Krishna’s sixty-four qualities
Kṛṣṇa has sixty-four important qualifications, and His devotee takes transcendental pleasure in hearing of them.
As explained in Bhakti-rasāmṛta-sindhu by Srila Rupa Goswami, the characteristics are as follows:
(1) His body is well constructed;
(2) His body has all auspicious symptoms;
(3) His body is beautiful;
(4) His body is very glorious;
(5) His body is very strong;
(6) He always looks like a boy of sixteen;
(7) He is well versed in various languages;
(8) He is truthful;
(9) He is decorated with pleasing words;
(10) He is expert in speaking;
(11) He is very learned;
(12) He is very intelligent;
(13) He is influential;
(14) He is joyful;
(15) He is cunning;
(16) He is expert;
(17) He is grateful;
(18) He is firmly convinced;
(19) He knows how to deal with different circumstances;
(20) He is always conversant with scriptural injunctions;
(21) He is clean;
(22) He is controlled by His devotees;
(23) He is steady;
(24) He is self-controlled;
(25) He is forgiving;
(26) He is grave;
(27) He is speculative;
(28) He is fair in His dealings;
(29) He is magnanimous;
(30) He is religious;
(31) He is a great hero;
(32) He is merciful;
(33) He is respectful;
(34) He is competent;
(35) He is gentle;
(36) He is modest;
(37) He is the protector of the souls surrendered unto Him;
(38) He is the deliverer;
(39) He is the friend of the devotees;
(40) He is submissive to love;
(41) He is all-auspicious;
(42) He is most powerful;
(43) He is famous;
(44) He is devoted to all living entities;
(45) He is worshipable by everyone;
(46) He is very attractive to all women;
(47) He is partial to His devotees;
(48) He is full of all opulence;
(49) He is the supreme controller;
(50) He possesses all honor.
(51) He is always situated in His original condition;
(52) He is omniscient;
(53) He is evergreen or always fresh;
(54) He is eternally blissful;
(55) He is conversant and is the master of all perfection.
(56) He has inconceivable qualities;
(57) He is able to sustain innumerable universes;
(58) He is the seed of all incarnations;
(59) He grants the highest perfection to those enemies whom He kills;
(60) He is the most attractive of self-realized persons.
Kṛṣṇa has four special qualities, which are:
(61) He is able to manifest wonderful pastimes;
(62) He is expert at transcendental flute playing;
(63) He is surrounded by loving devotees;
(64) He possesses unparalleled personal beauty.
