CC Madhya 19.130 (1975)
Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta (1975) - Madhya-līlā - Chapter 19: Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu Instructs Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī
His Divine Grace
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
TEXT 130
- aṣṭa-prahara kṛṣṇa-bhajana, cāri daṇḍa śayane
- nāma-saṅkīrtane seha nahe kona dine
SYNONYMS
aṣṭa-prahara—twenty-four hours; kṛṣṇa-bhajana—worshiping Lord Kṛṣṇa; cāri daṇḍa—four daṇḍas (one daṇḍa equals twenty-four minutes); śayane—for sleeping; nāma-saṅkīrtane—because of chanting the holy name of the Lord; seha—that much time; nahe—not; kona dine—some days.
TRANSLATION
"They engage almost twenty-four hours daily in rendering service to the Lord. They usually sleep only an hour and a half, and some days, when they continuously chant the Lord's holy name, they do not sleep at all.