Sri Krishna is as attractive as nectar and full of sweetness. He is as soft as anjana[1] applied around one’s eyes.
His bodily complexion is lustrous like the indranila jewel[2] or blackish blue (syamala) like the blue lotus. Or Sri Krishna is beautiful like a newly-grown tamala tree[3] and as entrancing as a group of monsoon clouds. His bodily complexion is even more radiant than the lustre of a marakata[4] jewel. His beauty is like an ocean of nectarean sweetness.
Lord Krishna dresses in yellow garments and is decorated with a garland of forest flowers and with various jewels. He is an ocean of many kinds of ecstatic pastimes.
Krishna’s hair is long, curly and scented with various fragrances. The beauty of His topknot, decorated with many kinds of flower garlands, captivates one’s mind.
A sandalwood tilaka and locks of hair beautify Krishna’s forehead. The playful dance of His raised, bluish eyebrows captivates the hearts of attractive women.
Krishna’s beautiful eyes are restless and radiant like a red and blue lotus. The tip of His charming nose is greatly handsome, like the beak of Garuda, the lord of birds.
Sri Krishna’s attractive ears are decorated with jewel-studded earrings. The radiance of His cheeks are enhanced with the lustre of these various kinds of jewels.
His lotus face is highly enchanting and effulgent like millions upon millions of moons. His attractive chin is brightly illuminated by many kinds of laughter and merriment.
Krishna’s beautiful and charming neck is decorated with pearl necklaces, and its graceful bending posture enchants everyone in the three worlds.
Krishna’s charming chest, decorated with the Kaustubha jewel[5] and a splendorous pearl necklace resembling lightning, displays His desire to sport with young ladies.
Krishna’s arms, which extend to His knees (ajanulambita), are decorated by armlets and bracelets. His lotus hands, which look like red lotuses, are beautified with various marks such as club, conch shell, barley corn, umbrella, half-moon, goad, flag, lotus flower, victory column, plough, pitcher and fish.
Krishna’s beautiful and attractive belly is the playground of all loveliness. His graceful back and His sides are endowed with the desire to have dalliances with beautiful young women.
Krishna’s round hips resemble a divine lotus flower and are eager to enchant Cupid. His ample thighs, which look like the trunks of banana trees, steal the minds of women.
Krishna’s knees are full of loveliness, sweetness and radiance. His remarkably charming lotus feet are decorated by jewelled ankle bells. His lotus feet are as effulgent as a java flower[6] and marked by various signs such as disc, half-moon, octagon, triangle, barley corn, sky, umbrella, pitcher, conch shell, cow’s hoof, swastika, goad, lotus flower, bow and jamuna fruit.
Sri Krishna’s toes are as reddish as dawn and His toenails look like full moons. His beautiful lotus feet are like an ocean of the various joys of prema.
Although the above-mentioned features of Sri Krishna’s sweet beauty cannot be compared to anything within this material world, an idea has been given here to help stimulate the devotees’ bhakti.
[1] Anjana is a medical eye liner
[2] Sapphire
[3] The tamala tree bark is dark blue
[4] The emerald
[5] During the churning of the ocean of milk, the jewel Kaustubha emerged as one of the fourteen treasures. It came out as the fourth
[6] Pinkish rose
This is a section of the book “Sri Sri Radha Krishna Ganoddesa Dipika”.
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