श्रीसूत उवाच इत्युक्तो विष्णुरातेन भगवान् बादरायणि: । उवाच चरितं विष्णोर्मत्स्यरूपेण यत् कृतम् ॥ ४ ॥
sri-suta uvaca ity ukto visnu-ratena bhagavan badarayanih uvaca caritam visnor matsya-rupena yat krtam
- sri-sutah uvaca
- Sri Suta Gosvami said
- iti uktah
- thus being questioned
- visnu-ratena
- by Maharaja Pariksit, known as Visnurata
- bhagavan
- the most powerful
- badarayanih
- the son of Vyasadeva, Sukadeva Gosvami
- uvaca
- said
- caritam
- the pastimes
- visnoh
- of Lord Visnu
- matsya-rupena
- by Him in the form of a fish
- yat
- whatever
- krtam
- was done.
Suta Gosvami said: When Pariksit Maharaja thus inquired from Sukadeva Gosvami, that most powerful saintly person began describing the pastimes of the Lord’s incarnation as a fish.