बहुभिर्मिलित्वा कीर्तनं सङ्कीर्तनम् इत्युच्यते । तत्तु चमत्कारविशेषपोषात्पूर्वतोऽप्यधिकमिति ज्ञेयम् ।
bahubhir militvā kīrtanaṁ saṅkīrtanam ity ucyate | tat tu camatkāra-viśeṣa-poṣāt pūrvato’py adhikam iti jñeyam |
(Bhakti Sandarbha: 269)
“Kīrtana [performed] by many [who have] gathered together is called saṅkīrtana. This [i.e., saṅkīrtana] is to be known as superior even to the former [i.e., kīrtana] because of [its] fostering a special type of wondrousness.”