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Dance and chant. This is best exercise. We allow them to dance very… Yes. High jump. Actually that is exercise, and at the same time ecstasy. If they dance and chant Hare K\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a, it is automatically a very big exercise and spiritual advancement. <\/em>(\u015ar\u012bla Prabhup\u0101da\u2019s lecture given on Oct. 2, 1968 in Seattle)<\/p>\n The hall is packed with devotees. The kirtaniya<\/em>, who was gesticulating up and down the harmonium, has just increased the pace of the kirtan.<\/em> The Mrdanga<\/em> & Kartal<\/em> artists are not behind and they have melodiously increased their tempo too. The energy in the hall is all built up and devotees who were sitting all this while have stood up and are dancing with great gusto. This goes on for a while but in due course of time the dancing stops. How many times has this scenario occurred in your life? Or how many times have you observed this? But this stopping was impossible to be seen in the life of Vakre\u015bvara Pa\u1e47\u1e0dita. <\/p>\n Born in the village named Guptip\u0101ra (near Trive\u1e47i) he was one of the important singer and dancer in the assembly of Sri Caitanya Mah\u0101prabhu. Once, when he was in Kuli\u0101, he came there to do congregational chanting. When Dev\u0101nanda Pandit, a great speaker on Bh\u0101gavatam, heard about this he became really happy and proceeded there. Upon seeing the symptoms of divine love in him Dev\u0101nanda became charmed. As crowd gathered, Dev\u0101nanda took his stick and kept the crowd in order so that they don\u2019t disturb his ecstatic dancing. He danced for 6 hours continuously and when he finished Dev\u0101nanda came and offered his obeisances unto his lotus feet. He then said to Dev\u0101nanda \u201cMay you attain devotion to Lord K\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a\u201d. Although Dev\u0101nanda was great in giving lectures on Bh\u0101gavatam, he didn\u2019t receive the mercy of Mah\u0101prabhu as he had offended \u015ar\u012bv\u0101sa \u1e6ch\u0101kura \u2013 a Vai\u1e63\u1e47ava. When Mah\u0101prabhu visited Kuli\u0101 he bestowed his mercy on Dev\u0101nanda as he had served Vakre\u015bvara Pa\u1e47\u1e0dita. Mah\u0101prabhu said \u201cWherever one can get the association of Vakre\u015bvara, that place is the sum total of all Holy places and is as good as Sri Vaikuntha.\u201d<\/p>\n Not only was Vakre\u015bvara a very dear servant of Mah\u0101prabhu but he also accompanied Him [Mah\u0101prabhu] all the way to Jagann\u0101tha Pur\u012b after He took sanny\u0101sa to better serve him more faithfully. Sometimes Mah\u0101prabhu would engage Vakre\u015bvara and other devotees in congregational chanting three times a day in the courtyard of Gu\u1e47\u1e0dic\u0101temple and Vakre\u015bvara would dance in jubilation. <\/p>\n From Caitanya-carit\u0101m\u1e5bta, we can ascertain that he was expert especially in dancing as he once danced in the house of Srivas Thakur continuously for up to 72hours (~3days).<\/p>\n In Jagann\u0101tha Pur\u012b he lived in the house of K\u0101\u015b\u012b Mi\u015bra [King Prataparudra\u2019s Guru]. As per as \u015ar\u012bla Kavi Kar\u1e47ap\u016bra, the author of Gaura-ga\u1e47odde\u015ba-d\u012bpik\u0101, Vakre\u015bvara Pa\u1e47\u1e0dita was an incarnation of Aniruddha, one of the quadruple expansions of Vi\u1e63\u1e47u (V\u0101sudeva, Sa\u1e45kar\u1e63a\u1e47a, Aniruddha and Pradyumna) and as per as Dhy\u0101nacandra Gosv\u0101m\u012b, in K\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a lila, he was none other than Tungavidya Sakhi. <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Dance and chant. This is the best exercise. We allow them to dance very… Yes. High jump. Actually, that is exercise and at the same time ecstasy. If they dance and chant Hare K\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a, it is automatically a very big exercise and spiritual advancement. 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