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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 8.24.23

ఇత్యుక్త: సోఽనయన్మత్స్యం తత్ర తత్రావిదాసిని । జలాశయేఽసమ్మితం తం సముద్రే ప్రాక్షిపజ్ఝషమ్ ॥ ౨౩ ॥
ity uktaḥ so ’nayan matsyaṁ
[ity uktah so ’nayan matsyam]
tatra tatrāvidāsini
[tatra tatraavidaasini]
jalāśaye ’sammitaṁ taṁ
[jalaashaye ’sammitam tam]
samudre prākṣipaj jhaṣam
[samudre praakshipaj jhasham]
iti uktaḥ — thus being requested saḥ — the King anayat — brought matsyam — the fish tatra — therein tatra — therein avidāsini — where the water never diminishes jala-āśaye — in the reservoir of water asammitam — unlimited tam — unto the fish samudre — in the ocean prākṣipat — threw jhaṣam — the gigantic fish.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
ity uktaḥ so ’nayan matsyaṁ
iti uktaḥ
thus being requested
tatra tatrāvidāsini
jalāśaye ’sammitaṁ taṁ
saḥ
the King
anayat
brought
matsyam
the fish
tatra
therein
tatra
therein
avidāsini
where the water never diminishes
jala-āśaye
in the reservoir of water
samudre prākṣipaj jhaṣam
asammitam
unlimited
tam
unto the fish
samudre
in the ocean
prākṣipat
threw
jhaṣam
the gigantic fish.
When thus requested, King Satyavrata took the fish to the largest reservoir of water. But when that also proved insufficient, the King at last threw the gigantic fish into the ocean.
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya
Translation
When thus requested, King Satyavrata took the fish to a perennial reservoir of water. But when that also proved insufficient, the King at last threw the gigantic fish into the ocean. Asammitam means it was not big enough.
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