Bhagavata Condensed in the Poetʼs Own Words /245

OF CULTURE
 
GOVERNMENT OF
 
SRIMAD BHAGAVATA
 
इत्यथमादिश्य राजानं हरिरन्तरधीयत।

सोऽन्ववैचक्षत तं कालं चिन्तयन्मत्स्यरूपिणः ॥
 

Having directed the king thus, Lord

Hari vanished. The king awaited that

time, contemplating the Lord in the guise

of the Fish.
 

 
ततः समुद्र उद्वेलः सर्वतः प्लावयन्महीम् ।

वर्धमानो महामेधैघैर्वर्षद्भिस्समदृश्यत ॥
 
SL
 

Then the ocean was seen to rise as a

result of huge clouds pouring down, and

over-flow the coast and flood the earth

all around.
 

 
ध्यायन्भगवदादेशं दहदृशे नावमागताम् ।

तमारुरोह विप्रेन्द्रैरादायौषधिवीरुधः ॥
 

While he was contemplating the com-

mand of the Lord, Satyavrata beheld the

boat approach. Taking the medicinal

herbs and other creepers, he got into it

along with the best Brahmins.
 

 
सोऽनुध्यातस्ततो राज्ञा प्रादुरासीन्महार्णवे ।

एकशृङ्ग घधरो मत्स्यो हैमो नियुतयोजनः ॥