Anyone else love the energy and descriptions in Chapter 33?

[Michael]

Professor Godbole is leading the religious ceremony celebrating the birth of Shri Krishna, some of the descriptions of the ecstatic worshippers were wonderful, evoking the frenzy of the event:

"Infinite Love took upon itself the form of SHRI KRISHNA, and saved the world. All sorrow was annihilated, not only for Indians, but for foreigners, birds, caves, railways, and the stars; all became joy, all laughter; there had never been disease nor doubt, misunderstanding, cruelty, fear.
Some jumped in the air, others flung themselves
prone and embraced the bare feet of the universal lover; the women behind the purdah slapped and shrieked; the little girl slipped out and danced by herself, her black pigtails flying. Not an orgy of the body; the tradition of that shrine forbade it. But the human spirit had tried by a desperate contortion to ravish the unknown, flinging down science and history in the struggle, yes, beauty herself!"