श्रीशुक उवाच
इति ब्रुवाणं नृपतिं जगत्पतिः सत्यव्रतं मत्स्यवपुर्युगक्षये ।
विहर्तुकामः प्रलयार्णवे ऽब्रवीच् चिकीर्षुरेकान्तजनप्रियः प्रियम् ॥ ३१ ॥
iti bruvanam nrpatim jagat-patih
satyavratam matsya-vapur yuga-ksaye
vihartu-kamah pralayarnave 'bravic
cikirsur ekanta-jana-priyah priyam
sri-sukah uvaca-Sri Sukadeva Gosvami said; iti-thus; bruvanam-speaking like that; nrpatim-unto the King; jagat-patih-the master of the entire universe; satyavratam-unto Satyavrata; matsya-vapuh-the Lord, who had assumed the form of a fish; yuga-ksaye-at the end of a yuga; vihartu-kamah-to enjoy His own pastimes; pralaya-arnave-in the water of inundation; abravit-said; cikirsuh-desiring to do; ekanta-jana-priyah-most beloved by the devotees; priyam-something very beneficial.
Sukadeva Gosvami 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.