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  "name":"SB 8.24.26",
  "h1":"SB 8.24.26",
  "label":"Text 26",
  "title":"Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 8.24.26",
  "description":"My Lord, in one day You have expanded Yourself for hundreds of miles, covering the water of the river and the ocean. Before this I had never seen or heard of such an aquatic animal."

} —

SB 8.24.26

Text

naivaṁ vīryo jalacaro
dṛṣṭo 'smābhiḥ śruto 'pi vā
yo bhavān yojana-śatam
ahnābhivyānaśe saraḥ

Synonyms

na—not; evam—thus; vīryaḥ—powerful; jala-caraḥ—aquatic; dṛṣṭaḥ—seen; asmābhiḥ—by us; śrutaḥ api—nor heard of; vā—either; yaḥ—who; bhavān—Your Lordship; yojana-śatam—hundreds of miles; ahnā—in one day; abhivyānaśe—expanding; saraḥ—water.

Translation

My Lord, in one day You have expanded Yourself for hundreds of miles, covering the water of the river and the ocean. Before this I had never seen or heard of such an aquatic animal.