SB 6.8.13

TEXT 13

TEXT

जलेषु मां रक्षतु मत्स्यमूर्तिर् यादोगणेभ्यो वरुणस्य पाशात् ।
स्थलेषु मायावटुवामनो ऽव्यात् त्रिविक्रमः खे ऽवतु विश्वरूपः ॥ १३ ॥

jalesu mam raksatu matsya-mūrtir

yado-ganebhyo varunasya pasat

sthalesu mayavatu-vamano 'vyat

trivikramaḥ khe 'vatu visvarūpaḥ

jalesu-in the water; mam-me; raksatu-protect; matsya-mūrtiḥ-the Supreme Lord in the form of a great fish; yadaḥ-ganebhyaḥ-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; vamanaḥ-named Vamanadeva; avyat-may He protect; trivikramaḥ-Trivikrama, whose three gigantic steps took the three worlds from Bali; khe-in the sky; avatu-may the Lord protect; visvarūpaḥ-the gigantic universal form.

TRANSLATION

May the Lord, who assumes the body of a great fish, protect me in the water from the fierce animals that are associates of the demigod Varuna. By expanding His illusory energy, the Lord assumed the form of the dwarf Vamana. May Vamana protect me on the land. Since the gigantic form of the Lord, Visvarūpa, conquers the three worlds, may He protect me in the sky.

PURPORT

This mantra seeks the protection of the Supreme Personality of Godhead in the water, land and sky in His incarnations as the fish, Vamanadeva and the Visvarūpa.

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