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sade sata prahara yaya kirtana-smarane

ahara-nidra cari danda seha nahe kona dine

SYNONYMS

sade sata prahara—7.5 praharas (one prahara equals three hours); yaya—is spent; kirtana-smarane—in chanting the Hare Krsna maha-mantra and remembering the lotus feet of Krsna; ahara-nidra—eating and sleeping; cari danda—four dandas (one danda equals twenty-four minutes); seha—that; nahe—is not; kona dine—some days.

Raghunatha dasa spent more than twenty-two hours out of every twenty-four chanting the Hare Krsna maha-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.