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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 8.24.10

తత్ర రాజఋషి: కశ్చిన్నామ్నా సత్యవ్రతో మహాన్ । నారాయణపరోఽతపత్ తప: స సలిలాశన: ॥ ౧౦ ॥
tatra rāja-ṛṣiḥ kaścin
[tatra raaja-rishih kashchin]
nāmnā satyavrato mahān
[naamnaa satyavrato mahaan]
nārāyaṇa-paro ’tapat
[naaraayana-paro ’tapat]
tapaḥ sa salilāśanaḥ
[tapah sa salilaashanah]
tatra — in that connection rāja-ṛṣiḥ — a king equally qualified as a great saintly person kaścit — someone nāmnā — by the name satyavrataḥ — Satyavrata mahān — a great personality nārāyaṇa-paraḥ — a great devotee of Lord Nārāyaṇa, the Supreme Personality of Godhead atapat — performed austerities tapaḥ — penances saḥ — he salila-āśanaḥ — only drinking water.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
tatra rāja-ṛṣiḥ kaścin
tatra
in that connection
rāja-ṛṣiḥ
a king equally qualified as a great saintly person
kaścit
someone
nāmnā satyavrato mahān
nāmnā
by the name
satyavrataḥ
Satyavrata
mahān
a great personality
nārāyaṇa-paro ’tapat
nārāyaṇa-paraḥ
a great devotee of Lord Nārāyaṇa, the Supreme Personality of Godhead
atapat
performed austerities
tapaḥ sa salilāśanaḥ
tapaḥ
penances
saḥ
he
salila-āśanaḥ
only drinking water.
During the Cākṣuṣa-manvantara there was a great king named Satyavrata who was a great devotee of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Satyavrata performed austerities by subsisting only on water.

The Lord assumed one fish incarnation to save the Vedas at the beginning of the Svāyambhuva-manvantara, and at the end of the Cākṣuṣa-manvantara the Lord again assumed the form of a fish just to favor the great king named Satyavrata. As there were two incarnations of Varāha, there were also two incarnations of fish. The Lord appeared as one fish incarnation to save the Vedas by killing Hayagrīva, and He assumed the other fish incarnation to show favor to King Satyavrata.

— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya
Translation
(During the Cākṣuṣa-manvantara), a great king named Satyavrata, a devotee of Nārāyaṇa, dedicated to Matsya, performed austerities by subsisting only on water. Matsya appeared again in order to give mercy to his devotee Satyavrata. Tatra means “filled with devotion for his deity Matsya.”
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