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sons of Lord Brahma or Lord Siva. These transcendental qualities are
as follows: 51) changeless; 52) all-cognizant; 53) ever-fresh; 54) sac-
cid-dnanda (possessing an eternal blissful body); 55) possessing all
mystic perfection.

Krsna also possesses five other qualities, which are manifest in the
body of Narayana, and they are listed as follows: 56) He has incon-
ceivable 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 lib-
erated souls. All these transcendental qualities are manifest wonder-
fully in the personal feature of Lord Krsna.

Besides these sixty transcendental qualities, Krsna has four more,
which are not manifest even in the Narayana form of Godhead, not
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 can attract all living entities all over the
universes by playing on His flute. 63) He is surrounded by devotees
endowed with wonderful love of Godhead. 64) He has a wonderful
excellence of beauty which cannot be rivalled anywhere in the
creation.

Adding to the list these four exceptional qualities of Krsna, it is to
be understood that the aggregate number of qualities of Krsna is sixty-
four. Srila Ripa Gosvami has attempted to give evidences from various
scriptures about all sixty-four qualities present in the person of the
Supreme Lord.

1. Beautiful Bodily Features

Any comparison of the different parts of the Lord’s body to
different material objects cannot factually be a complete com-
parison. Ordinary persons, who cannot understand how exalted
are the bodily features of the Lord, are simply given a chance
to understand by a material comparison. It is said that Krsna’s
face is as beautiful as the moon, His thighs are powerful, just
like the trunks of elephants, His arms are just like two pillars,
His palms are expanded like lotus flowers, His chest is just like
