Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 8 - Chapter 1 - Verse 14
Sanskrit:
तमाह सातिकरुणं महाकारुणिकं नृपम् ।यादोभ्यो ज्ञातिघातिभ्यो दीनां मां दीनवत्सल ।कथं विसृजसे राजन् भीतामस्मिन् सरिज्जले ॥ १४ ॥
ITRANS:
tam āha sātikaruṇaṁmahā-kāruṇikaṁ nṛpamyādobhyo jñāti-ghātibhyodīnāṁ māṁ dīna-vatsalakathaṁ visṛjase rājanbhītām asmin sarij-jale
Translation:
With an appealing voice, the poor small fish said to King Satyavrata, who was very merciful: My dear King, protector of the poor, why are you throwing Me in the water of the river, where there are other aquatics who can kill Me? I am very much afraid of them.
Purport:
In the Matsya Purāṇa it is said: “The Supreme Personality of Godhead possesses unlimited potency. Nonetheless, in His pastime in the form of a fish He begged protection from King Satyavrata.”