Summary of Kuntidevi's prayers...

Verse 1.8.43 (Mohan Pr):
* This is the last verse in Queen Kunti's prayers. She starts her prayers by
- glorifying Krishna
- explaining their relationship
- expresses her gratitude to Krishna as to how Krishna saved her and her families so many times
- then she tells what qualifications one requires to understand the Lord
- how Krishna's activities are mysterious to everyone
- her total dependence on the Lord
- asks Him to cutoff her ties with the family
So 3 aspects are seen here: glorification, gratitude, and expressions of her misqualification. This is the general mood in all the prayers of exhalted Vaisnavas. Eg: Caitanya Mahaprabhu's prayers, Siksastakam, has all these 3 components.
* Anytime we pray to the Lord, we need to have these 3 components. We need to understand the mood of these prayers and we could start off with repeating the prayers of the Lord.
* Talking more about Gratitude, Krishna's pastimes with Sudama Vipra. The subtle point here is Sudama Vipra did not have anything with him. He begged and gave some chipped rice to Him. So he gave something to Krishna that he didn't have. So Krishna was feeling ashamed that He cannot give to Sudama something that He didn't have, because there is nothing in this world that He did not have. That is the height of gratitude that Krishna shows.
* Materialist does everything for the his own sense gratification. A devotee also does things, but he does it to offer to Krishna. Third category, he does even if he does not like it, just for Krishna because Krishna likes it.
* Chanting 16 rounds and chanting 16 rounds attentively, there is a subtle difference. The bhakti lata might grow, but along with the weeds will also grow, and sometime they will kill the bhakti lata.
* Intoxication, subtle form is pride.