LORD CHAITANYA had created eight verses , called SIKSASTAKA . These eight verses clearly reveal His mission and precepts. These supremely valuable prayers are translated herein .
- Glory to the SRI KRSNA SANKIRTAN , which cleanses the heart of all the dust
accumulated for years and extinguishes the fire of conditional life, of repeated birth
and death. This SANKIRTAN movement is the prime benediction for humanity at large
because it spreads the rays of the benediction moon. It is the life of all transcendental
knowledge. It increases the ocean of transcendental bliss, and it enables us to fully taste
the nectar for which we are always anxious. - O my Lord, Your holy name alone can render all benediction to living beings, and
thus You have hundreds and millions of names like Kåñëa and Govinda. In these
transcendental names You have invested all Your transcendental energies. There are
not even hard and fast rules for chanting these names. O my Lord, out of kindness You
enable us to easily approach You by Your holy names, but I am so unfortunate that I
have no attraction for them. - One should chant the holy name of the Lord in a humble state of mind, thinking oneself lower than the straw in the street; one should be more tolerant than a tree,devoid of all sense of false prestige and should be ready to offer all respect to others. In
such a state of mind one can chant the holy name of the Lord constantly. - O almighty Lord, I have no desire to accumulate wealth, nor do I desire beautiful
women, nor do I want any number of followers. I only want Your causeless devotional
service birth after birth. - O son of Mahäräja Nanda [KRSNA], I am Your eternal servitor, yet somehow or other
I have fallen into the ocean of birth and death. Please pick me up from this ocean of
death and place me as one of the atoms at Your lotus feet. - O my Lord, when will my eyes be decorated with tears of love flowing constantly
when I chant Your holy name? When will my voice choke up, and when will the hairs
of my body stand on end at the recitation of Your name? - O Govinda! Feeling Your separation, I am considering a moment to be like twelve
years or more. Tears are flowing from my eyes like torrents of rain, and I am feeling all
vacant in the world in Your absence - I know no one but Kåñëa as my Lord, and He shall remain so even if He handles me
roughly by His embrace or makes me brokenhearted by not being present before me. He
is completely free to do anything and everything, for He is always my worshipful Lord
unconditionally.
