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Y OF CULTURE
संस्कृति मंत्रालय
GOVERNMENT OF
जयते
सरकार
॥ मत्स्यावतारकथा ॥
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THE STORY OF THE INCARNATION
AS THE FISH
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गोविप्रसुरसाधूनां छन्दसामपि चेश्वरः ।
रक्षामिच्छंस्तनूर्धत्ते धर्मस्यार्थस्य चैव हि ॥
G17
Desiring to protect cows, Brahmins,
gods, good men, the Vedas, Dharma, and
Artha also, the Lord assumes bodily
forms.
आसीदतीतकल्पान्ते ब्राह्मो नैमित्तिको लयः ।
समुद्रोपप्लुतास्तत्र लोका भूरादयो [नृप] ॥
751-16
At the end of the last a
an involution caused by Brahma going to
sleep. In that involution, the Earth and
other worlds became deluged by the
oceans.