ŚB 8.24.26
Canto 8, Chapter 24, Text 26
नैवंवीर्यो जलचरो दृष्टोऽस्माभि: श्रुतोऽपि वा ।
यो भवान् योजनशतमह्नाभिव्यानशे सर: ॥ २६ ॥
यो भवान् योजनशतमह्नाभिव्यानशे सर: ॥ २६ ॥
naivaṁ vīryo jalacaro
dṛṣṭo ’smābhiḥ śruto ’pi vā
yo bhavān yojana-śatam
ahnābhivyānaśe saraḥ
dṛṣṭo ’smābhiḥ śruto ’pi vā
yo bhavān yojana-śatam
ahnābhivyānaśe saraḥ
Word by word
na — not; evam — thus; vīryaḥ — powerful; jala-caraḥ — aquatic; dṛṣṭaḥ — seen; asmābhiḥ — by us; śrutaḥ api — nor heard of; vā — either; yaḥ — who; bhavān — Your Lordship; yojana-śatam — hundreds of miles; ahnā — in one day; abhivyānaśe — expanding; saraḥ — water.
Translation
My Lord, in one day You have expanded Yourself for hundreds of miles, covering the water of the river and the ocean. Before this I had never seen or heard of such an aquatic animal.