A Classical Dictionary of Hindu Mythology and Religion, Geography, History, and Literature c5.1148

c5.1148

Nor far horizon, nor the space between; for everywhere around Spread the wild waste of waters, reeking atmosphere, and boundless sky. And now, when all the world was deluged, nought appeared above the waves But Manu and the seven sages, and the fish that drew the bark. Unwearied thus for years on years that fish pulled on the ship across The heaped-up waters, till at length it bore the vessel to the peak Of Himavān; then, softly smiling, thus the fish addressed the sage: ‘Haste now to bind thy ship to this high crag. Know me, the lord of all, The great creator Brahmā, mightier than all might, omnipotent. By me, in fish-like shape, have you been saved in dire emergency. From Manu all creation, gods, Asuras, men, must be produced; By him the world must be created, that which moves and moveth not.’”