Brahma said: O Shesha, O best of snakes, you are the Dharma, because you hold the earth alone with your infinite hoods, with every thing on her, what I myself and Indra can do.
ब्रह्मोवाच शेषोऽसि नागोत्तम धर्मदेवो महीमिमां धारयसे यदेकः। अनन्तभोगैः परिगृह्य सर्वां यथाऽहमेवं बलभिद्यथा वा॥