Verse Text
sarvādbhuta-camatkāra-līlā-kallola-vāridhiḥ |
atulya-madhura-prema-maṇḍita-priya-maṇḍalaḥ ||41||
trijagan-mānasākarṣi-muralī-kala-kūjitaḥ |
asamānordhva-rūpa-śrī-vismāpita-carācaraḥ ||42||
līlā-premṇā priyādhikyaṁ mādhuryaṁ veṇu-rūpayoḥ |
ity asādhāraṇaṁ proktaṁ govindasya catuṣṭayam ||43||
Translation
The four extraordinary qualities possessed by Govinda alone are as follows. He is a wave-filled ocean of the most astonishing display of pastimes. He is surrounded by loving associates decorated with incomparably sweet prema. He plays sweet notes on His flute which attract all the minds in the three worlds. He astonishes all moving and non-moving entities with the beauty of His form to which there is no equal or superior. His extraordinary qualities are His special pastimes, His devotees endowed with abundant prema, the sweetness of His flute and the sweetness of His form.
Purport (Jiva Goswami)
These will be discussed when illustrations are given. The four phrases describing Kṛṣṇa are bahuvṛhi compounds with a possessive sense. At the end, the author repeats the four qualities in summary. His first quality is His līlā. Secondly, accompanying Him is an abundance of dear devotees filled with prema (premnā priyādhikyam). The sweetness of His flute is the third quality. The sweetness of His form is the fourth quality. Having listed these qualities, the author boldly asserts that these are most extraordinary, out of reference to some particular knowledge, which was previously stated:
siddhāntatas tv abhede ’pi śrīśa-kṛṣṇa-svarūpayoḥ |
rasenotkṛṣyate kṛṣṇa-rūpam eṣā rasa-sthitiḥ ||
Though the forms of Viṣṇu and Kṛṣṇa are non-different according to the statements of scripture, Kṛṣṇa’s form is shown to be superior because of His rasas which are endowed with the highest type of prema. The very nature of His rasa shows Kṛṣṇa’s form as superior. BRS 1.2.59
Purport (Nectar of Devotion)
Besides these sixty transcendental qualities, Kṛṣṇa has four more, which are not manifest even in the Nārāyaṇa form of Godhead, what to speak of the demigods or living entities. They are as follows. (61) He is the performer of wonderful varieties of pastimes (especially His childhood pastimes). (62) He is surrounded by devotees endowed with wonderful love of Godhead. (63) He can attract all living entities all over the universes by playing on His flute. (64) He has a wonderful excellence of beauty which cannot be rivaled anywhere in the creation.
Adding to the list these four exceptional qualities of Kṛṣṇa, it is to be understood that the aggregate number of qualities of Kṛṣṇa is sixty-four.