SB 12.11.13

Srimad-Bhagavatam, Twelfth Canto, Chapter 11: Summary Description of the Mahāpuruṣa

SB 12.11.12

SB 12.11.14

His Divine Grace
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

TEXT 13

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.