SRI BRAHMA-SAMHITA

Verse 30

venum kvanantam aravinda-dalayataksam
barhavatamsam asitambuda-sundarangam
kandarpa-koti-kamaniya-visesa-sobham
govindam adi purusam tam aham bhajami [30]

Translation: He always plays the flute, and His eyes are like blooming lotus petals, His head is adorned with a peacock feather, His beautiful form is the hue of a blue cloud; with the unique beauty that charms millions of cupids—this Primeval Lord, Govinda, do I adore.

Purport: (The unparalleled beauty of Krishna, the darling of Goloka, is being described.) The almighty consciousness, Krishna, has a spiritual form by nature. It is not that Krishna’s form can be imagined in comparison to anything beautiful in the material world. What is being described here is what Brahma sees in his divine trance of devotion.

Krishna is rapt in playing His flute; the beautiful dancing notes of that flute steal away the hearts of all living beings. As the petal of the lotus flower showers sweetness into our hearts, Krishna’s eyes, as the revelation of divine vision, expand the unlimited beauty of His moonlike face. His characteristic celestial beauty is set off by the charming ornament of the peacock feather that adorns His head. We feel tranquillity in our hearts when we see a blue rain-cloud—the hue of Krishna’s body is of a similar divine blackish-blue. Even if we could see or imagine the qualities of this world’s cupid multiplied billions of times, the beauty of Krishna is yet more charming.

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