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.