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SB 12.11.13

Devanāgarī

अव्याकृतमनन्ताख्यमासनं यदधिष्ठित: । धर्मज्ञानादिभिर्युक्तं सत्त्वं पद्ममिहोच्यते ॥ १३ ॥

Text

avyākṛtam anantākhyam āsanaṁ yad-adhiṣṭhitaḥ dharma-jñānādibhir yuktaṁ sattvaṁ 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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