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.
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.