CC Ādi 5.100-101
Bengali
অনন্তশয্যাতে তাঁহা করিল শয়ন ।
সহস্র মস্তক তাঁর সহস্র বদন ॥ ১০০ ॥
সহস্র–চরন–হস্ত, সহস্র–নয়ন ।
সর্ব–অবতার–বীজ, জগৎ–কারণ ॥ ১০১ ॥
সহস্র মস্তক তাঁর সহস্র বদন ॥ ১০০ ॥
সহস্র–চরন–হস্ত, সহস্র–নয়ন ।
সর্ব–অবতার–বীজ, জগৎ–কারণ ॥ ১০১ ॥
Verse text
ananta-śayyāte tāṅhā karila śayana
sahasra mastaka tāṅra sahasra vadana
sahasra mastaka tāṅra sahasra vadana
sahasra-caraṇa-hasta, sahasra-nayana
sarva-avatāra-bīja, jagat-kāraṇa
sarva-avatāra-bīja, jagat-kāraṇa
Synonyms
ananta-śayyāte — on Lord Ananta as a bed; tāṅhā — there; karila śayana — lay down; sahasra — thousands; mastaka — heads; tāṅra — His; sahasra vadana — thousands of faces; sahasra — thousands; caraṇa — legs; hasta — hands; sahasra-nayana — thousands of eyes; sarva-avatāra-bīja — the seed of all incarnations; jagat-kāraṇa — 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 Garbhodakaśāyī Viṣṇu, the Lord lies on the Śeṣa plenary expansion of Viṣṇu, who is described in Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam and in the four Vedas as follows:
sahasra-śīrṣā puruṣaḥ sahasrākṣaḥ sahasra-pāt
sa bhūmiṁ viśvato vṛtvā- tyatiṣṭhad daśāṅgulam
sa bhūmiṁ viśvato vṛtvā- tyatiṣṭhad daśāṅgulam
The Viṣṇu form called Ananta-śayana has thousands of hands and legs and thousands of eyes, and He is the active generator of all the incarnations within the material world.