Continuing my Krishna verses

मत्स्यो भूत्वा मनुं रक्षन् ऋषींश्च प्रलयार्णवे ।
नावं निनाय शिखरं हिमाद्रे: स दयार्णव: ।।७२७।।
That Ocean of Compassion became a fish to protect Manu and the sages in the ocean of deluge and drove his ship to the peak of the Himalaya.

Madhav M. Deshpande
Professor Emeritus
Sanskrit and Linguistics
University of Michigan
[Residence: Campbell, California]