148 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 5, Ch. 17
unlimited; rsayah—all the great sages; na—not; veda—feels; siddha-
artham—a mustard seed; iva—like; kvacit—where; sthitam—situated;
bhi-mandalam—the universe; miirdha-sahasra-dhamasu—on the
hundreds and thousands of hoods of the Lord.
TRANSLATION
Lord Siva continued: All the great sages accept the Lord as the
source of creation, maintenance and destruction, although He ac-
tually has nothing to do with these activities. Therefore the Lord is
called unlimited. Although the Lord in His incarnation as Sesa
holds all the universes on His hoods, each universe feels no
heavier than a mustard seed to Him. Therefore, what person desir-
ing perfection will not worship the Lord?
PURPORT
The incarnation of the Supreme Personality of Godhead known as Sesa
or Ananta has unlimited strength, fame, wealth, knowledge, beauty and
renunciation. As described in this verse, Ananta’s strength is so great
that the innumerable universes rest on His hoods. He has the bodily
features of a snake with thousands of hoods, and since His strength is
unlimited, all the universes resting on His hoods feel no heavier than
mustard seeds. We can just imagine how insignificant a mustard seed is
on the hood of a serpent. In this connection, the reader is referred to Sri
Caitanya-caritamrta, Adi-lila, Chapter Five, verses 117-125. There it is
stated that Lord Visnu’s incarnation as the serpentine Ananta Sesa Naga
supports all the universes on His hoods. By our calculation, a universe
may be very, very heavy, but because the Lord is ananta (unlimited), He
feels the weight to be no heavier than a mustard seed.
TEXTS 22-23
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