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[[Category:Srimad-Bhagavatam, Canto 08 Chapter 24 Purports - Matsya, the Lord's Fish Incarnation]]
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<h2>Srimad-Bhagavatam</h2>
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<h3>SB Canto 8</h3>
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In the Matsya Purāṇa it is said: "The Supreme Personality of Godhead possesses unlimited potency. Nonetheless, in His pastime in the form of a fish He begged protection from King Satyavrata.".
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[[Vanisource:SB 8.24.14|SB 8.24.14, Translation and Purport]]
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With an appealing voice, the poor small fish said to King Satyavrata, who was very merciful: My dear King, protector of the poor, why are you throwing Me in the water of the river, where there are other aquatics who can kill Me? I am very much afraid of them.
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In the Matsya Purāṇa it is said:

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:ananta-śaktir bhagavān
:matsya-rūpī janārdanaḥ
:krīḍārthaṁ yācayām āsa 
:svayaṁ satyavrataṁ nṛpam
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"The Supreme Personality of Godhead possesses unlimited potency. Nonetheless, in His pastime in the form of a fish He begged protection from King Satyavrata."
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