avyÄká¹›tam anantÄkhyam
Äsanaá¹ yad-adhiṣṭhitaḥ
dharma-jñÄnÄdibhir yuktaá¹
sattvaá¹ padmam ihocyate

 avyÄká¹›tam - the unmanifest phase of material creation; ananta-Äkhyam - known as Lord Ananta; Äsanam - His personal seat; yat-adhiṣṭhitaḥ - upon which He is sitting; dharma-jñÄna-Ädibhiḥ - together with religion, knowledge and so on; yuktam - conjoined; sattvam - in the mode of goodness; padmam - His lotus; iha - thereupon; ucyate - is said.


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Ananta, the Lord’s sitting place, is the unmanifest phase of material nature, and the Lord’s lotus throne is the mode of goodness, endowed with religion and knowledge.

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