Part 5: Ananta’s life before initiation

Then the name Anantajit was given to the Supreme Lord, because infinite armies of his enemies had been conquered by his father while he was in the womb. Sucking nectar from his own thumb, like a yogi the nectar of meditation, instead of nursing, the Supreme Lord gradually grew up. The Lord gradually passed childhood, like the moon, and gradually attained youth, fifty bows tall.

Making a decision with the idea of abandoning it (later), like a traveler seeking a refuge, Anantanātha married at his father’s command. When seven and a half lacs of years had passed, the Master assumed the burden of the kingdom to please his father.