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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 3, Ch. 8]
cara —moving animals;  acara —nonmoving trees;  okaḥ —the place of situation;  bhagavan —the Personality of Godhead;  mahīdram —the mountain;  ahīndra —Śrī Anantadeva;  bandhum —friend;  salila —water;  upagūdham —submerged;  kirīṭa —helmets;  sāhasra —thousands;  hiraṇya —gold;  śriṅgam —peaks;  āvirbhavat —manifested;  kaustubha —the Kaustubha jewel;  ratnagarbham —ocean.
TRANSLATION
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 Anantanāga; 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.
TEXT 31
विवीतयाम्नायमधुवतश्चिया
स्वकीर्तिमय्या वनमालया हरिम् ।
सूर्येन्दुवाय्व्यग्न्यगमं त्रिधाममिः
परिक्रमत्याधविकैर्दुरासदम्
॥३१॥
nivītam āmnāya-madhu-vrata-śriyā sva-kīrtimayyā vana-mālayā harim sūryendu-vāyv-agny-agamam tridhāmabhiḥ parikramat-prādhanikair durāsadam
nivītam —so being enclosed;  āmnāya —Vedic wisdom;  madhu-vrata-śriyā —sweet sound in beauty;  sva-kīrtimayyā —by His own glories;  vana-mālayā —flower garland;  harim —unto the Lord;  sūrya —the sun;  indu —the moon;  vāyu —the air;  agni —the fire;  agamam —unapproachable;  tridhāmabhiḥ —by the three planetary systems;  parikramat —circumambulating;  prādhanikaiḥ —for fighting;  durāsadam —very difficult to reach.
TRANSLATION
Lord Brahmā, thus looking upon the Lord in the shape of a mountain, concluded that He was Hari, the Personality of Godhead. He saw that the garland of flowers on His chest glorified Him with Vedic wisdom in sweet