04 Elevation to Krsna Consciousness

God is called nirarca. Nih means “‘negative”’ and arca
means ‘‘form,” so nirarca means “negative form.”
The impersonalists are mistaken when they think
that God has no form at all. The word nirarca does
not indicate that He has no form, but that he has no
material form as we do. Form is there, but it is not
material; it is spiritual form.

What is the value of our form? This form will be
changed after a few years, as soon as we give up the
body. Our forms are changed just as we change our
suits and dresses, but God doesn’t have a form like
this; therefore He is sometimes called nirarca. Form
is there, and that also has been explained in the
Brahma-samhita. Lord Brahma describes His form
in this way:

venum kvanantam aravinda-dalayataksam
barhavatamsam asitambuda-sundarangam
kandarpa-koti-kamaniya-visesa-sobham
govindam adi-purusam tam aham bhajami
angani yasya sakalendriya-urttimanti
pasyanti panti kalayanti ciram jaganti
ananda-cinmaya-sad-ujjvala-vigrahasya
govindam adi-purusam tam aham bhajami
“| worship Govinda, the primeval Lord, who is adept
at playing on His flute, with blooming eyes like
lotus petals, with head bedecked with a peacock’s
feather, with the figure of beauty tinged with the
hue of blue clouds, and His unique loveliness charm-
ing millions of Cupids. I worship Govinda, the
