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A tiny fish swam into Manu's hands one morning and said: "Raise me, and I will save you."
He kept it in a jar, then a pit, then released it into the sea. It grew into a giant horned fish, warned him of the flood that would sweep away all living beings, and told him to build a ship. When the waters rose, Manu tied the ship's rope to the fish's horn, and it pulled him to the northern mountain.
In this passage the fish is never named as Vishnu. The Matsya avatar comes from later Puranic tradition.
छोटी सी मछली, जिसने मनु को प्रलय से बचाया। 🐟🌊
📜 Source: Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa 1.8.1.1–11
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