SB 8.24.4
Devanāgarī
श्रीसूत उवाच इत्युक्तो विष्णुरातेन भगवान् बादरायणि: । उवाच चरितं विष्णोर्मत्स्यरूपेण यत् कृतम् ॥ ४ ॥
Text
śrī-sūta uvāca ity ukto viṣṇu-rātena bhagavān bādarāyaṇiḥ uvāca caritaṁ viṣṇor matsya-rūpeṇa yat kṛtam
Synonyms
śrī-sūtaḥuvāca—Śrī Sūta Gosvāmī said;itiuktaḥ—thus being questioned;viṣṇu-rātena—by Mahārāja Parīkṣit, known as Viṣṇurāta;bhagavān—the most powerful;bādarāyaṇiḥ—the son of Vyāsadeva, Śukadeva Gosvāmī;uvāca—said;caritam—the pastimes;viṣṇoḥ—of Lord Viṣṇu;matsya-rūpeṇa—by Him in the form of a fish;yat—whatever;kṛtam—was done.
Translation
Sūta Gosvāmī said: When Parīkṣit Mahārāja thus inquired from Śukadeva Gosvāmī, that most powerful saintly person began describing the pastimes of the Lord’s incarnation as a fish.