TEXTS 100-101
ananta-sayyate tanha karila sayana
sahasra mastaka tanra sahasra vadana
sahasra-carana-hasta, sahasra-nayana
sarva-avatara-bija, jagat-karana
SYNONYMS
ananta-sayyateon Lord Ananta as a bed; tanhathere; karila sayanalay down; sahasrathousands; mastakaheads; tanraHis; sahasra vadanathousands of faces; sahasrathousands; caranalegs; hastahands; sahasra-nayanathousands of eyes; sarva-avatara-bijathe seed of all incarnations; jagat-karanathe 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 Srimad-Bhagavatam and in the four Vedas as follows:
sahasra-sirsa purusah sahasraksah sahasra-pat
sa bhumim visvato vrtvatyatisthad dasangulam
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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