Having been thus addressed, the up-right, continent and the adorable Manu took the fish to the river Ganga and put it into its water with his own hands.
एवमुक्तो मनुर्मत्स्यमनयद् भगवान् वशी। नदीं गङ्गां तत्र चैनं स्वयं प्राक्षिपदच्युतः॥