Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Sri Caitanya Caritamrita Adi 5.100-101

ananta-sayyate tanha karila sayana

sahasra mastaka tanra sahasra vadana

sahasra-carana-hasta, sahasra-nayana

sarva-avatara-bija, jagat-karana

SYNONYMS

ananta-sayyate -- on Lord Ananta as a bed; tanha -- there; karila sayana -- lay down; sahasra -- thousands; mastaka -- heads; tanra -- 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 Vishnu, the Lord lies on the Sesha plenary expansion of Vishnu, who is described in Srimad-Bhagavatam and in the four Vedas as follows:

sahasra-sirsha purushah sahasrakshah sahasra-pat

sa bhumim visvato vritvatyatishthad dasangulam

The Vishnu 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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