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Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrī Caitanya Caritāmrita Madhya 19.130
ashta-prahara krishna-bhajana, cāri danda śayane
nāma-sańkīrtane seha nahe kona dine
SYNONYMS
ashta-prahara — twenty-four hours; krishna-bhajana — worshiping Lord Krishna; cāri danda — four dandas (one danda equals twenty-four minutes); śayane — for sleeping; nāma-sańkīrtane — 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.
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