PLATE FIVE

“Lord Sri Ananta is worshiped by all the uncontaminated devotees. He
has thousands of hoods and is the reservoir of all devotional service.
Simply due to the glance of Lord Ananta, the three modes of nature in-
teract and produce creation, maintenance and annihilation. These modes
of nature appear again and again. Lord Anantadeva is known as Sesa (the
unlimited end) because He ends our passage through this material world.
Simply by chanting His glories everyone can be liberated. At the time of
devastation, when Lord Anantadeva desires to destroy the entire cre-
ation, He becomes slightly angry. Then from between His two eyebrows
appears three-eyed Rudra, carrying a trident. This Rudra, who is known
as Sankarsana, 1 is the embodiment of the eleven Rudras, or incarnations
of Lord Siva. He appears in order to devastate the entire creation.’
(pp.412-423)
