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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 3.8.30
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A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
TEXT 30
- carācarauko bhagavan-mahīdhram
- ahīndra-bandhuṁ salilopagūḍham
- kirīṭa-sāhasra-hiraṇya-śṛṅgam
- āvirbhavat kaustubha-ratna-garbham
caramoving animals — moving animals; acaranonmoving trees — nonmoving trees; okaḥthe place or situation — the place or situation; bhagavatthe Personality of Godhead — the Personality of Godhead; mahīdhramthe mountain — the mountain; ahiŚrī Anantadeva-indraŚrī Anantadeva — Śrī Anantadeva; bandhumfriend — friend; salilawater — water; upagūḍhamsubmerged — submerged; kirīṭahelmets — helmets; sāhasrathousands — thousands; hiraṇyagold — gold; śṛṅgampeaks — peaks; āvirbhavatmanifested — manifested; kaustubhathe Kaustubha jewel — the Kaustubha jewel; ratnaocean-garbhamocean — ocean.
Like a great mountain, the Lord stands as the abode for all moving and nonmoving living entities. He is the friend of the snakes because Lord Ananta is His friend. As a mountain has thousands of golden peaks, so the Lord was seen with the thousands of golden-helmeted hoods of Ananta-nāga; and as a mountain is sometimes filled with jewels, so also His transcendental body was fully decorated with valuable jewels. As a mountains is sometimes submerged in the ocean water, so the Lord is sometimes submerged in the water of devastation.