यस्योरुशृङ्गे जगतीं स्वनावं मनुर्यथाबध्य ततार दुर्गम् । स एव नस्त्वाष्ट्रभयाद्दुरन्तात् त्राताश्रितान्वारिचरोऽपि नूनम् ॥ २३ ॥
yasyoru-srnge jagatim sva-navam manur yathabadhya tatara durgam sa eva nas tvastra-bhayad durantat tratasritan varicaro ’pi nunam
- yasya
- of whom
- uru
- very strong and high
- srnge
- on the horn
- jagatim
- in the form of the world
- sva-navam
- his own boat
- manuh
- Manu, King Satyavrata
- yatha
- just as
- abadhya
- binding
- tatara
- crossed
- durgam
- the very difficult to cross (inundation)
- sah
- He (the Supreme Personality of Godhead)
- eva
- certainly
- nah
- us
- tvastra-bhayat
- from fear of the son of Tvasta
- durantat
- endless
- trata
- deliverer
- asritan
- dependents (like us)
- vari-carah api
- although taking the form of a fish
- nunam
- indeed
The Manu named King Satyavrata formerly saved himself by tying the small boat of the entire world to the horn of the Matsya avatara, the fish incarnation. By the grace of the Matsya avatara, Manu saved himself from the great danger of the flood. May that same fish incarnation save us from the great and fearful danger caused by the son of Tvasta.