In the first part of the night, he gave himself of Yoga. The powerful ascetic, passed the middle part of the night in sleep.
पूर्वरात्रे तु तत्रासौ भूत्वा ध्यानपरायणः॥ मध्यरात्रे यथान्यायं निद्रामाहारयत् प्रभुः।