018. Vrindavan kirtans #aindraprabhu #aindra #vrindavan #kirtan #bhajan

Prabhupāda: Saṅkīrtana. This word saṅkīrtana is a Sanskrit word. Sam means samyak, “complete,” and kīrtana means “glorifying” or “describing.” Kīrtaye. So this complete description means complete glorification of the Supreme, of the Supreme complete whole. Kīrtana does not mean that you can describe anything or glorify anything, that will become kīrtana. From grammatical point of view, that may be kīrtana, but according to Vedic scriptures, when you speak of kīrtana, that kīrtana means describing the supreme authority, the Absolute Truth, the Supreme Personality of Godhead. That is called kīrtana. Śravaṇaṁ kīrtanam [SB 7.5.23]. This devotional service begins from the method of śravaṇaṁ. Śravaṇaṁ means “hearing,” and kīrtana, and “describe.” One should describe and one should hear, or the same man himself can describe and hear himself. He doesn’t require any other’s help. Just like if you chant Hare Kṛṣṇa, you chant and you hear. This is complete. This is complete method. Śravaṇaṁ kīrtanam. But what is that chanting and hearing? Viṣṇu. Not of anything else.