Part Two ~ Kṛṣṇa’s Four Super-excellent Qualities

Intro Preface Part One Ch1 Ch2 Ch3 Ch4 Part Two 4Qualities Ch1 Ch2 Ch3 Ch4

sarvādbhuta-chamatkāra-līlā-kallola-vāridhiḥ
atulya-madhura-prema-maṇḍita-priya-maṇḍalaḥ
tri-jagan-mānasākarṣi-muralī-kala-kūjitaḥ
asamānordhva-rūpa-śrī-vismāpita-charācharaḥ
līlā premṇā priyādhikyaṁ, mādhuryaṁ veṇu-rūpayoḥ
ity asādhāraṇaṁ proktaṁ, govindasya chatuṣṭayam
evaṁ guṇāś chatur-bhedāś, chatuḥ-ṣaṣṭir udāhṛtāḥ
{Śrī Chaitanya-charitāmṛta, Madhya 23.82-85}

Apart from His sixty transcendental qualities, Kṛṣṇa has additionally four transcendental qualities, which are not manifest even in the personality of Nārāyaṇ.

These are the four super-excellent qualities that belong exclusively to Kṛṣṇa and not to any other form of the Lord. Nārāyaṇ has sixty qualities and Baladev sixty-two. Kṛṣṇa has sixty-four:

{1} Kṛṣṇa is like an ocean filled with waves of Pastimes that evoke wonder within everyone.
{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 the three worlds by 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. He is so beautiful that He is called Kṛṣṇa.” Lord Kṛṣṇa is more exalted than ordinary living beings and demigods like Lord Śiva. He is even more exalted than His personal expansion Nārāyaṇ. In all, the Supreme Personality of Godhead has sixty-four transcendental qualities in full.

Contents
Introduction
Preface ~ Your Fearless Lotus Feet
Part One
Chapter 1 The Service of Vṛndāvan
Chapter 2 The Lord is not Impersonal
Chapter 3 Evidence of the Conception of a Personal God in the Scriptures of India
Chapter 4 Preparing to Understand Kṛṣṇa’s Transcendental Pastimes

Part Two
Kṛṣṇa’s Four Super-excellent Qualities
Chapter 1 Kṛṣṇa’s Sweet Pastimes
Chapter 2 Kṛṣṇa’s Wonderful Associates
Chapter 3 Kṛṣṇa’s Transcendental Flute
Chapter 4 Kṛṣṇa’s Unparalleled Beauty and Opulence

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Religion of the Heart ~ His Divine Grace Srila Bhakti Sundar Govinda Dev-Goswami Maharaj
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