तमात्मनोऽनुग्रहार्थं प्रीत्या मत्स्यवपुर्धरम् । अजानन् रक्षणार्थाय शफर्या: स मनो दधे ॥ १५ ॥
tam atmano ’nugrahartham pritya matsya-vapur-dharam ajanan raksanarthaya sapharyah sa mano dadhe
- tam
- unto the fish
- atmanah
- personal
- anugraha-artham
- to show favor
- pritya
- very much pleased
- matsya-vapuh-dharam
- the Supreme Personality of Godhead, who had assumed the form of a fish
- ajanan
- without knowledge of this
- raksana-arthaya
- just to give protection
- sapharyah
- of the fish
- sah
- the King
- manah
- mind
- dadhe
- decided.
To please himself, King Satyavrata, not knowing that the fish was the Supreme Personality of Godhead, decided with great pleasure to give the fish protection.