Srimad Bhagavatam. Canto 8: Withdrawal of the Cosmic Creations

Chapter 24: Matsya, the Lord's Fish Incarnation. Text 57

अतीतप्रलयापाय उत्थिताय स वेधसे ।
हत्वासुरं हयग्रीवं वेदान् प्रत्याहरद्धरिः ॥५७॥

atÄ«ta-pralayÄpÄya
utthitÄya sa vedhase
hatvÄsuraá¹ hayagrÄ«vaá¹
vedÄn pratyÄharad dhariḥ

 atÄ«ta - passed; pralaya-apÄye - at the end of the inundation; utthitÄya - to bring him to his senses after sleeping; saḥ - the Supreme Lord; vedhase - unto Lord BrahmÄ; hatvÄ - after killing; asuram - the demon; hayagrÄ«vam - by the name HayagrÄ«va; vedÄn - all the Vedic records; pratyÄharat - delivered; hariḥ - the Supreme Personality of Godhead.


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At the end of the last inundation [during the period of SvÄyambhuva Manu] the Supreme Personality of Godhead killed the demon named HayagrÄ«va and delivered all the Vedic literatures to Lord BrahmÄ when Lord BrahmÄ awakened from sleeping.

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