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॥ श्रीः ॥
 
॥ मत्स्यावतारकथा ॥

THE STORY OF THE INCARNATION
AS THE FISH
 
 
गोविप्रसुरसाधूनां छन्दसामपि चेश्वरः ।
रक्षामिच्छंस्तनूर्धत्ते धर्मस्यार्थस्य चैव हि ॥
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] ॥
At the end of the last aeon, there was
an involution caused by Brahma going to
sleep. In that involution, the Earth and
other worlds became deluged by the
oceans.