dayālur ninya āśramam

āśrutya sa mahīpatiḥ

kalaśāpsu nidhāyaināṁ

dayālur ninya āśramam

The merciful King, being moved by the pitiable words of the fish, placed the fish in a water pot and brought it to his hermitage.

|| 8.24.17 ||

sā tu tatraika-rātreṇa

vardhamānā kamaṇḍalau

alabdhvātmāvakāśaṁ vā

idam āha mahīpatim

But in one night that fish grew so much that it could not move its body comfortably in the water of the pot. The fish then spoke to the King as follows.

|| 8.24.18 ||

nāhaṁ kamaṇḍalāv asmin

kṛcchraṁ vastum ihotsahe

kalpayaukaḥ suvipulaṁ

yatrāhaṁ nivase sukham

I do not like living in this water pot with such great difficulty. Therefore, please make some bigger residence where I can live comfortably.

|| 8.24.19 ||

sa enāṁ tata ādāya

nyadhād audañcanodake

tatra kṣiptā muhūrtena

hasta-trayam avardhata

Then, taking the fish out of the water pot, the King placed it in a large well. But the moment the fish was thrown in, it increased its size to three cubits.

Audañcanodake means “in well water.”

|| 8.24.20 ||

na ma etad alaṁ rājan

sukhaṁ vastum udañcanam

pṛthu dehi padaṁ mahyaṁ

yat tvāhaṁ śaraṇaṁ gatā

O King! This reservoir of water is not suitable. Please give a more extensive place, for I have taken shelter of you.

|| 8.24.21 ||

tata ādāya sā rājñā

kṣiptā rājan sarovare

tad āvṛtyātmanā so 'yaṁ

mahā-mīno 'nvavardhata

O Mahārāja Parīkṣit! The King took the fish from the well and threw it in a lake, but the fish then expanded into a gigantic fish filling extent of the lake.

The fish covered the lake with its body.

|| 8.24.22 ||

naitan me svastaye rājann

udakaṁ salilaukasaḥ

nidhehi rakṣā-yogena

hrade mām avidāsini

O King! This water body is not at all suitable for me. Put me in a lake that will never reduce in order to save me.

Put me in a lake which does not dry up (avidāsini) as a means (rakṣā-yogena) that I will not die by lack of water.

|| 8.24.23 ||