Devanagari
तत आदाय सा राज्ञा क्षिप्ता राजन् सरोवरे ।
तदावृत्यात्मना सोऽयं महामीनोऽन्ववर्धत ॥ २१ ॥
Verse text
tata ādāya sā rājñā
kṣiptā rājan sarovare
tad āvṛtyātmanā so ’yaṁ
mahā-mīno ’nvavardhata
Synonyms
tataḥ
—
from there
;
ādāya
—
taking away
;
sā
—
the fish
;
rājṣā
—
by the King
;
kṣiptā
—
being thrown
;
rājan
—
O King (Mahārāja Parīkṣit)
;
sarovare
—
in a lake
;
tat
—
that
;
āvṛtya
—
covering
;
ātmanā
—
by the body
;
saḥ
—
the fish
;
ayam
—
this
;
mahā-mīnaḥ
—
gigantic fish
;
anvavardhata
—
immediately developed.
Translation
O Mahārāja Parīkṣit, the King took the fish from the well and threw Him in a lake, but the fish then assumed a gigantic form exceeding the extent of the water.
Translation (Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura)
O Mahārāja Parīkṣit! The King took the fish from the well and threw it in a lake, but the fish then expanded into a gigantic fish filling the whole lake.
The fish covered the lake with its body.