Text
aṣṭa-prahara kṛṣṇa-bhajana, cāri daṇḍa śayane
nāma-saṅkīrtane seha nahe kona dine
Synonyms
asta-prahara—twenty-four hours; krsna-bhajana—worshiping Lord Kṛṣṇa; cari danda—four daṇḍas (one daṇḍa equals twenty-four minutes); sayane—for sleeping; nama-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. ¶