Ādi 5.100-101
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TEXTS 100-101
TEXT
অনন্তশয্যাতে তাঁহা করিল শয়ন ।
সহস্র মস্তক তাঁর সহস্র বদন ॥ ১০০ ॥ সহস্র-চরন-হস্ত, সহস্র-নয়ন । সর্ব-অবতার-বীজ, জগৎ-কারণ ॥ ১০১ ॥ ananta-sayyate taṅha karila sayana
sahasra mastaka taṅra sahasra vadana
sahasra-carana-hasta, sahasra-nayana
sarva-avatara-bija, jagat-karana
SYNONYMS
ananta-sayyate-on Lord Ananta as a bed; taṅha-there; karila sayana-lay down; sahasra-thousands; mastaka-heads; taṅra-His; sahasra vadana-thousands of faces; sahasra-thousands; carana-legs; hasta-hands; sahasra-nayana-thousands of eyes; sarva-avatara-bija-the seed of all incarnations; jagat-karana-the cause of the material world.
TRANSLATION
He lay there with Ananta as His bed. Lord Ananta is a divine serpent having thousands of heads, thousands of faces, thousands of eyes and thousands of hands and feet. He is the seed of all incarnations and is the cause of the material world.
PURPORT
In the reservoir of water first created by the perspiration of Garbhodakasayi Visnu, the Lord lies on the Sesa plenary expansion of Visnu, who is described in the Srimad-Bhagavatam and in the four Vedas as follows:
sahasra-sirsa purusah sahasraksah sahasra-pat
sa bhumim visvato vrtvatyatisthad dasaṅgulam "The Visnu form called Ananta-sayana has thousands of hands and legs and thousands of eyes, and He is the active generator of all the incarnations within the material world."
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