Yatharth Geeta -Swami Adgadanand Ji
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CHAPTER 10
An Account of God’s Glory
अनन्तश्चास्मि नागानां वरुणो यादसामहम् । [ “I am Sheshnag [1] among the nag (snakes), the god Varun[2]among beings of water, Aryama[3] among ancestors, and Yamraj[4] among rulers.’’] Krishn is the infinite or “Sheshnag.” Sheshnag is in fact no snake. There is a description of its form in the composition called Shreemad Bhagwat which is contemporaneous with the Geeta. According to it, Sheshnag is an embodiment of God’s vaishnavi (Vishnu) power which is stationed at a distance of thirty thousand yojan [5] from the earth and on whose head the earth rests lightly like a grain of mustard. This is, in truth, a picture of the force of gravity between objects which keeps the stars and planets in their respective orbits. |
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References and Context
- ↑ Name of a celebrated serpent, said to have one thousand heads, and repre- sented as forming the couch of Vishnu and supporting the entire world.
- ↑ God of the ocean.
- ↑ The king of Manes (departed ancestors).
- ↑ The God of death, regarded as a son of the Sun-god.
- ↑ A measure of distance equal to four kosas, or eight to nine miles.