīka-Ä«Å›aḥ - Lord HṛṣīkeÅ›a, the master of all the senses; ÄdiÅ›at - instructed.


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After thus instructing the King, the Supreme Personality of Godhead immediately disappeared. Then King Satyavrata began to wait for that time of which the Lord had instructed.

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