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(13) a genius; (14) artistic; (15) extremely clever; (16) expert; (17) grateful; (18) fi rmly
determined; (19) an expert judge of time and circumstances; (20) sees and speaks on the
authority of Vedas, or scriptures; (21) pure; (22) self-controlled; (23) steadfast; (24)
forbearing; (25) forgiving; (26) grave; (27) self-satisfi ed; (28) possessing 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; (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.
The Supreme Personality of Godhead has all these fi fty transcendental qualities in fullness
as deep as the ocean. In other words, the extent of His qualities is inconceivable
As parts and parcels of the Supreme Lord, the individual living entities (the jiva
souls) who become pure devotees of the Lord can also possess all of these qualities in minute
quantities. In other words, all of the above transcendental qualities can be present in the
devotees in minute quantity, whereas the qualities in fullness are always present in the
Supreme Personality of Godhead.
Besides all of the above-mentioned fi fty qualities, Lord Krishna possesses fi ve more, which
are sometimes partially manifested in the persons of Brahma or Siva. These transcendental
qualities are as follows: (51) changeless; (52) all-cognizant; (53) ever fresh; (54) sac-cid-
ananda (possessing an eternal blissful body); (55) possessing all mystic perfections.
Krishna also possesses fi ve other qualities, which are manifest in the body of Narayana,
and they are listed as follows. (56) He has inconceivable potency. (57) Uncountable universes
generate from His body. (58) He is the original source of all incarnations. (59) He is the
giver of salvation to the enemies whom He kills. (60) He is the attractor of liberated souls.
All these transcendental qualities are manifest wonderfully in the personal feature of Lord
Krishna in His Narayana form.
Besides these sixty transcendental qualities, Krishna has four more, which are not
manifest even in the Narayana form of Godhead, what to speak of the demigods or living
entities. They are as follows. (61) He is the performer of wonderful varieties of pastimes
(especially His childhood pastimes). (62) He is surrounded by devotees endowed with
wonderful love of Godhead. (63) He can attract all living entities all over the universes by
playing on His fl ute. (64) He has a wonderful excellence of beauty which cannot be rivaled
anywhere in the creation. Adding to the list these four exceptional qualities of Krishna, it
is to be understood that the aggregate number of qualities of Krishna is sixty-four. (NOD
chapter 21).

Thus Lord Krishna in His original two-armed form of Syamasundar holding
the flute has a particular sweetness that is not manifest in Narayana or Vishnu.
Five relationships for appreciating Krishna’s sweetness
Another way to understand the degrees of sweetness of relationship with
Lord Krishna and His expansions is by understanding the fi ve types of intimate
relationship with the Lord. These are called the fi ve primary rasas or sweet
mellows of relationship with the Lord. They are santa (neutral), dasya (service),
sakya(friendship), vatsalya(parental) and madurya(conjugal). Rasa can more
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