trivikramaḥ khe 'vatu viśvarūpaḥ

jalesu-in the water; mam-me; raksatu-protect; matsya-murtih-the Supreme Lord in the form of a great fish; yadah-ganebhyah-from fierce aquatic animals; varunasya-of the demigod known as Varuna; pasat-from the arresting rope; sthalesu-on the land; maya-vatu-the merciful form of the Lord as a dwarf; vamanah-named Vamanadeva; avyat-may He protect; trivikramah-Trivikrama, whose three gigantic steps took the three worlds from Bali; khe-in the sky; avatu-may the Lord protect; visvarupah-the gigantic universal form.