In the Eleventh Canto of Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam, 3rd Chapter, 33rd verse, it is stated that when devotees are engaged in the discharge of bhakti-yoga, sometimes they cry from thinking of Kṛṣṇa, sometimes they laugh, sometimes they become jubilant, and sometimes they talk in very uncommon ways. Sometimes they dance, sometimes they sing, sometimes they are actually engaged in the service of the Lord, and sometimes they sit down silently as if absorbed in trance. Similarly, in the Seventh Canto of Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam, Chapter 28, Prahlāda Mahārāj says to his friends: My dear friends, as soon as pure devotees of Lord Kṛṣṇa hear of the transcendental pastimes of the Lord, who is the eternal reservoir of pastimes, or hear about His transcendental qualities they become overpowered with jubilation. Ecstatic symptoms are manifested in their bodies. They shed tears, talk falteringly, glorify the Lord in a loud voice and chant and dance in ecstasy. These ecstasies are always there, but sometimes they overcome all limits, and the symptoms become manifest to all. -Ch.39,Nectar of Devotion,Swami Prabhupada
Posted on: Thu, 03 Apr 2014 12:28:14 +0000
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