sāḍe sāta prahara yāya kīrtana-smaraṇe
āhāra-nidrā cāri daṇḍa seha nahe kona dine
āhāra-nidrā cāri daṇḍa seha nahe kona dine
Synonyms
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.
Translation
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.