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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 7.9.32

న్యస్యేదమాత్మని జగద్విలయామ్బుమధ్యే శేషేత్మనా నిజసుఖానుభవో నిరీహ: । యోగేన మీలితద‍ృగాత్మనిపీతనిద్ర- స్తుర్యే స్థితో న తు తమో న గుణాంశ్చ యుఙ్‌క్షే ॥ ౩౨ ॥
nyasyedam ātmani jagad vilayāmbu-madhye
[nyasyedam aatmani jagad vilayaambu-madhye]
śeṣetmanā nija-sukhānubhavo nirīhaḥ
[sheshetmanaa nija-sukhaanubhavo nireehah]
yogena mīlita-dṛg-ātma-nipīta-nidras
[yogena meelita-drig-aatma-nipeeta-nidras]
turye sthito na tu tamo na guṇāṁś ca yuṅkṣe
[turye sthito na tu tamo na gunaamsh cha yunkshe]
Word-for-word
nyasya — throwing idam — this ātmani — in Your own self jagat — cosmic manifestation created by You vilaya-ambu-madhye — in the Causal Ocean, in which everything is preserved in a state of reserved energy śeṣe — You act as if sleeping ātmanā — by Yourself nija — Your own personal sukha-anubhavaḥ — experiencing the state of spiritual bliss nirīhaḥ — appearing to be doing nothing yogena — by the mystic power mīlita-dṛk — the eyes appearing closed ātma — by a manifestation of Yourself nipīta — prevented nidraḥ — whose sleeping turye — in the transcendental stage sthitaḥ — keeping (Yourself) na — not tu — but tamaḥ — the material condition of sleeping na — nor guṇān — the material modes ca — and yuṅkṣe — do You engage Yourself in.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
nyasyedam ātmani jagad vilayāmbu-madhye
nyasya
throwing
śeṣetmanā nija-sukhānubhavo nirīhaḥ
yogena mīlita-dṛg-ātma-nipīta-nidras
idam
this
turye sthito na tu tamo na guṇāṁś ca yuṅkṣe
ātmani
in Your own self
jagat
cosmic manifestation created by You
vilaya-ambu-madhye
in the Causal Ocean, in which everything is preserved in a state of reserved energy
śeṣe
You act as if sleeping
ātmanā
by Yourself
nija
Your own personal
sukha-anubhavaḥ
experiencing the state of spiritual bliss
nirīhaḥ
appearing to be doing nothing
yogena
by the mystic power
mīlita-dṛk
the eyes appearing closed
ātma
by a manifestation of Yourself
nipīta
prevented
nidraḥ
whose sleeping
turye
in the transcendental stage
sthitaḥ
keeping (Yourself)
na
not
tu
but
tamaḥ
the material condition of sleeping
na
nor
guṇān
the material modes
ca
and
yuṅkṣe
do You engage Yourself in.
O my Lord, O Supreme Personality of Godhead, after the annihilation the creative energy is kept in You, who appear to sleep with half-closed eyes. Actually, however, You do not sleep like an ordinary human being, for You are always in a transcendental stage, beyond the creation of the material world, and You always feel transcendental bliss. As Kāraṇodakaśāyī Viṣṇu, You thus remain in Your transcendental status, not touching material objects. Although You appear to sleep, this sleeping is distinct from sleeping in ignorance.
Purport

As explained very clearly in the Brahma-saṁhitā (5.47) :

yaḥ kāraṇārṇava-jale bhajati sma yoga- nidrām ananta-jagad-aṇḍa-sa-roma-kūpaḥ ādhāra-śaktim avalambya parāṁ sva-mūrtiṁ govindam ādi-puruṣaṁ tam ahaṁ bhajāmi

“I worship the primeval Lord Govinda, who lies down in the Causal Ocean in His plenary portion as Mahā-Viṣṇu, with all the universes generating from the pores of hair on His transcendental body, and who accepts the mystic slumber of eternity.” The ādi-puruṣa, the original Supreme Personality of Godhead — Kṛṣṇa, Govinda — expands Himself as Mahā-Viṣṇu. After the annihilation of this cosmic manifestation, He keeps Himself in transcendental bliss. The word yoga-nidrām is used in reference to the Supreme Personality of Godhead. One should understand that this nidrā, or sleep, is not like our nidrā in the mode of ignorance. The Lord is always situated in transcendence. He is sac-cid-ānanda — eternally in bliss — and thus He is not disturbed by sleep like ordinary human beings. It should be understood that the Supreme Personality of Godhead is in transcendental bliss in all stages. Śrīla Madhvācārya concisely states that the Lord is turya-sthitaḥ, always situated in transcendence. In transcendence there is no such thing as jāgaraṇa-nidrā-suṣupti — wakefulness, sleep and deep sleep.

The practice of yoga is similar to the yoga-nidrā of Mahā-Viṣṇu. Yogīs are advised to keep their eyes half closed, but this state is not at all one of sleep, although imitation yogīs, especially in the modern age, manifest their so-called yoga by sleeping. In the śāstra, yoga is described as dhyānāvasthita, a state of full meditation, but this is meditation upon the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Dhyānāvasthita-tad-gatena manasā: the mind should always be situated at the lotus feet of the Lord. Yoga practice does not mean sleeping. The mind should always be actively fixed at the lotus feet of the Lord. Then one’s practice of yoga will be successful.

— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
Gauḍīya Ācāryas
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya
Translation
Placing the universe within you, you sleep in the indestructible water, enjoying bliss with your svarūpa-śakti, without interest in material creation. Without material sleep, you remain with closed eyes through your svarūpa-śakti, situated in the fourth state of consciousness. You do not accept material deep sleep or the sense objects of the waking or dream states. Five verses elaborate on the Lord as the cause of the universe, being situated as its beginning, middle and end. Placing the world in yourself, you sleep in the indestructible water, the Kāraṇa Ocean. You experience happiness by your svarūpa-śakti (ātmanā), without desire for the pastimes of māyā (nirīhaḥ). “Do I sleep covered by tamo-guṇa like the jīva?” No. Sleep is defined as complete absence of external functioning. You prevent sleep by your manifestation of your svarūpa with closed eyes through yoga, since you are situated in the fourth state in your svarūpa. You do not accept deep sleep of tamas like the jīva. Nor do you accept the sense objects of the waking or dream state.
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