SB 8.24.31
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
TEXT 31
- śrī-śuka uvāca
- iti bruvāṇaṁ nṛpatiṁ jagat-patiḥ
- satyavrataṁ matsya-vapur yuga-kṣaye
- vihartu-kāmaḥ pralayārṇave 'bravīc
- cikīrṣur ekānta-jana-priyaḥ priyam
SYNONYMS
śrī-śukaḥ uvāca — Śrī Śukadeva Gosvāmī said; iti — thus; bruvāṇam — speaking like that; nṛpatim — unto the King; jagat-patiḥ — the master of the entire universe; satyavratam — unto Satyavrata; matsya-vapuḥ — the Lord, who had assumed the form of a fish; yuga-kṣaye — at the end of a yuga; vihartu-kāmaḥ — to enjoy His own pastimes; pralaya-arṇave — in the water of inundation; abravīt — said; cikīrṣuḥ — desiring to do; ekānta-jana-priyaḥ — most beloved by the devotees; priyam — something very beneficial.
TRANSLATION
Śukadeva Gosvāmī said: When King Satyavrata spoke in this way, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, who at the end of the yuga had assumed the form of a fish to benefit His devotee and enjoy His pastimes in the water of inundation, responded as follows.