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WHAT IS THE NATURE OF KRSNA'S FORM ?

the ladies of Mathura are saying, “That beautiful form of Sri Krsna which we have never seen, the gopis have seen in Vraja.” Suppose we have a desire to see someone whose appearance is very…

“Lavanya-saram asamordhvam”: it is the very essence of loveliness, and its beauty is unequalled and unsurpassed. Rama is beautiful, Narayana is beautiful, and all other incarnations of Bhagavan are beautiful, but Their beauty does not surpass or even equal Krsna’s beauty. Ananya-siddham: if Krsna is wearing an ornament, He becomes more beautiful and if He removes that ornament, He becomes even more beautiful. Then if He becomes decorated with dust, He becomes even more beautiful again. In all circumstances He is the most beautiful; there is no necessity of Him wearing any ornament such as an earring or a flower to increase His beauty. We feel a need to increase the attractiveness of our appearance; how do we appear when we are not wearing tilaka or when we are wearing soiled clothing? But because Krsna has no necessity of trying to increase His beauty, He is ‘ananya- siddham’. “Drgbhih pibanty anusavabhinavam”: the ladies of Mathura are saying, “That beautiful form of Sri Krsna which we have never seen, the gopis have seen in Vraja.” Suppose we have a desire to see someone whose appearance is very beautiful. Upon seeing their face just once, we become satisfied and there is no need to look again. But upon seeing Krsna, one will have no desire to remove their gaze from Him because He always appears new and fresh. One will perpetually remain thirsty to drink the nectar of His appearance and will never desire to look away. His form is the ‘ekanta-dhama’—the exclusive shelter of fame, beauty, and opulence as well as the three other qualities of Bhagavan which are not mentioned in this verse. So the ladies of Mathura are saying, “Aho! What austerities did the gopis perform to receive darsana of that form of Sri Krsna? We are seeing Krsna as He is angrily attacking His enemies, but they saw Him as the attractor of even Cupid himself.”

Bhakti Rasayana page 96 [CC-by-ND GVP]

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