श्रीसूत उवाच
इत्युक्तो विष्णुरातेन भगवान्बादरायणिः ।
उवाच चरितं विष्णोर् मत्स्यरूपेण यत्कृतम् ॥ ४ ॥
sri-sutah uvaca-Sri Suta Gosvami said; iti uktah-thus being questioned; visnu-ratena-by Maharaja Pariksit, known as Visnurata; bhagavan-the most powerful; badarayanih-the son of Vyasadeva, Sukadeva Gosvami; uvaca-said; caritam-the pastimes; visnoh-of Lord Visnu; matsya-rupena-by Him in the form of a fish; yat-whatever; krtam-was done.
Suta Gosvami said: When Pariksit Maharaja thus inquired from Sukadeva Gosvami, that most powerful saintly person began describing the pastimes of the Lord's incarnation as a fish.