With its five hoods flared protectively over Lord Vishnu and Goddess Lakshmi, Sheshanag, the king of all serpents, stays coiled underneath the divine couple, offering his tail up as their residence. He is Adishesha, the first serpent, whose very movement dictates the state of the cosmos. As he uncoils, the movement of time is forward, leading to the creation of a new universe and when he tightens up again, it marks the destruction of the cosmos. With all of its power, he is an ardent devotee of Lord Vishnu, who is the sustainer of the cosmos. He is the Supreme Lord, whose Dashavataras maintain the balance of good and evil on the earth when the scales tip in the wrong direction. He is the restorer of Dharma. He holds the Sudarshana chakra in his right hand and his shanka (conch) in the other. While the discus gives him immense power, the conch is often used during auspicious events as a marker of its beginning. Goddess Lakshmi sits in his lap here, always with him no matter the era or the avatar. She, as the goddess of wealth and prosperity, blesses her devotees with all they could possibly need to survive and thrive. They, as the divine couple, are inseparable.
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