सोऽनुध्यातस्ततो राज्ञा प्रादुरासीन्महार्णवे ।
एकशृङ्गधरो मत्स्यो हैमो नियुतयोजनः ॥४४॥

so 'nudhyÄtas tato rÄjñÄ
prÄdurÄsÄ«n mahÄrṇave
eka-śṛṅga-dharo matsyo
haimo niyuta-yojanaḥ

 saḥ - the Lord; anudhyÄtaḥ - being meditated upon; tataḥ - thereafter (hearing the words of the saintly brÄhmaṇas); rÄjÃ±Ä - by the King; prÄdurÄsÄ«t - appeared (before him); mahÄ-arṇave - in the great ocean of inundation; eka-śṛṅga-dharaḥ - with one horn; matsyaḥ - a big fish; haimaḥ - made of gold; niyuta-yojanaḥ - eight million miles long.


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Then, while the King constantly meditated upon the Supreme Personality of Godhead, a large golden fish appeared in the ocean of inundation. The fish had one horn and was eight million miles long.

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