श्रीशुक उवाच
इत्युक्तवन्तं नृपतिं भगवानादिपूरुषः ।
मत्स्यरूपी महाम्भोधौ विहरंस्तत्त्वमब्रवीत् ॥५४॥

śrī-śuka uvāca
ity uktavantaṁ nṛpatiṁ
bhagavān ādi-pūruṣaḥ
matsya-rūpī mahāmbhodhau
viharaṁs tattvam abravīt

 śrī-śukaḥ uvāca - Śrī Śukadeva Gosvāmī said; iti - thus; uktavantam - being addressed by Mahārāja Satyavrata; nṛpatim - unto the King; bhagavān - the Supreme Personality of Godhead; ādi-pūruṣaḥ - the original person; matsya-rūpī - who had assumed the form of a fish; mahā-ambhodhau - in that water of inundation; viharan - while moving; tattvam abravīt - explained the Absolute Truth.


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Śukadeva Gosvāmī continued: When Satyavrata had thus prayed to the Supreme Personality of Godhead, who had assumed the form of a fish, the Lord, while moving in the water of inundation, explained to him the Absolute Truth.

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