Skip to main content
Library » Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam (Bhāgavata Purāṇa) » Canto 10: The Summum Bonum » CHAPTER FIFTY-FIVE

ŚB 10.55.4

Devanagari

तं निर्जगार बलवान् मीन: सोऽप्यपरै: सह ।
वृतो जालेन महता गृहीतो मत्स्यजीविभि: ॥ ४ ॥

Text

taṁ nirjagāra balavān
mīnaḥ so ’py aparaiḥ saha
vṛto jālena mahatā
gṛhīto matsya-jīvibhiḥ

Synonyms

tam — Him; nirjagāra — swallowed; bala-vān — powerful; mīnaḥ — a fish; saḥ — he (the fish); api — and; aparaiḥ — others; saha — together with; vṛtaḥ — enveloped; jālena — with a net; mahatā — huge; gṛhītaḥ — seized; matsya-jīvibhiḥ — by fishermen (who gain their livelihood from fish).

Translation

A powerful fish swallowed Pradyumna, and this fish, along with others, was caught in a huge net and seized by fishermen.