Srimad Bhagavatam Canto 08, Chapter 24, Text 40

SB 8.24.40

astirya darbhan prak-kulan
 rajarsih prag-udan-mukhah
nisasada hareh padau
 cintayan matsya-rupinah
 
Translation by His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Srila Prabhupada: 
 
After spreading kusa with its tips pointing east, the saintly King, himself facing the northeast, sat down on the grass and began to meditate upon the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Visnu, who had assumed the form of a fish.
Srimad Bhagavatam Canto 08, Chapter 24, Text 39
Srimad Bhagavatam Canto 08, Chapter 24, Text 41