Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 10.51.21

evam uktaḥ sa vai devān

abhivandya mahā-yaśāḥ

aśayiṣṭa guhā-viṣṭo

nidrayā deva-dattayā

SYNONYMS

evam — thus; uktaḥ — addressed; saḥ — he; vai — indeed; devān — the demigods; abhivandya — saluting; mahā — great; yaśāḥ — whose fame; aśayiṣṭa — he lay down; guhā-viṣṭaḥ — entering a cave; nidrayā — in sleep; deva — by the demigods; dattayā — given.

TRANSLATION

Addressed thus, King Mucukunda took his respectful leave of the demigods and went to a cave, where he lay down to enjoy the sleep they had granted him.

PURPORT

Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura gives the following lines from an alternate reading of this chapter. These lines are to be inserted between the two halves of this verse:

nidrām eva tato vavre

sa rājā śrama-karṣitaḥ

yaḥ kaścin mama nidrāyā

bhańgaḿ kuryād surottamāḥ

sa hi bhasmī-bhaved āśu

tathoktaś ca surais tadā

svāpaḿ yātaḿ yo madhye tu

bodhayet tvām acetanaḥ

sa tvayā dṛṣṭa-mātras tu

bhasmī-bhavatu tat-kṣaṇāt

"The King, exhausted by his labor, then chose sleep as his benediction. He further stated, 'O best of the demigods, may whoever disturbs my sleep be immediately burned to ashes.' The demigods replied, 'So be it,' and told him, 'That insensitive person who wakes you in the middle of your sleep will immediately turn to ashes simply by your seeing him.' "

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