एकदा कृतमालायां कुर्वतो जलतर्पणम् । तस्याञ्जल्युदके काचिच्छफर्येकाभ्यपद्यत ॥ १२ ॥
ekada krtamalayam kurvato jala-tarpanam tasyanjaly-udake kacic chaphary ekabhyapadyata
- ekada
- one day
- krtamalayam
- on the bank of the Krtamala River
- kurvatah
- executing
- jala-tarpanam
- the offering of oblations of water
- tasya
- his
- anjali
- palmful
- udake
- in the water
- kacit
- some
- saphari
- a small fish
- eka
- one
- abhyapadyata
- was generated.
One day while King Satyavrata was performing austerities by offering water on the bank of the River Krtamala, a small fish appeared in the water in his palms.