Text 9] The Glories of Lord Ananta 423
“If we simply try to engage in the congregational chanting of the glories
of Lord Anantadeva, the dirty things in our hearts, accumulated during
many births, will immediately be washed away. Therefore a Vaisnava
never loses an opportunity to glorify Anantadeva.
‘Sesa’ ba-i sarnsdrera gati nahi ara
anantera ndme sarva-jivera uddhara
‘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.
ananta prthivi-giri samudra-sahite
ye-prabhu dharena gire palana karite
“On His head, Anantadeva sustains the entire universe, with its millions
of planets containing enormous oceans and mountains.
sahasra phanara eka-phane ‘bindu’ yena
ananta vikrama, nd jdnena, ‘ache’ hena
“He is so large and powerful that this universe rests on one of His hoods
just like a drop of water. He does not know where it is.
sahasra-vadane krsna-yasa nirantara
gaite dchena adi-deva mahi-dhara
“While bearing the universe on one of His hoods, Anantadeva chants the
glories of Krsna with each of His thousands of mouths.
gayena ananta, sri-yasera nahi anta
jaya-bhanga nahi kdru, donhe — balavanta
‘Although He has been chanting the glories of Lord Krsna since time
immemorial, He has still not come to their end.
adyapiha ‘sesa’-deva sahasra-sri-mukhe
gayena caitanya-yasa anta nahi dekhe
