SB 10.51.21
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
TEXT 21
evam uktaḥ sa vai devān
abhivandya mahā-yaśāḥ
aśayiṣṭa guhā-viṣṭo
nidrayā deva-dattayā
SYNONYMS
evam—thus; uktaḥ—addressed; saḥ—he; vai—indeed; devān—the demigods; abhivandya—saluting; mahā—great; yaśāḥ—whose fame; aśayiṣṭa—he lay down; guhā-viṣṭaḥ—entering a cave; nidrayā—in sleep; deva—by the demigods; dattayā—given.
TRANSLATION
Addressed thus, King Mucukunda took his respectful leave of the demigods and went to a cave, where he lay down to enjoy the sleep they had granted him.
PURPORT
Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura gives the following lines from an alternate reading of this chapter. These lines are to be inserted between the two halves of this verse:
- nidrām eva tato vavre
- sa rājā śrama-karṣitaḥ
- yaḥ kaścin mama nidrāyā
- bhaṅgaṁ kuryād surottamāḥ
- sa hi bhasmī-bhaved āśu
- tathoktaś ca surais tadā
- svāpaṁ yātaṁ yo madhye tu
- bodhayet tvām acetanaḥ
- sa tvayā dṛṣṭa-mātras tu
- bhasmī-bhavatu tat-kṣaṇāt
"The King, exhausted by his labor, then chose sleep as his benediction. He further stated, 'O best of the demigods, may whoever disturbs my sleep be immediately burned to ashes.' The demigods replied, 'So be it,' and told him, 'That insensitive person who wakes you in the middle of your sleep will immediately turn to ashes simply by your seeing him.' "