Devanagari
अन्त: स तस्मिन् सलिल आस्तेऽनन्तासनो हरि: ।
योगनिद्रानिमीलाक्ष: स्तूयमानो जनालयै: ॥ ३२ ॥
Verse text
antaḥ sa tasmin salila
āste ’nantāsano hariḥ
yoga-nidrā-nimīlākṣaḥ
stūyamāno janālayaiḥ
Synonyms
antaḥ
—
within
;
saḥ
—
that
;
tasmin
—
in that
;
salile
—
water
;
āste
—
there is
;
ananta
—
Ananta
;
āsanaḥ
—
on the seat of
;
hariḥ
—
the Lord
;
yoga
—
mystic
;
nidrā
—
sleep
;
nimīla
—
akṣaḥ — eyes closed
;
stūya
—
mānaḥ — being glorified
;
jana
—
ālayaiḥ — by the inhabitants of the Janaloka planets .
Translation
The Supreme Lord, the Personality of Godhead, lies down in the water on the seat of Ananta, with His eyes closed, and the inhabitants of the Janaloka planets offer unto the Lord their glorious prayers with folded hands.
Translation (Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura)
The Lord, lying on Ananta, remains in that water with his eyes closed by his śakti called yoga, while being praised by the sages inhabiting Janaloka.
The Lord has many expansions of his cit-śakti starting with Vimalā. The fifth śakti is called Yogā. [Note: The sixteen energies are described by the Vaiṣṇavas according to the scriptures. Bhakti-viveka and other works describe them as śaktis. The sixteen principle śaktis are śrī, bhū, kīrti, ilā, līlā, kānti, vidhyā, (seven) and nine others starting with vimalā.
Vimalā and others will be listed in the description of Mahā-vaikuṇṭha. They are vimalā, utkarṣiṇī, jṣānā, kriyā, yogā, prahvī, satyā, īśānā.
] She takes the form of Nidrā or sleep. The Lord’s eyes are closed by his śakti Yogā in the form of Nidrā. Janālayaiḥ means the sages of Janaloka.
Purport
We should not understand the sleeping condition of the Lord to be the same as our sleep. Here the word
yoga-nidrā
is specifically mentioned, which indicates that the Lord’s sleeping condition is also a manifestation of His internal potency. Whenever the word
yoga
is used it should be understood to refer to that which is transcendental. In the transcendental stage all activities are always present, and they are glorified by prayers of great sages like Bhṛgu.