# Bs. 5.12 > नारायणः स भगवानापस्तस्मात्सनातनात् । > आविरासीत्कारणार्णो निधिः सङ्कर्षणात्मकः । > योगनिद्रां गतस्तस्मिन् सहस्रांशः स्वयं महान् ॥ १२ ॥ ## Text > nārāyaṇaḥ sa bhagavān > āpas tasmāt sanātanāt > āvirāsīt kāraṇārṇo > nidhiḥ saṅkarṣaṇātmakaḥ > *yoga-nidrā*ṁ gatas tasmin > sahasrāṁśaḥ svayaṁ mahān ## Synonyms *nārāyaṇaḥ*—named Nārāyaṇa; *saḥ*—that; *bhagavān*—Supreme Personality of Godhead, Mahā-Viṣṇu; *āpaḥ*—water; *tasmāt*—from that; *sanātanāt*—eternal person; *āvirāsīt*—has sprung; *kāraṇa-arṇaḥ*—the Causal Ocean; *nidhiḥ*—expanse of water; *saṅkarṣaṇa-ātmakaḥ*—the subjective portion of Saṅkarṣaṇa; *yoga*-nidrām gataḥ—in the state of deep sleep; *tasmin*—in that (water); *sahasra-aṁśaḥ*—with thousands of portions; *svayam*—Himself; *mahān*—the Supreme Person. ## Translation **The same Mahā-Viṣṇu is spoken of by the name of "Nārāyaṇa" in this mundane world. From that eternal person has sprung the vast expanse of water of the spiritual Causal Ocean. The subjective portion of Saṅkarṣaṇa who abides in *paravyoma*, the above supreme *puruṣa* with thousands of subjective portions, reposes in the state of divine sleep [*yoga-nidrā*] in the waters of the spiritual Causal Ocean.** ## Purport *Yoga-nidrā* (divine sleep) is spoken of as ecstatic trance which is of the nature of the bliss of the true subjective personality. The above-mentioned Ramādevī is *yoga-nidrā* in the form of Yogamāyā. --- *Translation and purport by Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura*