Text 32] Prahlada Pacifies the Lord with Prayers 237
power; milita-drk—the eyes appearing closed; dtma—by a manifestation
of Yourself; nipita—prevented; nidrah—whose sleeping; turye—in the
transcendental stage; sthitah—keeping (Yourself); na—not; tu—but;
tamah—the material condition of sleeping; na—nor; gundn—the ma-
terial modes; ca—and; yurikse—do You engage Yourself in.
TRANSLATION
O my Lord, O Supreme Personality of Godhead, after the an-
nihilation 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 Karanodakasayi Visnu, You thus
remain in Your transcendental status, not touching material ob-
jects. Although You appear to sleep, this sleeping is distinct from
sleeping in ignorance.
PURPORT
As explained very clearly in the Brahma-samhita (5.47):
yah karanarnava-jale bhajati sma yoga-
nidram ananta-jagad-anda-sa-roma-kiipah
ddhara-saktim avalambya param sva-mirtim
govindam ddi-purusam tam aham bhajami
“I worship the primeval Lord Govinda, who lies down in the Causal
Ocean in His plenary portion as Maha-Visnu, with all the universes
generating from the pores of hair on His transcendental body, and who
accepts the mystic slumber of eternity.” The ddi-purusa, the original
Supreme Personality of Godhead— Krsna, Govinda—expands Himself as
Maha-Visnu. After the annihilation of this cosmic manifestation, He
keeps Himself in transcendental bliss. The word yoga-nidram is used in
reference to the Supreme Personality of Godhead. One should under-
stand that this nidrd, or sleep, is not like our nidrd in the mode of ig-
norance. The Lord is always situated in transcendence. He is sac-cid-
