आस्तीर्य दर्भान् प्राक्कूलान् राजर्षि: प्रागुदङ्मुख: । निषसाद हरे: पादौ चिन्तयन् मत्स्यरूपिण: ॥ ४० ॥
astirya darbhan prak-kulan rajarsih prag-udan-mukhah nisasada hareh padau cintayan matsya-rupinah
- astirya
- spreading
- darbhan
- kusa grass
- prak-kulan
- the upper portion facing east
- raja-rsih
- Satyavrata, the saintly King
- prak-udak-mukhah
- looking toward the northeast (isana)
- nisasada
- sat down
- hareh
- of the Supreme Personality of Godhead
- padau
- upon the lotus feet
- cintayan
- meditating
- matsya-rupinah
- who had assumed the form of a fish.
After spreading kusa with its tips pointing east, the saintly King, himself facing the northeast, sat down on the grass and began to meditate upon the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Visnu, who had assumed the form of a fish.