upagÄyan gṛṇan ná¹›tyan
karmÄṇy abhinayan mama
mat-kathÄḥ Å›rÄvayan śṛṇvan
muhūrtaṠkṣaṇiko bhavet
upagÄyan - singing along; gṛṇan - loudly vibrating; ná¹›tyan - dancing; karmÄṇi - transcendental activities; abhinayan - imitating by acting out; mama - My; mat-kathÄḥ - stories about Me; Å›rÄvayan - causing others to hear; śṛṇvan - hearing himself; muhÅ«rtam - for some time; ká¹£aṇikaḥ - absorbed in the celebration; bhavet - he should become.
Singing along with others, chanting loudly and dancing, acting out My transcendental pastimes, and hearing and telling stories about Me, the devotee should for some time absorb himself in such festivity.
A devotee engaged in regulative worship of the Supreme Lord should sometimes become ecstatically absorbed in chanting and hearing the pastimes of the Lord, dancing, and other festivities. The word muhūrtam, “for some time,†indicates that a devotee should be careful not to neglect his regulative principles and service to the Lord in the name of so-called ecstasy. Although one may be ecstatically engaged in chanting, hearing and dancing, he cannot give up the formality of regulated service to the Lord.
