रूपं स जगृहे मात्स्यं चाक्षुषोदधिसम्प्लवे । नाव्यारोप्य महीमय्यामपाद्वैवस्वतं मनुम् ॥ १५ ॥
rupam sa jagrhe matsyam caksusodadhi-samplave navy aropya mahi-mayyam apad vaivasvatam manum
- rupam
- form
- sah
- He
- jagrhe
- accepted
- matsyam
- of a fish
- caksusa
- Caksusa
- udadhi
- water
- samplave
- inundation
- navi
- on the boat
- aropya
- keeping on
- mahi
- the earth
- mayyam
- drowned in
- apat
- protected
- vaivasvatam
- Vaivasvata
- manum
- Manu, the father of man.
When there was a complete inundation after the period of the Caksusa Manu and the whole world was deep within water, the Lord accepted the form of a fish and protected Vaivasvata Manu, keeping him up on a boat.