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  "name":"SB 8.24.22",
  "h1":"SB 8.24.22",
  "label":"Text 22",
  "title":"Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 8.24.22",
  "description":"The fish then said: O King, I am a large aquatic, and this water is not at all suitable for Me. Now kindly find some way to save Me. It would be better to put Me in the water of a lake that will never reduce."

} —

SB 8.24.22

Text

naitan me svastaye rājann
udakaṁ salilaukasaḥ
nidhehi rakṣā-yogena
hrade mām avidāsini

Synonyms

na—not; etat—this; me—unto Me; svastaye—comfortable; rājan—O King; udakam—water; salila-okasaḥ—because I am a big aquatic; nidhehi—put; rakṣā-yogena—by some means; hrade—in a lake; mām—Me; avidāsini—perpetual.

Translation

The fish then said: O King, I am a large aquatic, and this water is not at all suitable for Me. Now kindly find some way to save Me. It would be better to put Me in the water of a lake that will never reduce.