### SB 3.8.30

> चराचरौको भगवन्महीध्रमहीन्द्रबन्धुं सलिलोपगूढम् ।\
> किरीटसाहस्रहिरण्यशृङ्गमाविर्भवत्कौस्तुभरत्नगर्भम् ॥३०॥

> carācarauko bhagavan-mahīdhram\
> ahīndra-bandhuṁ salilopagūḍham\
> kirīṭa-sāhasra-hiraṇya-śṛṅgam\
> āvirbhavat kaustubha-ratna-garbham

*cara*—moving animals; *acara*—nonmoving trees; *okaḥ*—the place of situation; *bhagavan*—the Personality of Godhead; *mahīdhram*—the mountain; *ahi-indra*—Śrī Anantadeva; *bandhum*—friend; *salila*—water; *upagūḍham*—submerged; *kirīṭa*—helmets; *sāhasra*—thousands; *hiraṇya*—gold; *śṛṅgam*—peaks; *āvirbhavat*—manifested; *kaustubha*—the Kaustubha jewel; *ratna-garbham*—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 mountain is sometimes submerged in the ocean water, so the Lord is sometimes submerged in the water of devastation.**