Text 32] Prahlāda Pacifies the Lord with Prayers
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power;  milita-dṛk —the eyes appearing closed;  ātma —by a manifestation of Yourself;  nipīta —prevented;  nidraḥ —whose sleeping;  turye —in the transcendental stage;  sthitaḥ —keeping (Yourself);  na —not;  tu —but;  tamaḥ —the material condition of sleeping;  na —nor;  guṇān —the material modes;  ca —and;  yunkṣe —do You engage Yourself in.
TRANSLATION
O my Lord, O Supreme Personality of Godhead, after the annihilation the creative energy is kept in You, who appear to sleep with half-closed eyes. Actually, however, You do not sleep like an ordinary human being, for You are always in a transcendental stage, beyond the creation of the material world, and You always feel transcendental bliss. As Kāraṇodakaśāyī Viṣṇu, You thus remain in Your transcendental status, not touching material objects. Although You appear to sleep, this sleeping is distinct from sleeping in ignorance.
PURPORT
As explained very clearly in the  Brahma-saṁhitā  (5.47):
yaḥ kāraṇārṇava-jale bhajati sma yoga- nidrām ananta-jagad-aṇḍa-sa-roma-kūpaḥ ādhāra-śaktim avalambya parām sva-mūrtim govindam ādi-puruṣam tam aham bhajāmi
“I worship the primeval Lord Govinda, who lies down in the Causal Ocean in His plenary portion as Mahā-Viṣṇu, with all the universes generating from the pores of hair on His transcendental body, and who accepts the mystic slumber of eternity.” The  ādi-puruṣa , the original Supreme Personality of Godhead—Kṛṣṇa, Govinda—expands Himself as Mahā-Viṣṇu. After the annihilation of this cosmic manifestation, He keeps Himself in transcendental bliss. The word  yoga-nidrām  is used in reference to the Supreme Personality of Godhead. One should understand that this  nidrā , or sleep, is not like our  nidrā  in the mode of ignorance. The Lord is always situated in transcendence. He is  sac-cid-