श्रीशुक उवाच इति ब्रुवाणं नृपतिं जगत्पति: सत्यव्रतं मत्स्यवपुर्युगक्षये । विहर्तुकाम: प्रलयार्णवेऽब्रवी- च्चिकीर्षुरेकान्तजनप्रिय: प्रियम् ॥ ३१ ॥
sri-suka uvaca iti bruvanam nrpatim jagat-patih satyavratam matsya-vapur yuga-ksaye vihartu-kamah pralayarnave ’bravic cikirsur ekanta-jana-priyah priyam
- sri-sukah uvaca
- Sri Sukadeva Gosvami said
- iti
- thus
- bruvanam
- speaking like that
- nrpatim
- unto the King
- jagat-patih
- the master of the entire universe
- satyavratam
- unto Satyavrata
- matsya-vapuh
- the Lord, who had assumed the form of a fish
- yuga-ksaye
- at the end of a yuga
- vihartu-kamah
- to enjoy His own pastimes
- pralaya-arnave
- in the water of inundation
- abravit
- said
- cikirsuh
- desiring to do
- ekanta-jana-priyah
- most beloved by the devotees
- priyam
- something very beneficial
Sukadeva Gosvami said: When King Satyavrata spoke in this way, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, who at the end of the yuga had assumed the form of a fish to benefit His devotee and enjoy His pastimes in the water of inundation, responded as follows.