CC Madhya 19.130
Madhya-līlā, Chapter 19, Text 130
অষ্টপ্রহর কৃষ্ণভজন, চারি দণ্ড শয়নে ।
নাম-সঙ্কীর্তনে সেহ নহে কোন দিনে ॥ ১৩০ ॥
নাম-সঙ্কীর্তনে সেহ নহে কোন দিনে ॥ ১৩০ ॥
aṣṭa-prahara kṛṣṇa-bhajana, cāri daṇḍa śayane
nāma-saṅkīrtane seha nahe kona dine
nāma-saṅkīrtane seha nahe kona dine
Word by word
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.”