रम्यके च भगवत: प्रियतमं मात्स्यमवताररूपं तद्वर्षपुरुषस्य मनो: प्राक्प्रदर्शितं स इदानीमपि महता भक्तियोगेनाराधयतीदं चोदाहरति ॥ २४ ॥
ramyake ca bhagavatah priyatamam matsyam avatara-rupam tad-varsa-purusasya manoh prak-pradarsitam sa idanim api mahata bhakti-yogenaradhayatidam codaharati.
- ramyake ca
- also in Ramyaka-varsa
- bhagavatah
- of the Supreme Personality of Godhead
- priya-tamam
- the foremost
- matsyam
- fish
- avatara-rupam
- the form of the incarnation
- tat-varsa-purusasya
- of the ruler of that land
- manoh
- Manu
- prak
- previously (at the end of the Caksusa-manvantara)
- pradarsitam
- exhibited
- sah
- that Manu
- idanim api
- even until now
- mahata bhakti-yogena
- by dint of advanced devotional service
- aradhayati
- worships the Supreme Personality of Godhead
- idam
- this
- ca
- and
- udaharati
- chants
Sukadeva Gosvami continued: In Ramyaka-varsa, where Vaivasvata Manu rules, the Supreme Personality of Godhead appeared as Lord Matsya at the end of the last era (the Caksusa-manvantara). Vaivasvata Manu now worships Lord Matsya in pure devotional service and chants the following mantra.