SB 5.18.24

TEXT 24

TEXT

रम्यके च भगवतः प्रियतमं मात्स्यमवताररूपं तद्वर्षपुरुषस्य मनोः प्राक्प्रदर्शितं स इदानीमपि महता भक्तियोगेनाराधयतीदं चोदाहरति. ॥ २४ ॥

ramyake ca bhagavatah priyatamam matsyam avatara-rupam tad-
varsa-purusasya manoh prak-pradarsitam sa idanim api mahata bhakti-
yogenaradhayatidam codaharati.

ramyake ca-also in Ramyaka-varsa; bhagavatah-of the Supreme Personality of Godhead; priya-tamam-the foremost; matsyam-fish; avatara-rupam-the form of the incarnation; tat-varsa-purusasya-of the ruler of that land; manoh-Manu; prak-previously (at the end of the Caksusa-manvantara); pradarsitam-exhibited; sah-that Manu; idanim api-even until now; mahata bhakti-yogena-by dint of advanced devotional service; aradhayati-worships the Supreme Personality of Godhead; idam-this; ca-and; udaharati-chants.

TRANSLATION

Sukadeva Gosvami continued: In Ramyaka-varsa, where Vaivasvata Manu rules, the Supreme Personality of Godhead appeared as Lord Matsya at the end of the last era [the Caksusa-manvantara]. Vaivasvata Manu now worships Lord Matsya in pure devotional service and chants the following mantra.

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