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His Divine Grace
Srila Bhaktisiddhanta listed these transcendental qualities of the Supreme Lord
Sri Krsna in an essay which is too lengthy to be presented here in its entirety. However, this authoritative listing, compiled by His Divine Grace in 1932, shines with its own value. All the references are to chapter and verse of the Tenth Canto of
Srimad-Bhagavatam, a scripture which describes the transcendental pastimes of Lord Sri Krsna.]
Krsna is the Withholder of the energy of the wicked (SB
10.60.19).
Krsna is the Giver of salvation to
jivas (living entities) that are free from vanity (SB
10.86.48).
Krsna ordains the worldly course of conceited
jivas (SB
10.86.48).
Krsna is the dispeller of the night of pseudo-religion (SB
10.14.40).
Krsna is Present in the heart of every animate entity, like fire inside wood (SB
10.46.36).
Krsna is the Augmenter (like the Full Moon) of the ocean of earth, gods, twice-born and animals (SB
10.14.40).
Krsna is the Destroyer of the pride of the arrogant (SB
10.60.19).
Krsna is the Root-Cause of the origin, etc., of the world (SB
10.14.23).
Krsna, for the good of the world, appears as if possessed of a body like that of mundane entities (SB
10.14.55).
Krsna is the Refuge
(asraya) of
jivas (individual souls) who are afraid of birth and death (SB
10.49.23).
Krsna is equally the Internal Guide, Cause and Director of
jivas (SB
10.87.30).
Krsna is the Destroyer of the miseries of persons who employ themselves in meditating upon Him (SB
10.58.10).
Krsna is of the fourth dimension and is self-manifest (SB
10.66.38).
Krsna is the Supreme Ruler of the greatest gods (SB
10.73.8).
Krsna is the Object of palatable drink of the human eye (SB
10.71.33).
Krsna is unstinted in giving Himself away to one who recollects Him (SB
10.80.11).
Krsna, although devoid of all mundane quality, assumes mundane qualities by His Inconceivable Power for the purposes of creation, etc. (SB
10.46.40).
Krsna is not capable of discrimination, by reason of being void of any extraneous covering (SB
10.87.29).
Krsna is the Giver of Himself to those who covet nothing (SB
10.86.33).
Krsna is Present in the hearts of
jivas like the five elements (SB
10.82.45).
Krsna is Supreme Godhead and the Internal Guide of all (SB
10.56.27).
Krsna is the Crest-jewel of those whose praises are sung by the sacred lore (SB
10.71.30).
Krsna is the Healer of the miseries of the submissive (SB
10.73.16).
Krsna is the Destroyer of the sins of the submissive (SB
10.31.7).
Krsna is the Destroyer of the distress of the submissive (SB
10.73.8).
Krsna is the Soul and Friend of all animate entities (SB
10.29.32).
Krsna is devoid of distinction appertaining to an alien (SB
10.63.38).
Krsna is the Sun that cheers the lotus of the kindred of the Vrsnis [the members of the family in which He appeared] (SB
10.14.40).
Krsna wears Forms in accordance with the wishes of His devotee (SB
10.59.25).
Krsna is devoid of the sense of kinship and regards all in the same way (SB
10.46.37).
Krsna is the Destroyer of the fear of the mundane sojourn of the submissive (SB
10.85.19).
Krsna is devoid of hankering for wife, offspring, etc. (SB
10.60.20).
Krsna is the Soul's own self of all
jivas (individual souls) (SB
10.14.55).
Krsna is the Knower of the minds of all elements (SB
10.81.1).
Krsna is devoid of distinction between kin and alien (SB
10.72.6).
Krsna is satisfied by the taste of His Self-Delight (SB
10.72.6).
Krsna is the Destroyer of the worldly sojourn of His devotees (SB
10.60.43).
Krsna is the Wearer of a body according to His Wish (SB
10.1.7).