Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 12.11.13

avyākṛtam anantākhyam

āsanaḿ yad-adhiṣṭhitaḥ

dharma-jñānādibhir yuktaḿ

sattvaḿ padmam ihocyate

SYNONYMS

avyākṛtam — the unmanifest phase of material creation; ananta-ākhyam — known as Lord Ananta; āsanam — His personal seat; yat-adhiṣṭhitaḥ — upon which He is sitting; dharma-jñāna-ādibhiḥ — together with religion, knowledge and so on; yuktam — conjoined; sattvam — in the mode of goodness; padmam — His lotus; iha — thereupon; ucyate — is said.

TRANSLATION

Ananta, the Lord's sitting place, is the unmanifest phase of material nature, and the Lord's lotus throne is the mode of goodness, endowed with religion and knowledge.

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