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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 9.6.49

స కదాచిదుపాసీన ఆత్మాపహ్నవమాత్మన: । దదర్శ బహ్వృచాచార్యో మీనసఙ్గసముత్థితమ్ ॥ ౪౯ ॥
sa kadācid upāsīna
[sa kadaachid upaaseena]
ātmāpahnavam ātmanaḥ
[aatmaapahnavam aatmanah]
dadarśa bahv-ṛcācāryo
[dadarsha bahv-richaachaaryo]
mīna-saṅga-samutthitam
[meena-sanga-samutthitam]
Word-for-word
saḥ — he, Saubhari Muni kadācit — one day upāsīnaḥ — sitting down ātma-apahnavam — degrading oneself from the platform of tapasya ātmanaḥ — self-caused dadarśa — observed bahu-ṛca-ācāryaḥ — Saubhari Muni, who was expert in chanting mantras mīna-saṅga — the sexual affairs of fish samutthitam — caused by this incident.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
sa kadācid upāsīna
saḥ
he, Saubhari Muni
kadācit
one day
upāsīnaḥ
sitting down
ātmāpahnavam ātmanaḥ
ātma-apahnavam
degrading oneself from the platform of tapasya
ātmanaḥ
self-caused
dadarśa bahv-ṛcācāryo
dadarśa
observed
bahu-ṛca-ācāryaḥ
Saubhari Muni, who was expert in chanting mantras
mīna-saṅga-samutthitam
mīna-saṅga
the sexual affairs of fish
samutthitam
caused by this incident.
Thereafter, one day while Saubhari Muni, who was expert in chanting mantras, was sitting in a secluded place, he thought to himself about the cause of his falldown, which was simply that he had associated himself with the sexual affairs of the fish.
Purport

Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura remarks that Saubhari Muni had fallen from his austerity because of a vaiṣṇava-aparādha. The history is that when Garuḍa wanted to eat fish, Saubhari Muni unnecessarily gave the fish shelter under his care. Because Garuḍa’s plans for eating were disappointed, Saubhari Muni certainly committed a great offense to a Vaiṣṇava. Because of this vaiṣṇava-aparādha, an offense at the lotus feet of a Vaiṣṇava, Saubhari Muni fell from his exalted position of mystic tapasya. One should not, therefore, impede the activities of a Vaiṣṇava. This is the lesson we must learn from this incident concerning Saubhari Muni.

— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
Gauḍīya Ācāryas
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya
Translation
One day while Saubhari, who was expert in chanting mantras, was sitting down, he realized his fall down had been caused by his association with some fish. Seven verses describe how Saubhari regained his sense after enjoying, caused by an offense to Garuḍa. He realized the cause of his being cheated of the bliss of the self (ātmā apahnavam) was himself (ātmanaḥ), arising from association with fish. To protect some fish he had prevented Garuḍa from eating them.
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