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Chanting and Dancing Express Ecstatic Love

“Fourteen mṛdaṅgas resounded with the loud congregational chanting, and in each group was a dancer whose dance of ecstatic love inundated the entire world.”

Śrīla Prabhupāda · Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta Antya 7.75, translation

What the purport teaches

  • Fourteen mṛdaṅgas resounded with the loud congregational chanting.
  • Each group had a dancer.
  • The dancers’ dancing expressed ecstatic love that inundated the entire world.

Try this today

Read this description once more, then spend a minute chanting the holy name.

Ask yourself

How does this description help me appreciate the devotion expressed through chanting and dancing?

Carry the question through the day, then answer it in your own words before sleep.

The study points are short summaries drawn from Śrīla Prabhupāda's translation and purport; the practice and question are plain words for trying the verse today.

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