Madhya-līlāChapter 4: Śrī Mādhavendra Puri's Devotional Service

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrī Caitanya Caritāmṛta Madhya 4.34

vasi' nāma laya purī, nidrā nāhi haya

śeṣa-rātre tandrā haila, — bāhya-vṛtti-laya

SYNONYMS

vasi' — sitting there; nāma laya — chants the Hare Kṛṣṇa mahā-mantra; purīMādhavendra Purī; nidrā — sleep; nāhi haya — there was not; śeṣa-rātre — at the end of the night; tandrā — dozing; haila — there was; bāhya-vṛtti — of external activities; laya — stop.

TRANSLATION

Mādhavendra Purī could not sleep. He sat and chanted the Hare Kṛṣṇa mahā-mantra, and at the end of the night he dozed a little, and his external activities stopped.

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