Text 9] The Glories of Lord Ananta 421
PURPORT
From Vedic literature we learn that when the Supreme Lord glances
(sa aiksata) over the material energy, the three modes of material nature
become manifest and create material variety. Before He glances over the
material energy, there is no possibility of the creation, maintenance and
annihilation of the material world. The Lord existed before the creation,
and consequently He is eternal and unchanging. Therefore how can any
human being, however great a scientist or philosopher he may be, under-
stand the ways of the Supreme Personality of Godhead?
The following quotations from Caitanya-bhagavata (Adi-
khanda, 1.48-52 and 1.58-69) tell of the glories of Lord Ananta:
ki brahma, ki Siva, ki sanakadi ‘kumara’
vydsa, Suka, nadradadi, ‘bhakta’ nama yanra

‘Lord Brahma, Lord Siva, the four Kumaras [Sanaka, Sanatana, Sanan-
dana and Sanat-kumara], Vyasadeva, Sukadeva Gosvami and Narada are
all pure devotees, eternal servants of the Lord.

sabdra pijita sri-ananta-mahdsaya

sahasra-vadana prabhu— bhakti-rasamaya
“Lord Sri Ananta is worshiped by all the uncontaminated devotees men-
tioned above. He has thousands of hoods and is the reservoir of all devo-
tional service.

ddideva, maha-yogi, ‘tsvara’, ‘vaisnava’

mahimara anta inhd na jdnaye saba
“Lord Ananta is the original person and the great mystic controller. At
the same time, He is a servant of God, a Vaisnava. Since there is no end
to His glories, no one can understand Him fully.

sevana Sunila, ebe Suna thakurdla
atma-tantre yena-mate vaisena patdala

“| have already spoken to you of His service to the Lord. Now hear how
the self-sufficient Anantadeva exists in the lower planetary system of
Patala.
