# Cc. Ādi 5.100-101 ## Text > ananta-śayyāte tāṅhā karila śayana > sahasra mastaka tāṅra sahasra vadana > > sahasra-caraṇa-hasta, sahasra-nayana > sarva-avatāra-bīja, jagat-kāraṇa ## Synonyms *ananta*-*śayyāte*—on Lord Ananta as a bed; *tāṅhā*—there; *karila* *śayana*—lay down; *sahasra*—thousands; *mastaka*—heads; *tāṅra*—His; *sahasra* *vadana*—thousands of faces; *sahasra*—thousands; *caraṇa*—legs; *hasta*—hands; *sahasra*-*nayana*—thousands of eyes; *sarva*-*avatāra*-*bīja*—the seed of all incarnations; *jagat*-*kāraṇa*—the cause of the material world. ## Translation **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 Garbhodakaśāyī Viṣṇu, the Lord lies on the Śeṣa plenary expansion of Viṣṇu, who is described in *Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam* and in the four *Vedas* as follows: > sahasra-śīrṣā puruṣaḥ sahasrākṣaḥ sahasra-pāt > sa bhūmiṁ viśvato vṛtvātyatiṣṭhad daśāṅgulam The Viṣṇu form called Ananta-śayana has thousands of hands and legs and thousands of eyes, and He is the active generator of all the incarnations within the material world.