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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 3.8.23
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A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
TEXT 23
- mṛṇāla-gaurāyata-śeṣa-bhoga-
- paryaṅka ekaṁ puruṣaṁ śayānam
- phaṇātapatrāyuta-mūrdha-ratna-
- dyubhir hata-dhvānta-yugānta-toye
mṛṇālalotus flower — lotus flower; gaurawhite all over — white all over; āyatagigantic — gigantic; śeṣabody of Śeṣa-nāga-bhogabody of Śeṣa-nāga — body of Śeṣa-nāga; paryaṅkeon the bed — on the bed; ekamalone — alone; puruṣamthe Supreme Person — the Supreme Person; śayānamwas lying — was lying; phaṇaumbrella of a serpent hood-ātapatraumbrella of a serpent hood — umbrella of a serpent hood; āyutabedecked with — bedecked with; mūrdhahead — head; ratnajewels — jewels; dyubhiḥby the rays — by the rays; hatadarkness dissipated-dhvāntadarkness dissipated — darkness dissipated; yugadevastation-antadevastation — devastation; toyein the water — in the water.
Brahmā could see that on the water there was a gigantic lotuslike white bedstead, the body of Śeṣa-nāga, on which the Personality of Godhead was lying alone. The whole atmosphere was illuminated by the rays of the jewels bedecking the hood of Śeṣa-nāga, and that illumination dissipated all the darkness of those regions.