Krsna's Exquisite Beauty
The 64th
super excellent quality of Lord Krsna
Nectar of Devotion, Chap 22
64. Krsna's
Exquisite Beauty
"In the Third
Canto, Second Chapter, verse 12, of Srimad-Bhagavatam, Uddhava tells Vidura, "My
dear sir, Krsna's form was most wonderful when He appeared on this planet and
exhibited the potency of His internal energy. His wonderfully attractive form
was present during His pastimes on this planet, and by His internal potency He
exhibited His opulences, which are striking to everyone. His personal beauty was
so great that there was no necessity for His wearing ornaments on His body. In
fact, instead of the ornaments' beautifying Krsna, Krsna's beauty enhanced the
ornaments."
Regarding the
attractiveness of Krsna's bodily beauty and the sound vibration of His flute, in
the Tenth Canto, Twenty-ninth Chapter, verse 40, of Srimad-Bhagavatam, the gopis
address Krsna as follows: "Although our attitude toward You resembles loving
affairs with a paramour, we cannot but wonder at how no woman can maintain her
chastity upon hearing the vibration from Your flute. And not only women, but
even stronghearted men are subject to falling down from their position at the
sound of Your flute. In fact, we have seen that in Vrndavana even the cows, the
deer, the birds, the trees--everyone--has been enchanted by the sweet vibration
of Your flute and the fascinating beauty of Your person."
In Rupa Gosvami's
Lalita-madhava, it is said, "One day Krsna happened to see the shadow of His
beautiful form reflected on the jeweled foreground. Upon seeing this bodily
reflection, He expressed His feelings: 'How wonderful it is that I have never
seen such a beautiful form! Although it is My own form, still, like Radharani, I
am trying to embrace this form and enjoy celestial bliss.'" This statement shows
how Krsna and His shadow reflection are one and the same. There is no difference
between Krsna and His shadow reflection, nor between Krsna and His picture. That
is the transcendental position of Krsna.
The above
statements describe some of the wonderful reservoirs of pleasure within Krsna,
as well as the transcendental qualities of His personality. The transcendental
qualities of Krsna are compared to the ocean: no one can estimate the length and
breadth of the ocean. But as one can understand the ocean's contents simply by
testing one drop of it, so these statements will give us some understanding of
Krsna's transcendental position and qualities.
In the Tenth
Canto, Fourteenth Chapter, verse 7, of Srimad-Bhagavatam, Lord Brahma says, "My
dear Lord, the inconceivable qualities, beauties and activities which You have
revealed by Your presence on this planet cannot be calculated by any material
measurement. If one even tries to imagine, 'Krsna may be like this,' that is
also impossible. The day may come when the material scientist, after many, many
births or after many, many years, will be able to estimate the atomic
constitution of the whole world, or he may be able to count the atomic fragments
that permeate the sky, or he may even give an estimate of all the atoms within
the universe, but still he will never be able to count the transcendental
qualities in Your reservoir of transcendental bliss."
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