328 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 3, Ch. 8

cara—moving animals; acara—nonmoving trees; okah—the place of situa-
tion; bhagavan—the Personality of Godhead; mahidram—the mountain;
ahindra—Sri_ Anantadeva; bandhum—friend; salila—water; upagiidham—
submerged; kirita—helmets; sahasra—thousands; hiranya—gold; sringam—
peaks; dvirbhavat—manifested; kaustubha—the Kaustubha jewel; ratna-
garbham—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 Anantanaga;
and as a mountain is sometimes filled with jewels, so also His transcen-
dental body was fully decorated with valuable jewels. As a mountain is
sometimes submerged in the ocean water, so the Lord is sometimes sub-
merged in the water of devastation.

TEXT 31

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nivitam Gmnaya-madhu-vrata-sriya
sva-kirtimayya vana-malaya harim

suryendu-vayv-agny-agamami tridhamabhih
parikramat-pradhanikair durasadam

nivitam—so being enclosed; dmndya—Vedic wisdom; madhu-vrata-sriya—
sweet sound in beauty; sva-kirtimayya—by His own glories; vana-mdlaya—
flower garland; harim—unto the Lord; sirya—the sun; indu—the moon;
vayu—the air; agni—the fire; agamam—unapproachable; tridhamabhih—by
the three planetary systems; parikramat-circumambulating; pradhanikaih-
for fighting; durdsadam—very difficult to reach.

TRANSLATION

Lord Brahma, 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
