In plain words
At this word Hanumān jumped for joy. ‘That is the very thing I wanted! I must be worthy of Rāma's Prema. A life not worthy of God's Prema is a wasted life. Such a life is a living grave. So that Prema is what I want,’ he prayed. Hanumān had a great knowledge of music. There was no music he did not know. He was one who competed with Nārada, Tumburu and the rest, and won. Devoted as he was to the practice of music, Hanumān from that very day sang Rāma's name freely.
To become worthy of God's Prema is the highest goal of music
In short, what is the essence of saṅkīrtana? To become worthy of God's Prema is the highest goal of music. To join one's own sound, one's own feeling, one's own Bhakti with śruti, laya and tāla, and to merge them in God: that is the essence of music. Knowing the bhāva, adding Bhakti, joining Prema, describing the Paramātma with love in holy words: that is singing. Singing done without knowing the meaning of the words, without adding the bhāva, without bringing Prema into it, can only be called a tape recorder; it can be called a gramophone plate. You must recognise that nāma saṅkīrtana is bhāva, rāga and tāla blended together. ‘Bhārata’ is three syllables. In the word ‘Bhārata’ the very first syllable, ‘bhā’, is bhāva. The second syllable, ‘ra’, is rāga. The third syllable, ‘ta’, is tāla. By joining these three came the name ‘Bhārata’. So in every act the people of Bhārata should live with bhāva, rāga and tāla blended.
The life of the people of Bhārata is bhāva, rāga and tāla blended
In daily life, in every act you undertake, the blending of these three is essential. You are studying. While you study there is the oneness of these three: your bhāva, your rāga, your tāla. What is tāla? Understanding.