Vaishampayana said Retiring to his bed the destroyer of Madhu slept happily. Awaking when half a period was wanting for the approach of the day, he made himself ready for meditation. Concentrating all his senses, he meditated on the eternal Brahma.
वैशम्पायन उवाच ततः शयनमाविश्य प्रसुप्तो मधुसूदनः। याममात्रार्धशेषायां यामिन्यां प्रत्यबुद्ध्यत॥ स ध्यानपथमाविश्य सर्वज्ञानानि माधवः। अवलोक्य ततः पश्चाद् दध्यौ ब्रह्म सनातनम्॥