Srimad Bhagavatam — Panchama Skandha, Shloka 6
The Glories of Lord Ananta (Śeṣa/Saṅkarṣaṇa) and the Cosmic Foundation Beneath Pātāla
स एव भगवाननन्तोऽनन्तगुणार्णव आदिदेव उपसंहृतामर्षरोषवेगो लोकानां स्वस्तय आस्ते ॥ ६ ॥
sa eva bhagavān ananto ’nanta-guṇārṇava ādi-deva upasaṁhṛtāmarṣa-roṣa-vego lokānāṁ svastaya āste.
Chính Ngài là Bhagavān Anantadeva, đại dương vô tận của các phẩm tính linh thiêng, vị Thần nguyên thủy; Ngài không khác với Đấng Tối Thượng. Vì phúc lợi của mọi chúng sinh trong thế giới vật chất này, Ngài an trụ nơi thánh cảnh của mình, chế ngự cơn giận và sự bất kham.
Anantadeva’s main mission is to dissolve this material creation, but He checks His anger and intolerance. This material world is created to give the conditioned souls another chance to go back home, back to Godhead, but most of them do not take advantage of this facility. After the creation, they again exercise their old propensity for lording it over the material world. These activities of the conditioned souls anger Anantadeva, and He desires to destroy the entire material world. Yet, because He is the Supreme Personality of Godhead, He is kind toward us and checks His anger and intolerance. Only at certain times does He express His anger and destroy the material world.
FAQs
This verse states that Lord Ananta, the original divine being and an ocean of limitless qualities, restrains His wrath and remains for the welfare and auspiciousness of all the worlds.
In the context of Ananta’s glories, Śukadeva highlights the Lord’s supreme self-control: although fully capable of destroying disorder, He curbs the impulse of wrath to protect and sustain the cosmos.
Practice strength with restraint—cultivate patience and self-mastery, using power or authority for the welfare of others rather than reacting in anger.