CC Antya 6.310 (1975)
Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta (1975) - Antya-līlā - Chapter 6: The Meeting of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu and Raghunatha dasa Gosvāmī
His Divine Grace
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
TEXT 310
- sāḍe sāta prahara yāya kīrtana-smaraṇe
- āhāra-nidrā cāri daṇḍa seha nahe kona dine
SYNONYMS
sāḍe sāta prahara—7.5 praharas (one prahara equals three hours); yāya—is spent; kīrtana-smaraṇe—in chanting the Hare Kṛṣṇa mahā-mantra and remembering the lotus feet of Kṛṣṇa; āhāra-nidrā—eating and sleeping; cāri daṇḍa—four daṇḍas (one daṇḍa equals twenty-four minutes); seha—that; nahe—is not; kona dine—some days.
TRANSLATION
Raghunātha dāsa spent more than twenty-two hours out of every twenty-four chanting the Hare Kṛṣṇa mahā-mantra and remembering the lotus feet of the Lord. He ate and slept for less than an hour and a half, and on some days that also was impossible.