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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 1.3.15
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A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
TEXT 15
- rūpaṁ sa jagṛhe mātsyaṁ
- cākṣuṣodadhi-samplave
- nāvy āropya mahī-mayyām
- apād vaivasvataṁ manum
rūpamform — form; saḥHe — He; jagṛheaccepted — accepted; mātsyamof a fish — of a fish; cākṣuṣaCākṣuṣa — Cākṣuṣa; udadhiwater — water; samplaveinundation — inundation; nāvion the boat — on the boat; āropyakeeping on — keeping on; mahīthe earth — the earth; mayyāmdrowned in — drowned in; apātprotected — protected; vaivasvatamVaivasvata — Vaivasvata; manumManu, the father of man — Manu, the father of man.
When there was a complete inundation after the period of the Cākṣuṣa Manu and the whole world was deep within water, the Lord accepted the form of a fish and protected Vaivasvata Manu, keeping him up on a boat.
According to Śrīpāda Śrīdhara Svāmī, the original commentator on the Bhāgavatam, there is not always a devastation after the change of every Manu. And yet this inundation after the period of Cākṣuṣa Manu took place in order to show some wonders to Satyavrata. But Śrī Jīva Gosvāmī has given definite proofs from authoritative scriptures (like Viṣṇu-dharmottara, Mārkaṇḍeya Purāṇa, Harivaṁśa, etc.) that there is always a devastation after the end of each and every Manu. Śrīla Viśvanātha Cakravartī has also supported Śrīla Jīva Gosvāmī, and he (Śrī Cakravartī) has also quoted from Bhāgavatāmṛta about this inundation after each Manu. Apart from this, the Lord, in order to show special favor to Satyavrata, a devotee of the Lord, in this particular period, incarnated Himself.