sārdha sapta-prahara kare bhaktira sādhane
cāri daṇḍa nidrā, seha nahe kona-dine

 sārdha - one and a half hours; sapta-prahara - seven praharas (twenty-one hours); kare - does; bhaktira - of devotional service; sādhane - in execution; cāri daṇḍa - about two hours; nidrā - sleeping; seha - that also; nahe - not; kona-dine - some days.


Text

He engaged himself in devotional service for more than twenty-two and a half hours a day, and for less than two hours he slept, although on some days that also was not possible.

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