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Y OF CULTURE
 
संस्कृति मंत्रालय
 
GOVERNMENT OF
 
जयते
 
सरकार
 
॥ श्रीः ॥
 

 
॥ 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 aceon, there was

an involution caused by Brahma going to

sleep. In that involution, the Earth and

other worlds became deluged by the
 

oceans.