PURPORT

This is a scheme for performing kirtana in a procession. During Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu's time, one party was composed of twenty-one men: four people playing mrdaṅgas, one leading the chanting, and sixteen others striking karatalas, responding to the leading chanter. If many men join the saṅkirtana movement, they may follow in the footsteps of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu and form different parties according to the time and the number of men available.