Transcendental qualities of Sri Krisna

ananta kṛṣṇera guṇa, cauṣaṭṭi — pradhāna

eka eka guṇa śuni' juḍāya bhakta-kāṇa

ananta — unlimited; kṛṣṇera — of Lord Kṛṣṇa; guṇa — qualities; cauṣaṭṭi — sixty-four; pradhāna — chief ones; eka eka — one by one; guṇa — qualities; śuni' — hearing; juḍāya — satisfies; bhakta-kāṇa — the ears of the devotees.

"The transcendental qualities of Lord Kṛṣṇa are unlimited. Out of these, sixty-four are considered prominent. The ears of the devotees are satisfied simply by hearing all these qualities one after the other.

Śrī Caitanya Caritāmṛta Madhya 23.69

ayaḿ netā su-ramyāńgaḥ

sarva-sal-lakṣaṇānvitaḥ

ruciras tejasā yukto

balīyān vayasānvitaḥ

ayam — this (Kṛṣṇa); netā — supreme hero; su-ramya-ańgaḥ — having the most beautiful transcendental body; sarva-sat-lakṣaṇa — all-auspicious bodily marks; anvitaḥ — endowed with; ruciraḥ — possessing radiance very pleasing to the eyes; tejasā — with all power; yuktaḥ — bestowed; balīyān — very strong; vayasa-anvitaḥ — having a youthful age.

"'Kṛṣṇa, the supreme hero, has the most beautiful transcendental body. This body possesses all good features. It is radiant and very pleasing to the eyes. His body is powerful, strong and youthful.

Śrī Caitanya Caritāmṛta Madhya 23.70

vividhādbhuta-bhāṣā-vit

satya-vākyaḥ priyaḿ-vadaḥ

vāvadūkaḥ su-pāṇḍityo

buddhimān pratibhānvitaḥ

vividha — various; adbhuta — wonderful; bhāṣā-vit — knower of languages; satya-vākyaḥ — whose words are truthful; priyam-vadaḥ — who speaks very pleasingly; vāvadūkaḥ — expert in speaking; su-pāṇḍityaḥ — very learned; buddhi-mān — very wise; pratibhā-anvitaḥ — genius.

"'Kṛṣṇa is the linguist of all wonderful languages. He is a truthful and very pleasing speaker. He is expert in speaking, and He is a very wise, learned scholar and a genius.

Śrī Caitanya Caritāmṛta Madhya 23.71

vidagdhaś caturo dakṣaḥ

kṛta-jñaḥ su-dṛḍha-vrataḥ

deśa-kāla-supātra-jñaḥ

śāstra-cakṣuḥ śucir vaśī

vidagdhaḥ — expert in artistic enjoyment; caturaḥ — cunning; dakṣaḥ — expert; kṛta-jñaḥ — grateful; su-dṛḍha-vrataḥ — firmly determined; deśa — of country; kāla — time; su-pātra — of fitness; jñaḥ — a knower; śāstra-cakṣuḥ — expert in the authoritative scriptures; śuciḥ — very clean and neat; vaśī — self-controlled.

"'Kṛṣṇa is very expert in artistic enjoyment. He is highly cunning, expert, grateful and firmly determined in His vows. He knows how to deal according to time, person and country, and He sees through the scriptures and authoritative books. He is very clean and self-controlled.

Śrī Caitanya Caritāmṛta Madhya 23.72

sthiro dāntaḥ kṣamā-śīlo

gambhīro dhṛtimān samaḥ

vadānyo dhārmikaḥ śūraḥ

karuṇo mānya-māna-kṛt

sthiraḥ — steady; dāntaḥ — having controlled senses; kṣamā-śīlaḥ — forgiving; gambhīraḥ — grave; dhṛti-mān — calm, never bereft of intelligence; samaḥ — equal; vadānyaḥ — magnanimous; dhārmikaḥ — religious; śūraḥ — chivalrous; karuṇaḥ — kind; mānya-māna-kṛt — respectful to the respectable.

"'Lord Kṛṣṇa is steady, His senses are controlled, and He is forgiving, grave and calm. He is also equal to all. Moreover, He is magnanimous, religious, chivalrous and kind. He is always respectful to respectable people.

Śrī Caitanya Caritāmṛta Madhya 23.73

dakṣiṇo vinayī hrīmān

śaraṇāgata-pālakaḥ

sukhī bhakta-suhṛt prema-

vaśyaḥ sarva-śubhań-karaḥ

dakṣiṇaḥ — simple and liberal; vinayī — humble; hrī-mān — bashful when glorified; śaraṇa-āgata-pālakaḥ — protector of the surrendered souls; sukhī — always happy; bhakta-suhṛt — well-wisher of the devotees; prema-vaśyaḥ — submissive to love; sarva-śubham-karaḥ — all-auspicious.

"'Kṛṣṇa is very simple and liberal, He is humble and bashful, and He is the protector of the surrendered souls. He is very happy, and He is always the well-wisher of His devotees. He is all-auspicious, and He is submissive to love.

Śrī Caitanya Caritāmṛta Madhya 23.74

pratāpī kīrtimān rakta-

lokaḥ sādhu-samāśrayaḥ

nārī-gaṇa-manohārī

sarvārādhyaḥ samṛddhimān

pratāpī — very influential; kīrti-mān — famous for good works; rakta-lokaḥ — who is the object of the attachment of all people; sādhu-samāśrayaḥ — the shelter of the good and virtuous; nārī-gaṇa — to women; manaḥ-hārī — attractive; sarva-ārādhyaḥ — worshipable by everyone; samṛddhi-mān — very rich.

"'Kṛṣṇa is very influential and famous, and He is the object of attachment for everyone. He is the shelter of the good and the virtuous. He is attractive to the minds of women, and He is worshiped by everyone. He is very, very rich.

Śrī Caitanya Caritāmṛta Madhya 23.75

varīyān īśvaraś ceti

guṇās tasyānukīrtitāḥ

samudrā iva pañcāśad

durvigāhā harer amī

varīyān — the best; īśvaraḥ — the supreme controller; ca — and; iti — thus; guṇāḥ — the transcendental qualities; tasya — of Him; anukīrtitāḥ — described; samudrāḥ — oceans; iva — like; pañcāśat — fifty; durvigāhāḥ — difficult to penetrate fully; hareḥ — of the Supreme Personality of Godhead; amī — all these.

"'Kṛṣṇa is the Supreme, and He is always glorified as the Supreme Lord and controller. Thus all the previously mentioned transcendental qualities are in Him. The fifty qualities of the Supreme Personality of Godhead mentioned above are as deep as an ocean. In other words, they are difficult to fully comprehend.

Śrī Caitanya Caritāmṛta Madhya 23.76

atha pañca-guṇā ye syur

aḿśena giriśādiṣu

atha — now (over and above these); pañca-guṇāḥ — five qualities; ye — which; syuḥ — may exist; aḿśena — by part; giriśa-ādiṣu — in demigods like Lord Śiva.

"'Apart from these fifty qualities, there are five other qualities found in the Supreme Personality of Godhead that are partially present in demigods like Śiva.

Śrī Caitanya Caritāmṛta Madhya 23.78

sadā svarūpa-samprāptaḥ

sarva-jño nitya-nūtanaḥ

sac-cid-ānanda-sāndrāńgaḥ

sarva-siddhi-niṣevitaḥ

athocyante guṇāḥ pañca

ye lakṣmīśādi-vartinaḥ

avicintya-mahā-śaktiḥ

koṭi-brahmāṇḍa-vigrahaḥ

avatārāvalī-bījaḿ

hatāri-gati-dāyakaḥ

ātmārāma-gaṇākarṣīty

amī kṛṣṇe kilādbhutāḥ

sadā — always; svarūpa-samprāptaḥ — situated in one's eternal nature; sarva-jñaḥ — omniscient; nitya-nūtanaḥ — ever fresh; sat-cit-ānanda-sāndra-ańgaḥ — the concentrated form of eternity, knowledge and bliss; sarva-siddhi-niṣevitaḥ — attended by all mystic perfections; atha — now; ucyante — are said; guṇāḥ — qualities; pañca — five; ye — which; lakṣmī-īśa — in the proprietor of the goddess of fortune; ādi — etc.; vartinaḥ — represented; avicintya — inconceivable; mahā-śaktiḥ — possessing supreme energy; koṭi-brahmāṇḍa — consisting of innumerable universes; vigrahaḥ — having a body; avatāra — of incarnations; āvalī — of groups; bījam — the source; hata-ari — to enemies killed by Him; gati-dāyakaḥ — giving liberation; ātmārāma-gaṇa — of those fully satisfied in themselves; ākarṣī — attracting; iti — thus; amī — these; kṛṣṇe — in Kṛṣṇa; kila — certainly; adbhutāḥ — very wonderful.

"'These qualities are (1) the Lord is always situated in His original position, (2) He is omniscient, (3) He is always fresh and youthful, (4) He is the concentrated form of eternity, knowledge and bliss, and (5) He is the possessor of all mystic perfection. There are another five qualities, which exist in the Vaikuṇṭha planets in Nārāyaṇa, the Lord of Lakṣmī. These qualities are also present in Kṛṣṇa, but they are not present in demigods like Lord Śiva or in other living entities. These are (1) the Lord possesses inconceivable supreme power, (2) He generates innumerable universes from His body, (3) He is the original source of all incarnations, (4) He bestows salvation upon enemies He kills, and (5) He has the ability to attract exalted persons who are satisfied in themselves. Although these qualities are present in Nārāyaṇa, the dominating Deity of the Vaikuṇṭha planets, they are even more wonderfully present in Kṛṣṇa.

Sri Caitanya Caritāmṛta Madhya 23.79-81

sarvādbhuta-camatkāra-

līlā-kallola-vāridhiḥ

atulya-madhura-prema-

maṇḍita-priya-maṇḍalaḥ

tri-jagan-mānasākarṣi-

muralī-kala-kūjitaḥ

asamānordhva-rūpa-śrī-

vismāpita-carācaraḥ

sarva-adbhuta-camatkāra — bringing wonder to all; līlā — of pastimes; kallola — full of waves; vāridhiḥ — an ocean; atulya-madhura-prema — with incomparable conjugal love; maṇḍita — decorated; priya-maṇḍalaḥ — with a circle of favorite personalities; tri-jagat — of the three worlds; mānasa-ākarṣi — attracting the minds; muralī — of the flute; kala-kūjitaḥ — the melodious vibration; asamāna-ūrdhva — unequaled and unsurpassed; rūpa — by beauty; śrī — and opulence; vismāpita-cara-acaraḥ — astonishing the moving and nonmoving living entities.

"'Apart from these sixty transcendental qualities, Kṛṣṇa has an additional four transcendental qualities, which are not manifested even in the personality of Nārāyaṇa. These are: (1) Kṛṣṇa is like an ocean filled with waves of pastimes that evoke wonder within everyone in the three worlds. (2) In His activities of conjugal love, He is always surrounded by His dear devotees who possess unequaled love for Him. (3) He attracts the minds of all three worlds with the melodious vibration of His flute. (4) His personal beauty and opulence are beyond compare. No one is equal to Him, and no one is greater than Him. Thus the Personality of Godhead astonishes all living entities, both moving and nonmoving, within the three worlds. He is so beautiful that He is called Kṛṣṇa.

Śrī Caitanya Caritāmṛta Madhya 23.82-83

līlā premṇā priyādhikyaḿ

mādhuryaḿ veṇu-rūpayoḥ

ity asādhāraṇaḿ proktaḿ

govindasya catuṣṭayam

evaḿ guṇāś catur-bhedāś

catuḥ-ṣaṣṭir udāhṛtāḥ

līlā — pastimes; premṇā — with transcendental love; priya-ādhikyam — an abundance of highly elevated devotees; mādhuryam — sweetness; veṇu-rūpayoḥ — of the flute and the beauty of Kṛṣṇa; iti — thus; asādhāraṇam — uncommon; proktam — said; govindasya — of Lord Kṛṣṇa; catuṣṭayam — four special features; evam — thus; guṇāḥ — transcendental qualities; catuḥ-bhedāḥ — having four divisions; catuḥ-ṣaṣṭiḥ — sixty-four; udāhṛtāḥ — declared.

"'Above Nārāyaṇa, Kṛṣṇa has four specific transcendental qualities — His wonderful pastimes, an abundance of wonderful associates who are very dear to Him [like the gopīs], His wonderful beauty and the wonderful vibration of His flute. Lord Kṛṣṇa is more exalted than ordinary living beings and demigods like Lord Śiva. He is even more exalted than His personal expansion Nārāyaṇa. In all, the Supreme Personality of Godhead has sixty-four transcendental qualities in full.'

Śrī Caitanya Caritāmṛta Madhya 23.84-85