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[Canto 7, Ch. 9]
ānanda —eternally in bliss—and thus He is not disturbed by sleep like ordinary human beings. It should be understood that the Supreme Personality of Godhead is in transcendental bliss in all stages. Śrīla Madhvācārya concisely states that the Lord is  turya-sthitaḥ , always situated in transcendence. In transcendence there is no such thing as  jāgaraṇa-nidrā-suṣupti —wakefulness, sleep and deep sleep.
The practice of  yoga  is similar to the  yoga-nidrā  of Mahā-Viṣṇu.  Yogīs  are advised to keep their eyes half closed, but this state is not at all one of sleep, although imitation  yogīs , especially in the modern age, manifest their so-called  yoga  by sleeping. In the  śāstra ,  yoga  is described as  dhyānāvasthita , a state of full meditation, but this is meditation upon the Supreme Personality of Godhead.  Dhyānāvasthita-tad-gatena manasā : the mind should always be situated at the lotus feet of the Lord.  Yoga  practice does not mean sleeping. The mind should always be actively fixed at the lotus feet of the Lord. Then one's practice of  yoga  will be successful.
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तस्यैव ते वपुरिदं निजकालशक्त्या
सञ्चोदितप्रकृतिधर्मेण आत्मगूढम् ।
अम्भसनन्तशयनाद् विरमत्समाधे-
नभिरभूत् स्वकणिकावटवन्महाब्जम्॥३३॥
tasyaiva te vapur idam nija-kāla-śaktyā sañcodita-prakṛti-dharmaṇa ātma-gūḍham ambhasy ananta-śayanād viramat-samādher nābher abhūt sva-kaṇikā-vaṭavan-mahābjam
tasya —of that Supreme Personality of Godhead;  eva —certainly;  te —of You;  vapuḥ —the cosmic body;  idam —this (universe);  nija-kāla-śaktyā —by the potent time factor;  sañcodita —agitated;  prakṛti-dharmaṇaḥ —of Him, by whom the three  guṇas , or qualities of material nature;  ātma-gūḍham —dormant in Yourself;  ambhasi —in the water known as the Causal Ocean;  ananta-śayanāt —from the bed known as Ananta (another feature of Yourself);  viramat-samādheḥ —having