SLEEP:

In the evening, after finishing ones duties of worship, kirtana and study of scripture, receiving and feeding guests, and taking ones meal, one should take rest at a reasonable hour.

Rules for sleeping:

One should not sleep too much or too little.

One should avoid sleeping during the daytime as much as possible.

One should not sleep during the sandhyas.

One should not sleep in a house by oneself.

One should not sleep naked, or with oil on the head.

One should not sleep under a pippal tree during the day or in a cowshed at night.

The householder may sleep on a bed, while others should not.

The bed should not be too high or too soft.

The bed should be clean.

Procedure:

One should first relieve oneself of nature and clean oneself.

One should then wash hands , feet and mouth with cool water, and dry the hands and feet, for one should never lsleep with wet feet or hands.

One should offer the results of the days activities to the Lord:

kayena vaca manasendriyair va

buddhyatmana vanusrta svabhavat

karomi yad yat sakalam parasmai

narayanayeti samarpayami

Whatever I have executed with body, said by words, though by the mind, contacted with the senses or comprehended with the intelligence, I offer unto the supreme Narayana.

One should resolve to correct all of ones mistakes.

One should meditate on the form of the Lord.

One should chant the names of the Lord, particularly madhava and Padmanabha.

Ones head should point east or south, for the east brings knowledge; south brings long life and strength; whereas west brings worries; and north brings death.

One should sleep on the back for long life, or the left side for good digestion, but never on the stomach.

In case of bad dreams one should chant the names of Govinda, Narayana, Sridhara, Purusottama, Vamana, Sarngadhar, and Khadgadhari