The word Guḍākeśa has great significance which itself describe a devotee of Lord Krishna.
In this verse (1.24) Arjuna is referred to as Guḍākeśa.
Guḍākā means sleep, and one who conquers sleep is called guḍākeśa
Why Arjuna has been referred as Guḍākeśa : Sleep also means ignorance. So Arjuna conquered both sleep and ignorance because of his friendship with Kṛṣṇa.
Significance of word- Guḍākeśa for a devotee: It has been described by Srila Prabhupad in Purport that As a great devotee of Kṛṣṇa, Arjuna could not forget Kṛṣṇa even for a moment, because that is the nature of a devotee. Either in waking or in sleep, a devotee of the Lord can never be free from thinking of Kṛṣṇa's name, form, qualities and pastimes. Thus a devotee of Kṛṣṇa can conquer both sleep and ignorance simply by thinking of Kṛṣṇa constantly. This is called Kṛṣṇa consciousness, or samādhi.
So nature of a devotee: Not to Forget Krishna even for a moment either in walking/ Sleeping and when a person completely convert/ transform himself in this nature then he is called a devotee.
Hare Krishna
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