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Verse 3

Verse 4

Verse 5

Verse 6

Verse 7

Verse 8

Verse 1

If your mind is always absorbed in chanting the glories of Lord Krsna with great care, then by that process of Sri-krsna-kirtana you will attain transcendental qualification.

Verse 2

You should give up all false pride and always consider yourself to be worthless, destitute, lower and more humble than a blade of grass.

Verse 3

You should practice forgiveness like that of a tree, and giving up violence toward other living beings, you should protect and maintain them.

Verse 4

In the course of passing your life, you should never give anxiety to others, but rather do good to them while forgetting about your own happiness.

Verse 5

When one has thus become a great soul, possessing all good qualities, one should abandon all desires for fame and honor and make one's heart humble.

Verse 6

Knowing that Lord Krsna resides within all living creatures, one should with great respect consistently show honor to all beings.

Verse 7

By possessing these four qualities-humility, mercifulness, respect toward others, and the renunciation of desires for prestige-one becomes virtuous. In such a state you may sing the glories of the Supreme Lord.

Verse 8

Weeping, Bhaktivinoda submits his prayer at the lotus feet of the the Lord: "O Lord, when will you give me the qualification for possessing attributes such as these?"