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The Glories of Lord Ananta
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false conception, in which one thinks himself the supreme enjoyer, is a kind of illusion. It is described elsewhere in  Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam  (5.5.8):  janasya moho 'yam aham mameti . As explained in the above verse, Lord Saṅkarṣaṇa is the predominating Deity of this false conception. Kṛṣṇa confirms this in  Bhagavad-gītā  (15.15):
sarvasya cāham hṛdi sanniviṣṭo mattaḥ smṛtir jñānam apohanam ca
“I am seated in everyone’s heart, and from Me come remembrance, knowledge and forgetfulness.” The Lord is situated in everyone’s heart as Saṅkarṣaṇa, and when a demon thinks himself one with the Supreme Lord, the Lord keeps him in that darkness. Although such a demoniac living entity is only an insignificant part of the Supreme Lord, he forgets his true position and thinks he is the Supreme Lord. Because this forgetfulness is created by Saṅkarṣaṇa, He is sometimes called  tāmasī . The name  tāmasī  does not indicate that He has a material body. He is always transcendental, but because He is the Supersoul of Lord Śiva, who must perform tamasic activities, Saṅkarṣaṇa is sometimes called  tāmasī .
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यस्येदं श्वितिमण्डलं भगवतोऽनन्तमूर्तेः सहस्रशिरस एकस्मिन्नेव शीर्षणि त्रियमाणं सिद्धार्थ इव लक्ष्यते ॥ २ ॥
yasyedam kṣiti-maṇḍalam bhagavato 'nanta-mūrteḥ sahasra-śirasa ekasminn eva śīrṣaṇi dhriyamāṇam siddhārtha iva lakṣyate.
yasya—of whom; idam—this; kṣiti-maṇḍalam—universe; bhagavataḥ—of the Supreme Personality of Godhead; ananta-mūrteḥ—  in the form of Anantadeva;  sahasra-śirasaḥ—who has thousands of  hoods;  ekasmin—on one; eva—only; śīrṣaṇi—hood; dhriyamāṇam—is  being sustained;  siddhārthaḥ iva—and like a white mustard seed; lakṣy-   ate—is seen.
TRANSLATION
Śukadeva Gosvāmī continued: This great universe, situated on one of Lord Anantadeva’s thousands of hoods, appears just like a