Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 10.51.32
चिरप्रजागरश्रान्तो निद्रयापहतेन्द्रिय: ।
शयेऽस्मिन् विजने कामं केनाप्युत्थापितोऽधुना ॥ ३२ ॥
cira-prajāgara-śrānto
[chira-prajaagara-shraanto]
nidrayāpahatendriyaḥ
[nidrayaapahatendriyah]
śaye ’smin vijane kāmaṁ
[shaye ’smin vijane kaamam]
kenāpy utthāpito ’dhunā
[kenaapy utthaapito ’dhunaa]
Word-for-word
cira
—
for a long time
prajāgara
—
because of remaining awake
śrāntaḥ
—
fatigued
nidrayā
—
by sleep
apahata
—
covered over
indriyaḥ
—
my senses
śaye
—
I have been lying
asmin
—
in this
vijane
—
solitary place
kāmam
—
as pleases me
kena api
—
by someone
utthāpitaḥ
—
awakened
adhunā
—
now .
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
cira-prajāgara-śrānto
cira
for a long time
prajāgara
because of remaining awake
śrāntaḥ
fatigued
nidrayāpahatendriyaḥ
nidrayā
by sleep
apahata
covered over
śaye ’smin vijane kāmaṁ
indriyaḥ
my senses
śaye
I have been lying
asmin
in this
vijane
solitary place
kāmam
as pleases me
kenāpy utthāpito ’dhunā
kena api
by someone
utthāpitaḥ
awakened
adhunā
now .
Important Words
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cira-prajāgara
—
long staying awake
Compound: cira (long) + prajāgara (staying awake). The yugas of demigod-service. Mucukunda explains his sleep not as laziness but as a body's response to extended dharma-duty. Even his sleep was sevā's consequence.
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nidrayā
—
by sleep
Same word, third occurrence in the chapter (verses 21, 32). The Bhāgavata weights nidrā as the demigod-boon that prepared him for darśana. Gauḍīyas read it as kṛṣṇa-prasāda mediated through devas.
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vijane
—
in a solitary place
Locative — alone, secluded. The Vaiṣṇava ideal of viviktasvāna (Gītā 13.10) is anticipated. But Mucukunda's solitude was preparation; Bhagavān has now joined him, and the verse 61 'wander at will' will replace it.
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apahata-indriyaḥ
—
with senses overwhelmed
Compound: apahata (struck down) + indriyaḥ (senses). His senses were 'struck down' by sleep — the same vocabulary the chapter will use, inverted, for the six enemies (ari-ṣaṭ) in verse 57. The senses sleep here; there they will be put to rest by Bhagavān.
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utthāpitaḥ
—
awakened
Past participle of ut-√sthā, causative. Someone caused him to rise. Mucukunda has not yet realized that the deeper waking — into bhakti — is the one Kṛṣṇa is now causing.
I was fatigued after remaining awake for a long time, and my senses were overwhelmed by sleep. Thus I slept comfortably here in this solitary place until, just now, someone woke me.
Gauḍīya Ācāryas
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura
Gauḍīya
Translation
I was fatigued after remaining awake for a long time, and my senses were overwhelmed by sleep. Thus I slept comfortably here in this solitary place until, just now, someone woke me.
Śrīdhara Svāmī
Gauḍīya
Commentary
Having told his name and birth, he hides his inner feelings and tells of the external cause of his sleep and his actions. He does not mention the cause of his staying awake for so long out of humility. My senses were oppressed by sleep. I slept nicely (kāmam), not for personal enjoyment. Until now, there was no disturbance to my sleep.
Related values & verses
Related values
Anahankarah (Freedom from False Ego)Kshama (Forgiveness / Patience)Karuna (Kindness / Compassion)Tyaga (Renunciation / Letting Go)Bhakti (Devotion)Abhaya (Fearlessness)Vinaya (Humility / Modesty)Prema (Divine Love)
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Personal Guidance
I was fatigued after remaining awake for a long time; senses overwhelmed by sleep, I slept comfortably until just now. Long service ends in long sleep; the body's tiredness is acknowledged plainly.
Reflection Questions
- Where do you push past fatigue without honoring its scripture-warranted place?
- What would 'I am tired' look like as legitimate spiritual speech?
Analogy
A traveler explaining how he came to be in this corner of the forest — 'I was tired, I slept; somebody woke me.' The asura's last act, in retrospect, becomes the door through which Kṛṣṇa entered Mucukunda's life.
My note
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