sāḍe sāta prahara - 7.5 praharas (one prahara equals three hours); yāya - is spent; kīrtana-smaraṇe - in chanting the Hare Kṛṣṇa mahā-mantra and remembering the lotus feet of Kṛṣṇa; āhāra-nidrā - eating and sleeping; cāri daṇḍa - four daṇḍas (one daṇḍa equals twenty-four minutes); seha - that; nahe - is not; kona dine - some days.

Raghunātha dāsa spent more than twenty-two hours out of every twenty-four chanting the Hare Kṛṣṇa mahā-mantra and remembering the lotus feet of the Lord. He ate and slept for less than an hour and a half, and on some days that also was impossible.