प्रलयपयसि धातु: सुप्तशक्तेर्मुखेभ्य: श्रुतिगणमपनीतं प्रत्युपादत्त हत्वा । दितिजमकथयद् यो ब्रह्म सत्यव्रतानां तमहमखिलहेतुं जिह्ममीनं नतोऽस्मि ॥ ६१ ॥ स वै मन: कृष्णपदारविन्दयो- र्वचांसि वैकुण्ठगुणानुवर्णने । करौ हरेर्मन्दिरमार्जनादिषु श्रुतिं चकाराच्युतसत्कथोदये ॥
pralaya-payasi dhatuh supta-sakter mukhebhyah sruti-ganam apanitam pratyupadatta hatva ditijam akathayad yo brahma satyavratanam tam aham akhila-hetum jihma-minam nato ’smi
- pralaya-payasi
- in the water of inundation
- dhatuh
- from Lord Brahma
- supta-sakteh
- who was inert because of sleeping
- mukhebhyah
- from the mouths
- sruti-ganam
- Vedic records
- apanitam
- stolen
- pratyupadatta
- gave back to him
- hatva
- by killing
- ditijam
- the great demon
- akathayat
- explained
- yah
- one who
- brahma
- Vedic knowledge
- satyavratanam
- for the enlightenment of Satyavrata and the great saintly persons
- tam
- unto Him
- aham
- I
- akhila-hetum
- unto the cause of all causes
- jihma-minam
- appearing as and pretending to be a great fish
- natah asmi
- I offer my respectful obeisances
I offer my respectful obeisances unto the Supreme Personality of Godhead, who pretended to be a gigantic fish, who restored the Vedic literature to Lord Brahma when Lord Brahma awakened from sleep, and who explained the essence of Vedic literature to King Satyavrata and the great saintly persons.