इत्युक्त: सोऽनयन्मत्स्यं तत्र तत्राविदासिनि । जलाशयेऽसम्मितं तं समुद्रे प्राक्षिपज्झषम् ॥ २३ ॥
ity uktah so ’nayan matsyam tatra tatravidasini jalasaye ’sammitam tam samudre praksipaj jhasam
- iti uktah
- thus being requested
- sah
- the King
- anayat
- brought
- matsyam
- the fish
- tatra
- therein
- tatra
- therein
- avidasini
- where the water never diminishes
- jala-asaye
- in the reservoir of water
- asammitam
- unlimited
- tam
- unto the fish
- samudre
- in the ocean
- praksipat
- threw
- jhasam
- the gigantic fish.
When thus requested, King Satyavrata took the fish to the largest reservoir of water. But when that also proved insufficient, the King at last threw the gigantic fish into the ocean.