10.102

sardha sapta-prahara kare bhaktira sadhane

cari danda nidra, seha nahe kona-dine

SYNONYMS

sardha—one and a half hours; sapta-prahara—seven praharas (twenty-one hours); kare—does; bhaktira—of devotional service; sadhane—in execution; cari danda—about two hours; nidra—sleeping; seha—that also; nahe—not; kona-dine—some days.

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.