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dnanda—eternally in bliss—and thus He is not disturbed by sleep like
ordinary human beings. It should be understood that the Supreme Per-
sonality of Godhead is in transcendental bliss in all stages. Srila
Madhvacarya concisely states that the Lord is turya-sthitah, always situ-
ated in transcendence. In transcendence there is no such thing as
jagarana-nidra-susupti— wakefulness, sleep and deep sleep.

The practice of yoga is similar to the yoga-nidra of Maha-Visnu. Yogis
are advised to keep their eyes half closed, but this state is not at all one of
sleep, although imitation yogis, especially in the modern age, manifest
their so-called yoga by sleeping. In the sdastra, yoga is described as
dhyanavasthita, a state of full meditation, but this is meditation upon the
Supreme Personality of Godhead. Dhydndvasthita-tad-gatena manasa:
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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TANCTISATIAT ASTI |

WHAAAIING cacarana-
AAO SH RASTHTTHTT 23

tasyaiva te vapur idam nija-kala-saktya
saficodita-prakrti-dharmana atma-giidham

ambhasy ananta-sayandd viramat-samadher
nabher abhit sva-kanikd-vatavan-mahabjam

tasya—of that Supreme Personality of Godhead; eva—certainly; te—
of You; vapuh—the cosmic body; idam—this (universe); nija-kdla-
Saktya—by the potent time factor; safcodita—agitated; prakrti-
dharmanah—of Him, by whom the three gunas, or qualities of material
nature; dfma-gidham—dormant in Yourself; ambhasi—in the water
known as the Causal Ocean; ananta-sayanat—from the bed known as
Ananta (another feature of Yourself); viramat-samadheh—having
