Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Srimad Bhagavatam 10.51.21

evam uktah sa vai devan

abhivandya maha-yasah

asayishta guha-vishto

nidraya deva-dattaya

SYNONYMS

evam -- thus; uktah -- addressed; sah -- he; vai -- indeed; devan -- the demigods; abhivandya -- saluting; maha -- great; yasah -- whose fame; asayishta -- he lay down; guha-vishtah -- entering a cave; nidraya -- in sleep; deva -- by the demigods; dattaya -- 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

Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura gives the following lines from an alternate reading of this chapter. These lines are to be inserted between the two halves of this verse:

nidram eva tato vavre

sa raja srama-karshitah

yah kascin mama nidraya

bhangam kuryad surottamah

sa hi bhasmi-bhaved asu

tathoktas ca surais tada

svapam yatam yo madhye tu

bodhayet tvam acetanah

sa tvaya drishta-matras tu

bhasmi-bhavatu tat-kshanat

"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.' "

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