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[[Category:Srimad-Bhagavatam, Canto 08 Chapter 24 - 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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O my lord, what was the purpose of this incarnation? Kindly explain this to us, for hearing about the pastimes of the Lord is auspicious for everyone.
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[[Vanisource:SB 8.24.2-3|SB 8.24.2-3, Translation and Purport]]
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What was the purpose for which the Supreme Personality of Godhead accepted the abominable form of a fish, exactly as an ordinary living being accepts different forms under the laws of karma? The form of a fish is certainly condemned and full of terrible pain. O my lord, what was the purpose of this incarnation? Kindly explain this to us, for hearing about the pastimes of the Lord is auspicious for everyone.
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Parīkṣit Mahārāja's question to Śukadeva Gosvāmī was based on this principle stated by the Lord Himself in Bhagavad-gītā ([[Vanisource:BG 4.7|BG 4.7]]):

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:yadā yadā hi dharmasya</dd><dd>glānir bhavati bhārata</dd><dd>abhyutthānam adharmasya</dd><dd>tadātmānaṁ sṛjāmy aham
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"Whenever and wherever there is a decline in religious practice, O descendant of Bharata, and a predominant rise of irreligion—at that time I descend Myself." The Lord appears in each incarnation to save the world from irreligious principles and especially to protect His devotees (paritrāṇāya sādhūnām ([[Vanisource:BG 4.8|BG 4.8]])). Vāmanadeva, for example, appeared to save the devotee Bali Mahārāja. Similarly, when the Supreme Personality of Godhead accepted the abominable form of a fish, He must have done so to favor some devotee. Parīkṣit Mahārāja was eager to know about the devotee for whom the Supreme Lord accepted this form.

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