Sanatana Goswami describes the transcendental appearance of Krsna in his Krsna lila Stava

[Paramananda das]

1) O Krsna, Who descended in the province of Mathura, O Lord Who gives the great gift of pure love for Yourself, O Perfromer of extraordinary pastimes, O great Treasure-house of various kinds of sweetness, O Lord Who is full of transcendental opulences, great mercy and majesty. All glories unto You.

 

2) O Krsna, O Deliverer of the Pandavas and Protector of King Pariksit, everyone should hear talks in relation with You, just as King Pariksit who enquired about Your pastimes.

 

3) O Krsna, you are situated within and without everything and You appropriately grant happiness and distress to the devotees and the impious. King Pariksit, full of doubts, and very eager to hear, enquired about You and Your pastimes.

 

4) O Krsna, the nectar of the topics in relation to you were spoken by Sukadeva Gosvami, and those topics became the very life-breath of King Pariksit, who had abandoned all other food and drink. O Lord, when the entire earth was afflicted by a great horde of demonic kings, the earth became distressed and bitterly lamented.

 

5) O Krsna, hearing the lament of Mother Earth, Lord Brahma and the other demigods approached the ocean of milk. Staying there in meditation, Lord Brahma heard Your words of instruction which delighted the pious devotees on the earth planet.

 

 

 

1) O Krsna, You are very fond of the city of Mathura, the capitol of King Surasena, and because You decided to descend in that place to the earth, You caused the wedding celebration of Devaki and Vasudeva.

 

2) O Krsna, agitated by a voice from the sky, Kamsa, who was holding the reigns of the chariot tried to wickedly (kill Devaki). Devaki's life was saved by the careful reasoned words of Vasudeva.

 

3) O Krsna, fulfilling his promise, the truthful Vasudeva brought each of His sons before Kamsa. O Lord, because of Your desire, Kamsa was able to hear the words spoken by Narada (from the sky). O Krsna, please protect me.

 

4) O Krsna, Kamsa then imprisoned Vasudeva and other relatives and bound them in chains. He killed the siø sons of Devaki, thinking them to be his enemies.

 

 

 

1) O Krsna, you understood the sufferings of Your own family the Yadu dynasty, who were greatly harassed by the military strength of Kamsa. O My Lord, by the agency ofYour own Yogamaya potency, You personally became Devaki's seventh child.

 

2) O Krsna, by the agency of Your Yogamaya, You became the Son of Devaki and Your incarnation as Lord Balarama was transferred to the womb of Rohini. O dear friend of Lord Balarama, O Krsna, please protect me.

 

3) O Krsna, when You became the eighth child of Devaki, Your splendor made Your mother appear very glorious and the presence of Your transcendental potencies made Your father Vasudeva become jubilant. you caused great fear and despair for Kamsa.

 

4) O Krsna, O Absolute truth, O Lord of the universe, manifesting Your transcendental form, which is beyond the material nature, You received the prayers of Lord Brahma, Lord Siva, and the other demigods. You also continually remained within the mind of Kamsa.

 

5) O Krsna, O be-all-and-end-all for devotees, O only desired object of the devotees, by the appearance of Your transcendental form, all the desires of everyone become fulfilled. O Lord, you personally enter those who take shelter of Your Holy Name or Your spiritual form. O Lord, simply by taking birth here, You removed all the distresses of the earth.

 

6) O Krsna, You appeared on the earth exclusively to perform Your pastimes and remove the earth's burden. Your lotus feet are the ornament for the upper and middle planetary systems. The demigods thus encouraged Mother Devaki by offering prayers to You. O Krsna, all glories unto You.

 

 

 

1) O Krsna, appearing on the eighth day of the dark moon in the month of Bhadra, when the star Rohini had appeared in the sky, You spread auspiciousness over the earth's surface, and You pleased and pacified the minds and hearts of saintly devotees.

 

2) O Krsna, when You appeared in the middle of the night as the dear Son of Vasudeva, You delighted the minds of the great sages and You pleased and satisfied the demigods.

 

3) O Krsna, O transcendental jewel, O Son of Devaki, O dear younger brother of Balarama, O elder brother of Gada and subhadra, please be merciful and protect me.

 

4) O amazing boy who displayed His transcendental form in the dark prison, O jewel in the maternity house of Devaki, please protect me.

 

 

 

1) O Krsna, You revealed Your transcendental form which is generally very difficult to see, Vasudeva offered reverential prayers glorifying You, the cause of all causes who has simultaneously entered and not entered everything. I offer respectful obeisances unto You.

 

2) O perfect Krsna, You are simultaneously the doer and the non-doer of everything, and by Your appearance You made the entire universe peaceful and happy. You mercifully granted liberation to the demons and You increased the pure love of Your devotees. (I offer respectful obeisances unto You.).

 

3) O Krsna, O Creator of time, O annihilator of the universe, O lamp of transcendental knowledge, O Lord free from any material attributes or contact, O bliss of the eyes ofDevaki, who fearfully offered prayers to You, all glories unto You.

 

4) O Krsna, Your splendor makes all the planets appear like a joke, and You rescue from death those who take shelter of Your lotus feet. Because material eyes are not appropriate instruments to see Your transcendental form, You covered that divine form which was formerly shown to Your mother.

 

 

1) O Lord Krsna, in three births You became the Son of Devaki and Vasudeva. When You were born in Your father's presence, You were pleased by His sincere worship, and You granted all benedictions to him.

 

2) O beautiful Krsna, O Supreme Spirit whose form resembles that of a a human child, and who performs pastimes in that eternal form, giving great transcendental bliss to Your mother and father, (all glories unto You).

 

3) O Krsna, You instructed (Vasudeva) how You could escape (the wrath of Kamsa) and You bewildered the guards standing at the prison gate and caused them all to fall asleep. It was by Your arrangement that Your potency Maya was born as the daughter of Yasoda.

 

4) O Krsna, Your potency unlocked all the doors and You were carried away by Your father. The hoods of the serpent Ananta Sesa became Your umbrella, and the Yamunariver gave You a clear path.

 

5) O Lord Krsna, O Great Auspiciousness of Vraja, You were placed on Yasoda's bed. And she, Nanda Mahraja and the other cowherd men, bewildered by sleep, did not notice. (All glories unto You).

 

 

1) O Lord Krsna, I offer respectful obeisances unto You. When Kamsa attempted to violently kill Durga-devi, she told him that You had already been born. Kamsa became amazed, and he released Your father, mother and relatives (from the prison).

 

2) O Krsna, Kamsa, his mind purified by constantly remembering You with fear, became enlightened, and he spoke transcendental knowledge to Your mother and father and thus pacified them.

 

3) O Lord  Krsna, trapped in the verbal network of bad  advice  form  his demonic  ministers, Kamsa agreed to a very wicked plan. Kamsa transgressed the desires of the saintly devotees, and in this way it appeared that his life was soon to end.

 

 

 

1) O Krsna, entering the appropriate place (Vrajabhumi), You  appear to  have become initiated in the vow of givine the unprecedented gift of love for Your lotus feet. O Performer of pastimes, You grant pure love for Yourself to Your devotees. That love is like a great festival of spiritual happiness.

 

2) O  Krsna, , O delightful Son of Maharaja Nanda, when  the  (time) for Your birth-ceremony arrived, Your father arranged for a great festival and gave many gifts in charity, thus making the opulent  land  of  Gokula  very auspicious.

 

3) O  Lord  Gopaala, you were then decorated with ornaments and  the  gopis celebrated   a  great  festival,  lovingly  and  jubilantly showering their benedictions upon You and sprinkling You with the milk of the cows of Vraja.

 

4) O Krsna, O Delight of the people of Vraja, Nanda  Maharaja  then greatly  honored the people of Vraja and he opulently gave many opulent  giftrs to them as You drank the breast milk of Your mother Yasoda.

 

5) O Krsna, attaing You as his son, King Nanda considered that he had a great jewel as a son, and he became very anxious for Your protection. When he went to Mathura to pay taxes, he asked the cowherd men to protect his home (in his absence.)

 

6) O Krsna, please be merciful to me. Nanda Maharaja became delighted when he heard the auspicious questions of Vasudeva, who also became jubilant, hearing Nanda'stranscendental reply.

[Paramananda das]

1) O Krsna, desiring to take breakfast as a picnic in the forest, You called the cowherd boys by sounding Your buffalo-horn bugle, and went (to the forest) accompanied by unlimited calves and boys.

 

2) O Krsna, when one cowherd boy playfully stole another's lunch-bag, and when the clever cowherd boys played other games, such as the contest to see who could first touch Your lotus-feet, You became greatly pleased and jubilant.

 

3) O Krsna, You were always associated with Your contemporary friends, who could not for a moment even, understand Your supernatural prowess, and whose good fortune was glorified by Sukadeva Gosvami.

[Paramananda das]

1) O Krsna, one day Your friends saw a gigantic sleeping serpent (on the path). You earnestly desired to protect Your innocent friends from that serpent, who was known as Aghasura, whose mind was full of demoniac plans and who had performed many abominable deeds.

 

2) O Krsna, You then became very anxious (for the protection of Your friends). Entering within the demoniac serpent Agha, You killed him, and thus saved the lives of the calves and the cowherd boys.

 

3) O Krsna, in this way, you delighted the demigods, liberated the offensive Agha demon, and amazed Lord Brahma. O Lord, O ocean of amazing (pastimes), I offer respectful obeisances unto You.

[Paramananda das]

1) O Krsna, appearing to be so youthful, the residents of Vraja considered that You were younger than You actually were. O Lord, O performer of greatly wonderful pastimes, the conversation of King Pariksit and Sukadeva Gosvami about Your pastimes appears just like a reservoir of enchanting nectar.

 

2) O Krsna, decorated by the circle of Your cowherd boy friends, You sat on the grassy bank on the shore of the celebrated and charming Yamuna river, and took Your lunch.

 

3) O Krsna, surrounded by Your friends, the young boys of Vraja, You took Your lunch together. You were clothed in a yellow dhoti, and decorated with a garland of forest flowers. Your flute was tucked in at Your waist.

 

4) O Krsna, Your buffalo horn bugle and Your stick are placed in the left-side of Your belt, You hold some curd in Your left hand and You appear very beautiful as You nibble at Your lunch. O Lord, please be merciful unto me.

 

5) O Krsna, You held a fruit between Your fingers and You enchanted the minds of the cowherd boys, causing them to laugh at Your joking words. Your lunch-taking pastimes amazed the demigods in the higher planetary system.

[Paramananda das]

1) O Krsna, when the calves disappeared, You began to search for them in order to allay the fears of the cowherd boys; The boys then also could not be found, and You began to search for both the calves and the boys.

 

2) O Krsna, understanding that Lord Brahma had stolen the calves and the cowherd boys, You assumed the forms of the stolen boys and calves, so that the mothers of the boys and calves might become happy.

 

3) O Krsna, perfectly imitating the forms and activities of each cowherd boy of Vraja and of each calf, entered the homes of all of the boys and calves.

 

[Paramananda das]

1) O Krsna, You drank the breast-milk of the cows and gopis, and their love for You increased more and more. In this way You bewildered Lord Brahma, although Lord Brahma clearly understood (that the boys and calves were all Your expansions).

 

2) O Krsna, revealing that each of these forms was Your own spiritual form, You caused Lord Brahma to become greatly amazed. Lord Brahma felt helpless, and he awakened (to a proper understanding of Krsna's status).

 

3) O Krsna, within Yourself You considered Lord Brahma to be very insignificant, although externally You tried to please him. O Lord, who appears like a charming cowherd boy holding a morsal of food in Your hand, please protect me.

 

4) O Krsna, seeing that new boys and calves were created, Lord Brahma became embarrassed. Understanding the truth about You, He glorified You by offering prayers, and he washed Your lotus feet with His tears of joy.

[Paramananda das]

1) O Krsna, O Supreme Personality of Godhead appearing as an ordinary cowherd boy, in the ocean of nectar which is the prayer of Lord Brahma, Your glorious spiritual form was beyond the power of Lord Brahma to comprehend.

 

2) O Krsna, You cannot be touched by those who waste their time with the false theories of the impersonalists. You are easily conquered only by those engaged in Yourdevotional service. Those fools who remain indifferent tot eh supremely auspicious path of devotional service to You experience only distress for all their efforts.

 

3) O Krsna, many liberated souls have attained You by taking shelter of Your devotional service, O Lord, You are very amazing and very difficult to understand, full of unlimited exalted transcendental qualities, and beyond the modes of material nature.

 

4) O Krsna, Your merciful side-long glance causes liberation from the bonds of material existence. Although You present a frightening aspect to the offender, when Your son appeals to You, You become and indulgent.

 

5) O Krsna, millions of universes emanate from the pores of Your transcendental body. O father and mother of the universe, just as mother tolerates the offenses of her children You tolerate the offenses of the living entities.

 

6) O Krsna, You are the resting place of all living beings and Lord Brahma is born from the lotus flower growing from Your navel. Although You are the mother from whose womb the five material elements were born, by Your glance You show the unreality and temporariness of this material world.

 

7) Your own pastimes are not understandable (by the non-devotees) and You are full of all power and opulence. You are the source of the spiritual reality and well as the illusory material existence and You are the eternal supreme truth.

 

8) O Krsna, You may be seen by the mercy of the spiritual master, and it is forgetfulness of You which causes the entanglement in material existence. Simply by thinking Youcreate the illusory states of material bondage and impersonal liberation.

 

9) O Krsna, if Your devotee abandons all illusory material conceptions, You appear within his heart, and also externally before him. You bestow the mercy of Your lotus feet to those who teach Your glories to others.

 

10) O Krsna, You greatly blessed Lord Brahma, who appealed for the service of Your servants, and who sang the glories of Your devotional service with his four mouths. O Lord, please protect me.

[Paramananda das]

1) O Krsna, You satisfied and delighted the cows and the gopis of Vrajabhumi, who are the most fortunate of all fortunate living entities. O Lord, You are eternally full of great auspiciousness, and You are the friend of the residents of Vraja.

 

2) O Krsna, You granted great happiness to Lord Brahmawho desired the association of the residents of Vrajabhumi. Lord Brahma desired to take birth as a blade of grass inVraja, so that he would become touched by the dust of the lotus feet of the great devotees who were born there.

 

3) O Krsna, You grant Yourself tot he devotees situated in pure love for you, and You feel greatly indebted to the residents of Vraja. Simply because of the external appearance of affection, You gave Yourself to the demoness Putana.

 

4) O Krsna, those who have given up this material world are able to attain You, and those who are attached to this world cannot. O Lord You are embarrassed by Your great debt to Your friends in Vrndavana for their kind activities to You as You play the role of their son etc.

 

5) O Krsna, even the humble devotees who consider that they are very foolish, and whose minds are pure, cannot understand with their minds or with words the great extent of Your opulences. O Lord, to whom Lord Brahma offered respectful obeisances, one attains great bliss simply by constantly chanting Your Holy Name.

[Paramananda das]

1) O Krsna, affectionate to Your devotee and pleased by his word, with a cheerful You gave Your mercy to Lord Brahma. You delighted him with Your smiling glance and gave him permission to depart.

 

2) O Krsna, You awakened the calves and cowherd boys from their slumber, placed then in Vrndavana as before, and brought the calves to the shore of the Yamuna. O Lord Who performs wonderful activities; I offer respectful obeisances unto You.

 

3) O Krsna, You laugh and smile, hearing the joking words of the charming and innocent cowherd boys. O festival for the houses of Vraja, Your appearance and Yourpastimes are very colorful and astonishing and You delight the hearts of the gopis.

 

4) O Krsna, O best friend of all living entities, You are more dear (to the devotees) than their own selves. The nature of the ocean of pure love for You was determined and ascertained in the conversation of King Pariksit and Sukadeva Gosvami.

 

5) O Krsna, You are expert at performing Your astonishing pastimes in Your own abode. You play the games of constructing a bridge and of jumping up and down like a frog. O Lord, please protect me.

[Paramananda das]

1) O Krsna, o auspiciousness of Vrndavana. As a young boy you wander in the forest of Vrndavana, accompanied by Your elder brother (Lord Balarama).

 

2) O Krsna, You are greatly delighted by the forest Vrndavana and You are expert in many different exchanges of love.

 

3) O Krsna, Please protect me. You are as lustrous as a bumble-bee and Your words eclipse the warbling of the cuckoos. You walk as gracefully as the swans and Yourdancing is as beautiful s the dancing of the peacocks.

 

4) O Krsna, You delight in hearing the sound of the echo and You are expert at climbing the branches of trees. You call the cows by their individual names and You wear a sacred thread and carry a rope.

 

5) O Krsna, You become jubilant by the pastime of mock-fighting with Your friends, and You perform various services to remove the fatigue of Your friend Balabhadra. You are expert at praising the cowherd boys and You become free from weariness by staying under the shade of a tree.

 

6) O Krsna, You sometimes take rest on a bed fashioned from blossoming flowers, with the laps of cowherd boys Your pillow. Another cowherd boy then massages Yourfeet, and another fans You.

 

7) O Krsna, listening to the singing of the cowherd boys, You sleep very happily. Your pastimes inthe village of Vrndavana eclipses the grandest opulence. The forest ofVrndavana is covered with the marks of Your feet, which are worshiped by the gopis.