Krsna's sixty-four transcendental qualities

"Lord Krsna's exquisite form is non-different from Him, and Krsna's name and form are likewise identical. Remembering and chanting Krsna's name immediately invokes His beautiful form in the mind, and both reside there harmoniously. Similarly, Lord Krsna's sixty-four qualities* are of an unlimited and transcendental character.

"The sixty-four transcendental qualities of Krsna are as follows: 1) beautiful features of the entire body; 2) marked with all auspicious characteristics; 3) extremely pleasing; 4) effulgent; 5) strong; 6) ever-youthful; 7) a wonderful linguist; 8) truthful; 9) talks pleasingly; 10) can speak fluently in all languages; 11) highly learned; 12) highly intelligent; 13) a genius; 14) artistic; 15) extremely clever; 16) expert; 17) grateful; 18) firmly determined; 19) an expert judge of time and circumstances; 20) sees and speaks on the authority of the Vedas; 21) pure; 22) self-controlled; 23) steadfast; 24) forebearing; 25) forgiving; 26) grave; 27) self-satisfied; 28) possesses equilibrium; 29) magnanimous; 30) religious; 31) heroic; 32) compassionate; 33) respectful; 34) gentle; 35) liberal; 36) shy; 37) the protector of surrendered souls; 38) happy; 39) the well-wisher of devotees;

If you know that you aren't your senses, you won't automatically conclude that what your senses want is what you want. You'll know that what your senses may want may not be good for you.
Siddhaswarupanda

40) controlled by love; 41)all-auspicious; 42) most powerful; 43) all-famous; 44) popular, 45) partial to devotees; 46) very attractive to all women; 47) all-worshipable; 48) all-opulent; 49) all-honorable; 50) the supreme controller, 51) changeless; 52) all-cognizant;.53) ever-fresh; 54) possessing an eternal, blissful spiritual body; 55) possessing all mystic perfection; 56) possessing inconceivable potency; 57) innumerable universes are generated from His body; 58) the original source of all incarnations; 59) the giver of salvation to His enemies; 60) the attractor of liberated souls; 61) the performer of wonderful varieties of pastimes, especially His childhood pastimes in Vrndavana; 62) He attracts living entities all over the universes by playing on His flute; 63) He is sur-

* For a detailed discussion of Krsna's sixty-four transcendental qualities, refer to The Nectar of Devotion, Chap. 21-24 (for more information, see the Bibliography)-Ed,