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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 3, Ch. 8]
slumber;  amīlita —closed;  dṛk —eyes;  nyamīlayat —not completely closed;  ahīndra —the great snake Ananta;  talpe —on the bed of;  adhiśayānaḥ —lying on;  ekaḥ —alone;  kṛta-kṣaṇaḥ —being engaged;  svātma-ratau —enjoying in His internal potency;  nirīhaḥ —without any part of external energy.
TRANSLATION
At that time when the three worlds were submerged in water, Garbhodakaśāyī Viṣṇu was alone, lying on His bedstead the great snake Ananta, and although He appeared to be in slumber in His own internal potency, free from the action of the external energy, His eyes were not completely closed.
PURPORT
The Lord is eternally enjoying transcendental bliss by His internal potency, whereas the external potency is suspended during the time of the dissolution of the cosmic manifestation.
TEXT 11
सोऽन्तःशरीरेऽर्पितभूतम्ब्रह्मः
कालात्मिकां शक्तिमुदीरयाणः ।
उवास तस्मिन् सलिले पदे स्वे
यथानलो दारुणि रुद्धवीर्यः ॥११॥
so'ntaḥ śarīre'rpita-bhūta-sūkṣmaḥ kālātmikāṁ śaktim udīrayāṇaḥ uvāsa tasmin salile pade sve yathānalo dāruṇi ruddha-vīryaḥ
saḥ —the Supreme Lord;  antaḥ —within;  śarīre —in the transcendental body;  arpita —kept;  bhūta —material elements;  sūkṣmaḥ —subtle;  kālā-ātmikāṁ —the form of time;  śaktim —energy;  udīrayāṇaḥ —invigorating;  uvāsa —resided;  tasmin —therein;  salile —in the water;  pade —in the place;  sve —His own;  yathā —as much as;  analaḥ —fire;  dāruṇi —in the fuel wood;  ruddha-vīryaḥ —submerged strength.
TRANSLATION
Just like the strength of fire within fuel wood, the Lord remained within the water of dissolution, submerging all the living entities in their subtle bodies. He lay in the self-invigorated energy called kāla.