92 Teachings of Lord Chaitanya

Narayan the beauties of mercy, reputation, etc. are all established by Krishna.
But His gentleness and magnanimity cannot be possible in Narayan. They are
found only in Krishna.

Lord Chaitanya very much relished all these verses from Srimad Bhagwatam
which He explained to Sanatan. In particular He explained the verse from the
Ninth Canto, Ninth Chapter, 24th verse, as follows: “The Gopis used to relish
the beauty of Krishna as a ceremony of perpetual enjoyment. They enjoyed
the beautiful Face of Krishna, His beautiful Ears with earrings, His broad
Forehead, and His Smile; and while enjoying the sight of Krishna’s beauty
they used to criticise the defect of the creator, Brahma, for the separation from
their vision of Krishna by the momentary blinking of their eyelids.”

The Vedic hymn which is known as Kamagayatri describes the Face of
Krishna as the king of all moons. In metaphorical language there are many
different moons, and they are all one in Krishna—the moon of the mouth,
the moon of the cheeks, the moon-spots of sandalwood pulp, the beauty moon
of the fingertips of His hand, and the tip of His toes—in this way there are
twenty-four and a half moons, and Krishna is the central figure of all: these
different kinds of moons. =

The dancing movement of Krishna’s earrings, eyes, and eyebrows are
very attractive to the damsels of Vraja. Activities in devotional service increase
the sense of devotional service. What else is there for two eyes to see beyond
the face of Krishna? One cannot sufficiently see Krishna with only two eyes;
and one feels incapable and thus becomes bereaved. Such bereavement is
slightly reduced when one criticizes the creative power of the creator. The
unsatiated seer of the face of Krishna then laments as follows:

“I do not have thousands of eyes; I have only two eyes and even these
two eyes are disturbed by the movements of the eyelids. So it is.to be under-
stood that the creator of this body is not very intelligent. He is not conversant
in the art of ecstasy. He is simply a prosaic creator. He does not know how
to fix things in different positions for only seeing Krishna.”

The Gopi’s minds are always engaged in relishing the sweetness of Krishna’s
Body. He is the Ocean of beauty, and His beautiful Face, His beautiful Smile,
and the luster of His Body are always attractive to the Gopi’s mind. In the
Krishna Karnamrita these three things have been described as sweet, sweeter,
and sweetest. When there are three kinds of contamination in the constitu-
tional body, it is called convulsion. So, similarly, a perfect devotee of Krishna
attains a stage of convulsion when he is so overwhelmed by seeing the beauty
of Krishna’s Body, His Face, and the beauty of Krishna’s Smile, This ocean of
