{"id":73136,"date":"2025-09-23T02:03:09","date_gmt":"2025-09-22T20:33:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.isvara.org\/archive\/?p=73136"},"modified":"2025-09-22T08:44:16","modified_gmt":"2025-09-22T03:14:16","slug":"transcendental-qualities-of-krishna-and-of-his-tattvas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.isvara.org\/archive\/transcendental-qualities-of-krishna-and-of-his-tattvas\/","title":{"rendered":"Transcendental Qualities of Krishna and of His Tattvas"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Transcendental Qualities of Krishna and of His tattvas<\/b><\/span><\/h1>\n

Important Acaryas have established that Krishna has unlimited qualities but have categorized them in sixty-four divisions.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Srila Krishnadasa Kaviraja Gosvami says:<\/span><\/p>\n

ananta k<\/span>\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47<\/span>era gu<\/span>\u1e47<\/span>a, cau<\/span>\u1e63<\/span>a<\/span>\u1e6d\u1e6d<\/span>i \u2014 pradh\u0101na<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

eka eka gu<\/span>\u1e47<\/span>a \u015buni\u2019 ju<\/span>\u1e0d<\/span>\u0101ya bhakta-k\u0101<\/span>\u1e47<\/span>a<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThe transcendental qualities of Lord Krishna 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.<\/span><\/p>\n

These categories are:<\/span><\/i><\/span><\/p>\n

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  1. Beautiful features of the entire body<\/span><\/li>\n
  2. Marked with all auspicious characteristics<\/span><\/li>\n
  3. Extremely pleasing<\/span><\/li>\n
  4. Effulgent<\/span><\/li>\n
  5. Strong<\/span><\/li>\n
  6. Ever youthful<\/span><\/li>\n
  7. Wonderful linguist<\/span><\/li>\n
  8. Truthful<\/span><\/li>\n
  9. Talks pleasingly<\/span><\/li>\n
  10. Fluent<\/span><\/li>\n
  11. Highly learned<\/span><\/li>\n
  12. Highly intelligent<\/span><\/li>\n
  13. Genius<\/span><\/li>\n
  14. Artistic<\/span><\/li>\n
  15. Extremely clever<\/span><\/li>\n
  16. Expert<\/span><\/li>\n
  17. Grateful<\/span><\/li>\n
  18. Firmly determined<\/span><\/li>\n
  19. An expert judge of time and circumstances<\/span><\/li>\n
  20. Sees and speaks on the authority of Vedas, or scriptures<\/span><\/li>\n
  21. Pure<\/span><\/li>\n
  22. Self-controlled<\/span><\/li>\n
  23. Steadfast<\/span><\/li>\n
  24. Forbearing<\/span><\/li>\n
  25. Forgiving<\/span><\/li>\n
  26. Grave<\/span><\/li>\n
  27. Self-satisfied<\/span><\/li>\n
  28. Possessing equilibrium<\/span><\/li>\n
  29. Magnanimous<\/span><\/li>\n
  30. Religious<\/span><\/li>\n
  31. Heroic<\/span><\/li>\n
  32. Compassionate<\/span><\/li>\n
  33. Respectful<\/span><\/li>\n
  34. Gentle<\/span><\/li>\n
  35. Liberal<\/span><\/li>\n
  36. Shy<\/span><\/li>\n
  37. The protector of surrendered souls<\/span><\/li>\n
  38. Happy<\/span><\/li>\n
  39. The well-wisher of devotees<\/span><\/li>\n
  40. Controlled by love<\/span><\/li>\n
  41. All-auspicious<\/span><\/li>\n
  42. Most powerful<\/span><\/li>\n
  43. All-famous<\/span><\/li>\n
  44. Popular<\/span><\/li>\n
  45. Partial to devotees<\/span><\/li>\n
  46. Very attractive to all women<\/span><\/li>\n
  47. All-worshipable<\/span><\/li>\n
  48. All-opulent<\/span><\/li>\n
  49. All-honorable<\/span><\/li>\n
  50. The supreme controller<\/span><\/li>\n
  51. Changeless<\/span><\/li>\n
  52. All-cognizant<\/span><\/li>\n
  53. Ever fresh<\/span><\/li>\n
  54. Sac-cid-ananda (possessing an eternal blissful body)<\/span><\/li>\n
  55. Possessing all mystic perfections<\/span><\/li>\n
  56. He has inconceivable potency.<\/span><\/li>\n
  57. Uncountable universes generate from His body.<\/span><\/li>\n
  58. He is the original source of all incarnations.<\/span><\/li>\n
  59. He is the giver of salvation to the enemies whom He kills.<\/span><\/li>\n
  60. He is the attractor of liberated souls.<\/span><\/li>\n
  61. He is the performer of wonderful varieties of pastimes (especially His childhood pastimes).<\/span><\/li>\n
  62. He is surrounded by devotees endowed with a wonderful love of Godhead.<\/span><\/li>\n
  63. He can attract all living entities all over the universes by playing on His flute.<\/span><\/li>\n
  64. He has a wonderful excellence of beauty that cannot be rivaled anywhere in the creation.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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    According to the Vedic conception, there are two types of expansions:<\/span><\/p>\n