pralaya-payodhi-jale dhritavan asi vedam

vihita-vahitra-caritram akhedam

kesava dhrita-mina-sarira jaya jagadisa hare

0 Kesava! O Lord of the universe! O Lord Hari, who have assumed the form of a fish! All glories to You!

You easily acted as a boat in the form of a giant fish just to give protection to the Vedas, which had

become immersed in the turbulent sea of devastation.

[Sri Dasavatara-stotra]