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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 8.24.17

సా తు తత్రైకరాత్రేణ వర్ధమానా కమణ్డలౌ । అలబ్ధ్వాత్మావకాశం వా ఇదమాహ మహీపతిమ్ ॥ ౧౭ ॥
sā tu tatraika-rātreṇa
[saa tu tatraika-raatrena]
vardhamānā kamaṇḍalau
[vardhamaanaa kamandalau]
alabdhvātmāvakāśaṁ vā
[alabdhvaatmaavakaasham vaa]
idam āha mahīpatim
[idam aaha maheepatim]
sā — that fish tu — but tatra — therein eka-rātreṇa — in one night vardhamānā — expanding kamaṇḍalau — in the waterpot alabdhvā — without attaining ātma-avakāśam — a comfortable position for His body vā — either idam — this āha — said mahī-patim — unto the King.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
sā tu tatraika-rātreṇa
sā
that fish
tu
but
tatra
therein
eka-rātreṇa
in one night
vardhamānā kamaṇḍalau
vardhamānā
expanding
kamaṇḍalau
in the waterpot
alabdhvātmāvakāśaṁ vā
alabdhvā
without attaining
ātma-avakāśam
a comfortable position for His body
vā
either
idam āha mahīpatim
idam
this
āha
said
mahī-patim
unto the King.
But in one night that fish grew so much that He could not move His body comfortably in the water of the pot. He then spoke to the King as follows.
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya
Translation
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.
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