Shloka : 64

कार्यास्तस्य कथावार्ता: श्रव्याश्च परमादरात् ।

वादित्रसहितं कार्यं कृष्णकीर्तनमुत्सवे ॥ 64 ॥

અને તે શ્રીકૃષ્ણની જે કથાવાર્તા તે પરમ આદર થકી કરવી ને સાંભળવી અને ઉત્સવને દિવસે વાજિંત્રે સહિત શ્રીકૃષ્ણનાં કીર્તન કરવાં. ॥ 64 ॥

And the narratives of Shri Krishna should be narrated and lis­tened to with due respect and on festival days Kirtans of Shri Krishna should be sung alongwith the musical instruments. || 64 ||

Commentary

The narratives and parables of Shri Harikrishna Mahaprabhu, also called Anadi Krishna, should be read and listened to. Here, pa­rables and narratives describe the greatness of Shri Hari and His playful character through short, simple stories with examples and morals. And on festival days Stotra, Kirtan etc. i.e. poetry written in praise of Shri Hari should be sung alongwith the musical instruments. The benefit of listening to such narratives of Shri Hari is to get concentrated in divine form of Shri Hari with absolute knowledge. Therefore, one should also contemplate Shri Hari in one’s heart.

Those, who narrate and listen to the narratives of Shri Hari which describe His greatness and purifies the heart; and those, who contemplate Shri Hari in their hearts, do not suffer the three kinds of miseries. Therefore, the self-realized, learned people, who are firmly rooted into the Supreme Being, should also listen to and singthe Kirtans of Shri Hari as a part of devo­tion of nine types.

Here Ekadashi i.e. the eleventh day of moon’s cycle, Poornima i.e. full moon day etc. are considered to be festival days. Musical instruments like Kansijoda, Mridangam etc. should be used on festival days. Here, 'Krishna' means Shri Hari Krishna Bhag­wan. Therefore, on festival days, praise of Shri Hari should be sung and a special worship followed by charity of fruits, food etc., dance performances in front of Shri Hari, Abhishek i.e. bathing ceremony of God etc. should be performed.