Tag Yoga Nidra

Vishnu Goes To Sleep Shayani/Aashad Ekadasi

Hindu Gods do not sleep.

Only when these Gods manifest, to follow Human Norms they perform activities of Man.

What this means is that Vishnu enters His Yoga Nidra.

Looks asleep yet completely with Pure Consciousness.

Lord Vishnu the Para Brahma Swarpa, how can He sleep?

Many translate this Yoga Nidra as ari thuyil, using the soft 'R' Itayinam.

It should be the vallinam , R aRi thuyil.

The former means Vishnu's Sleep, while the later, which is correct, means , Sleeping with Awareness.

Nine Sleeping Poses Of Lord Vishnu

Lord Vishnu is portrayed as Sleeping on a Bedroll of a Huge Snake in Paarkkadal,Ksheera Sagara(Ocean of Milk).

This is allegory.

Lord Vishnu does not sleep.

His sleep is called Yoga Nidra (Sleeping posture i Yoga) or Ari Thuyil(Tamil-sleeping while aware of everything)

The Snake Adisehsa is the coiled Cosmic energy in the Solar Plexus(Mooladhaara).