ananta-śayyāte tāńhā karila śayana
sahasra mastaka tāńra sahasra vadana
sahasra-caraṇa-hasta, sahasra-nayana
sarva-avatāra-bīja, jagat-kāraṇa
He lay there with Ananta as His bed. Lord Ananta is a divine serpent having thousands of heads, thousands of faces, thousands of eyes and thousands of hands and feet. He is the seed of all incarnations and is the cause of the material world.
In the reservoir of water first created by the perspiration of Garbhodakasayi Vishnu, the Lord lies on the Sesha plenary expansion of Vishnu, who is described in Srimad-Bhagavatam and in the four Vedas as follows:
sahasra-sirsha purushah sahasrakshah sahasra-pat
sa bhumim visvato vritvatyatishthad dasangulam
The Vishnu form called Ananta-sayana has thousands of hands and legs and thousands of eyes, and He is the active generator of all the incarnations within the material world.
