Post Author: Swami Gaurangapada Date: 2006-05-05 05:30:47
Title: 146 ways to describe Krishna or God User: Damodara Svarupa dasa Date: 2005-02-22 11:27:12
146 ways to describe Krishna or God -- By Swami Gaurangapada
Nectar from Tenth Canto, Shrimad-Bhagavatam
(All the references in the brackets are to chapter and verse of the Tenth Canto of Shrimad Bhagavatam).
Krishna is possessed of an unlimited intellect (10/84/22). Krishna is inaccessible to sensuous knowledge ( l6/46) . Krishna is Lord of the infinity of worlds (69/l7). Krishna wields the power of creating the unlimited (87/28). Krishna carries the impress of limitless power (87/l4). Krishna is possessed of inconceivable potency (l0/29). Krishna is unborn (59/28, 74/21). Krishna solves all heterogeneous views (74/24). Krishna is vanquished by exclusive devotion (l4/3). Krishna is Inner Guide (l/7). Krishna is the Withholder of the energy of the wicked (60/19) - Krishna is the Giver of salvation to jivas that are free from vanity (86/48). Krishna ordains the worldly course of conceited jivas (86/48). Krishna is Primal God (Deva) (40/l). Krishna is Primal Person (Purusha) (63/38). Krishna is overwhelming flood of bliss (83/4). Krishna possesses fulfilled desire (47/46). Krishna is self-delighted (60/20). Krishna is the opponent of the sensuous (60/35). Krishna is sung by the best of hymns (86/23). Krishna is the dispeller of the night of pseudo-religion (14/40). Krishna is devoid of increase and decrease (48/26). Krishna is efficient and material cause (l0/29). Krishna is the only Truth ( l4/23 ). Krishna is Awarder of the fruit of work (49/29). Krishna is not subject to the consequences of work (84/17). Krishna is the Seer of cause and effect (38/l2). Krishna is the Person who is time (1/7). Krishna is Time s Own Self (70/26). Krishna is even the Time of time (56/27). Krishna is Present in the heart of every animate entity, like fire inside wood (46/36). Krishna is Grateful (48/26). Krishna is the Augmentor (like the Full Moon) of the ocean of earth, gods, twice-born and animals (l4/40). Krishna is the Tormentor of cannibalistic persons (14/40). Krishna is the Destroyer of the pride of the arrogant (60/19). Krishna is the Root-Cause of the origin, etc., of the world (14/23). Krishna is the Cause of the world (40/l). Krishna is the Creator of the world (70/38). Krishna appears as if possessed of a body like that of mundane entities, for the good of the world (l4/55). Krishna is the Guru (centre of gravity) of the world (80/44). Krishna is the Refuge (Ashraya) of jivas (individual souls) who are ,afraid of birth and death (49/l2). Krishna is devoid of birth (46/38). Krishna is equally the Internal Guide, Cause and Director of jivas (87/30). Krishna is the Destroyer of the miseries of persons who employ themselves in meditating upon Him (58/l0). Krishna is of the fourth dimension and self-manifest (66/38). Krishna is Worthy of being gifted (74/24). Krishna is the Punisher of the wicked (69/l7). Krishna is the God of gods (80/44). Krishna is rarely cognisable by the gods (48/27). Krishna is unconcerned about body, house, etc. (60/20) Krishna is the Supreme Ruler of the greatest gods (73/8). Krishna is the Exponent of Religion (69/40). Krishna is the Eternal Son of Nanda (l4/l). Krishna is Visible to man with great difficulty (71/23). Krishna's Presence mocks the world of man (70/40). Krishna is the Object of palatable drink of the human eye (71/33). Krishna is the Internal Guide of all (3l/4). Krishna is Worthy of the worship of all the worlds (69/15) . Krishna accommodates all the worlds (59/30). Krishna is the Manifestor of all light (63/34). Krishna is unstinted in giving Himself away to one who recollects Him (80/ll). Krishna is the efficient Cause (87/50). Krishna' although devoid of all mundane quality, assumes mundane qualities by His Inconceivable Power for the purposes of creation, etc. (46/40). Krishna is not subject to change (64/29). Krishna is not capable of discrimination by reason of being void of any extraneous covering (87/29). Krishna is the Giver of Himself to those who covet nothing (86/33). Krishna loves those who covet nothing (60/14). Krishna does no work (60/20). Krishna is Human, Hidden, Primal Person (Purusha) (44/13). Krishna is Present in the hearts of jivas like the five elements (82/45). Krishna is the Supreme Sorcerer (70/37). Krishna is Supreme Godhead and the Internal Guide of all (56/27). Krishna is the Crest-jewel of those whose praises are sung by the sacred lore (71/30). Krishna is Primal Person and Ever-existing (14/23). Krishna is the Highest among the Objects of worship (74/19). Krishna is the Healer of the miseries of the submissive (73/16). Krishna is the Destroyer of the sins of the submissive (31/7). Krishna is the Destroyer of the distress of the submissive (73/8). Krishna is the Residue after the Cataclysm (87/15). Krishna is devoid of touch with mundane senses (87/28). Krishna is the Soul and Friend of all animate entities (29/32). Krishna is devoid of distinction appertaining to an alien (63/38,44). Krishna is Inconceivable by His Nature (70/38). Krishna is the Master of the Universe (70/37). Krishna is the Nourisher of the Universe (85/5). Krishna is the Sun that cheers the lotus of the kindred of the Vrishnis (14/40). Krishna is the God worshipped by the Brahmanas (69/15). Krishna is the Foremost of the Brahmanas (84/20). Krishna is the Originator of Brahma (40/1). Krishna is the Worshipped of Brahma (31/13). Krishna loves His devotees (48/26). Krishna wears Forms in accordance with the wishes of His devotee (59/25). Krishna is eternally Present in Mathura (1/28). Krishna is devoid of the sense of kinship and regards all in the same way (46/37). Krishna is beyond all Measuring Potency (Maya) (63/26). Krishna is subdued by the love of Judhisthira (72/10). Krishna is concealed by the screen of Maya from the sight of the people (84/23). Krishna does not follow the ways of the world (60/36). Krishna is the Destroyer of the fear of the mundane sojourn of the submissive (85/19). Krishna is the Womb of the Scriptures (16-44, 80/45, 84/20). Krishna is Sree Guru's Own Self (80/33). Krishna is devoid of hankering for wife, offspring, etc. (60/20). Krishna is the Ordainer of the worldly sojourn and of the summum bonum (1/7). Krishna is the Cause of all entities (8514). Krishna is the Friend of the good (69/17). Krishna is devoid of discrimination as of kinship (63/38, 44). Krishna is Existence (56/27). Krishna possesses true desires (80/44). Krishna is the True Entity (87/17). Krishna is True of speech (48/26). Krishna is True of resolve (37/12). Krishna sees with an equal Eye (16/33). Krishna is the Cause of all causes (14/56-57,63/38,87/16). Krishna is the Originator of all (59/28). Krishna is the Soul's own self of all jivas (individual souls) (14/55). Krishna is Omniscient (16/48). Krishna is All Seeing (38/18). Krishna is the Embodiment of all gods (74/19, 86/54). Krishna is the Seer of all (16/48). Krishna is the Lord of all (37/23). Krishna is the Stay (\Ashraya) of all entities (82|46). Krishna is All-pervasive and Eternal (9/13). Krishna is the Soul of all elements (86/31). Krishna is the Knower of the minds of all elements (81/1). Krishna is the soul's self of all elements (74/24). Krishna is the Inner Soul of all elements (37/11). Krishna is the Internal Guide of all elements (47/29). Krishna is the Cause of the origin of all elements (64|29). Krishna is the Limit of all good (84/21). Krishna is Omnipotent (37/12). Krishna is the Lord of Lakshmi, the Presiding Deity of all riches (47/46). Krishna is the Internal Guide of all (63/38, 72/6). Krishna is the Stay (Ashraya) of all (40/15). Krishna is Witness and Seer of Self (86/31). Krishna is the Refuge of the good (80/9). Krishna is most difficult to serve (88/11). Krishna is the Friend of one's heart (48/26). Krishna is the Withholder of Creation (82/45). Krishna is Withholder, Creator and Preserver (63/44). Krishna is the Master of the functions of creation, etc. (16/49,37/12). Krishna is devoid of distinction as of kinship (74/21). Krishna is devoid of distinction as between kin and alien(72/6). Krishna indwells the Universe created by Himself (48/19). Krishna is satisfied by the taste of His Self-Delight (72/6). Krishna is the Destroyer of the worldly sojourn of His devotees (60/43). Krishna is the Wearer of body according to His Wish (1/7).