SB 12.11.13
His Divine Grace
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
TEXT 13
avyākṛtam anantākhyam
āsanaṁ yad-adhiṣṭhitaḥ
dharma-jñānādibhir yuktaṁ
sattvaṁ padmam ihocyate
SYNONYMS
avyākṛtam—the unmanifest phase of material creation; ananta-ākhyam—known as Lord Ananta; āsanam—His personal seat; yat-adhiṣṭhitaḥ—upon which He is sitting; dharma-jñāna-ādibhiḥ—together with religion, knowledge and so on; yuktam—conjoined; sattvam—in the mode of goodness; padmam—His lotus; iha—thereupon; ucyate—is said.
TRANSLATION
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.