ŚB 8.24.31
Devanagari
श्रीशुक उवाच
इति ब्रुवाणं नृपतिं जगत्पति:
सत्यव्रतं मत्स्यवपुर्युगक्षये ।
विहर्तुकाम: प्रलयार्णवेऽब्रवी-
च्चिकीर्षुरेकान्तजनप्रिय: प्रियम् ॥ ३१ ॥
इति ब्रुवाणं नृपतिं जगत्पति:
सत्यव्रतं मत्स्यवपुर्युगक्षये ।
विहर्तुकाम: प्रलयार्णवेऽब्रवी-
च्चिकीर्षुरेकान्तजनप्रिय: प्रियम् ॥ ३१ ॥
Verse text
śrī-śuka uvāca
iti bruvāṇaṁ nṛpatiṁ jagat-patiḥ
satyavrataṁ matsya-vapur yuga-kṣaye
vihartu-kāmaḥ pralayārṇave ’bravīc
cikīrṣur ekānta-jana-priyaḥ priyam
iti bruvāṇaṁ nṛpatiṁ jagat-patiḥ
satyavrataṁ matsya-vapur yuga-kṣaye
vihartu-kāmaḥ pralayārṇave ’bravīc
cikīrṣur ekānta-jana-priyaḥ priyam
Synonyms
śrī-śukaḥ uvāca — Śrī Śukadeva Gosvāmī said; iti — thus; bruvāṇam — speaking like that; nṛpatim — unto the King; jagat-patiḥ — the master of the entire universe; satyavratam — unto Satyavrata; matsya-vapuḥ — the Lord, who had assumed the form of a fish; yuga-kṣaye — at the end of a yuga; vihartu-kāmaḥ — to enjoy His own pastimes; pralaya-arṇave — in the water of inundation; abravīt — said; cikīrṣuḥ — desiring to do; ekānta-jana-priyaḥ — most beloved by the devotees; priyam — something very beneficial.
Translation
Śukadeva Gosvāmī 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.