Viṣaya-ālambana - विषय आलम्बन 

 64 Qualities of Kṛṣṇa
as from Bhakti rasāmṛta sindhu भक्ति रसामृत सिन्धु:   

Fifty qualities of Kṛṣṇa
found also in living beings

atha tad-guṇāḥ -ayaṁ netā suramyāṅgaḥ sarva-sal-lakṣaṇānvitaḥ |
ruciras tejasā yukto balīyān vayasānvitaḥ ||2.1.23||
vividhādbhuta-bhāṣā-vit satya-vākyaḥ priyaṁ vadaḥ |
vāvadūkaḥ supāṇḍityo buddhimān pratibhānvitaḥ ||2.1.24||
vidagdhaś caturo dakṣaḥ kṛtajñaḥ sudṛḍha-vrataḥ |
deśa-kāla-supātrajñaḥ śāstra-cakṣuḥ śucir vaśī ||2.1.25||
sthiro dāntaḥ kṣamā-śīlo gambhīro dhṛtimān samaḥ |
vadānyo dhārmikaḥ śūraḥ karuṇo mānya-mānakṛt ||2.1.26||
dakṣiṇo vinayī hrīmān śaraṇāgata-pālakaḥ |
sukhī bhakta-suhṛt prema-vaśyaḥ sarva-śubhaṅkaraḥ ||2.1.27||
pratāpī kīrtimān rakta-lokaḥ sādhu-samāśrayaḥ |
nārī-gaṇa-manohārī sarvārādhyaḥ samṛddhimān ||2.1.28||
varīyān īśvaraś ceti guṇās tasyānukīrtitāḥ |
samudrā iva pañcāśad durvigāhā harer amī ||2.1.29|| 
jīveṣu ete vasanto'pi bindu-bindutayā kvacit |
paripūrṇatayā bhānti tatraiva puruṣottame ||2.1.30||

"Now the qualities of Kṛṣṇa will be described. The hero Kṛṣṇa has (1) beautifull imbs,
has (2) all auspicious bodily features, is (3) pleasing to behold, (4) possesses
vitality, is (5) strong and (6) is endowed with ideal age."

"(7) He knows an astonishing variety of languages, (8) is truthful, (9) speaks in a
pleasing manner, (10) is eloquent, (11) learned, (12) intelligent and (13) filled with new ideas."

"(14) He is aesthetic, (15) clever, (16) skillful and (17) grateful. (18) He keeps His vows, (19) is knowledgeable in time, place and  person, (20) sees through the eyes of scripture, is (21) pure and (22) controls His senses."

"(23) He is persevering, (24) patient, (25) tolerant, (26) inscrutable, (27) steadfast, (28) uniform, (29) generous,
(30) virtuous, (31) heroic, (32) compassionate, and (33) respectful to persons worthy of respect."

"(34) He is compliant, (35) modest, (36) bashful, (37) the protector of those who take shelter of
Him, (38) happy, (39) friend of the devotees, (40) controlled by love and (41) the benefactor of all."

"(42) He is glorious, (43) renowned, (44) the object of attraction for all, (45) the shelter of the devotees, (46) attractive to women, (47) worshipable by all and (48) endowed with the greatest wealth."

"(49) He is the most important and (50) the controller. These fifty qualities of Kṛṣṇa
which have been listed are difficult to fathom, like the ocean."

"These qualities are present even in the jīvas, to a very small degree now and
then. However, they are present in full in the Transcendental Lord."

tathā hi pādme pārvatyai śiti-kaṇṭhena tad-guṇāḥ |
kandarpa-koṭi-lāvaṇya ity ādyāḥ parikīrtitāḥ ||2.1.31||
eta eva guṇāḥ prāyo dharmāya vana-mālinaḥ |
pṛthivyā prathama-skandhe prathayāñcakrire sphuṭam ||2.1.32||

"In this way in the Padma Purāṇa, Lord Śiva tells Pārvatī about the qualities
of Kṛṣṇa, starting with His beauty, which is greater than ten million Cupids."

"In the First Canto of Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam [1.16.26-29], the goddess of earth also
describes the qualities of Kṛṣṇa clearly and extensively to the deity of dharma."

yathā prathame (1.16.26-29) -
satyaṁ śaucaṁ dayā kṣāntis tyāgaḥ santoṣa ārjavam |
śamo damas tapaḥ sāmyaṁ titikṣoparatiḥ śrutam ||2.1.33||
jñānaṁ viraktir aiśvaryaṁ śauryaṁ tejo balaṁ smṛtiḥ |
svātantryaṁ kauśalaṁ kāntir dhairyaṁ mārdavam eva ca ||2.1.34||
prāgalbhyaṁ praśrayaḥ śīlaṁ saha ojo balaṁ bhagaḥ |
gāmbhīryaṁ sthairyam āstikyaṁ kīrtir māno'nahaṅkṛtiḥ ||2.1.35||
ime cānye ca bhagavan nityā yatra mahā-guṇāḥ |
prārthyā mahattvam icchadbhir na viyanti sma karhicit ||2.1.36||

"In Him reside (1) truthfulness, (2) cleanliness, (3) intolerance of another's unhappiness, (4) the power to control anger, (5) self-satisfaction, (6) straightforwardness, (7) steadiness of mind, (8) control of the sense organs, (9) responsibility, (10) equality, (11) tolerance, (12) equanimity, (13) faithfulness, (14) knowledge, (15) absence of sense enjoyment, (16) leadership, (17) chivalry, (18) influence, (19) the power to make everything possible, (20) the discharge of proper duty, (21) complete independence, (22) dexterity, (23) fullness of all beauty, (24) serenity, (25) kindheartedness, (26) ingenuity, (27) gentility, (28) magnanimity, (29) determination, (30) perfection in all knowledge, (31) proper execution, (32) possession of all objects of enjoyment, (33) joyfulness, (34) immovability, (35) fidelity, (36) fame, (37) worship, (38) pridelessness, (39) being (as the Personality of Godhead), (40) eternity, and many other transcendental qualities which are eternally present and never to be separated from Him. "

Five qualities of Kṛṣṇa found in Śiva too

atha pañca-guṇā ye syur aṁśena giriśādiṣu ||2.1.37|| 
sadā svarūpa-samprāptaḥ sarva-jño nitya-nūtanaḥ |
sac-cid-ānanda-sāndrāṅgaḥ sarva-siddhi-niṣevitaḥ ||2.1.38||

"Now five qualities of Kṛṣṇa, which will also be present in Śiva and others when they are the Lord's expansions, will be listed."

"(51) He is always situated in His eternal form, (52) He is omniscient, (53) He is forever young, (54) He has a body made from condensed eternity, and (55) He possesses all siddhis."

Five qualities of Kṛṣṇa found in Nārāyaṇa too 

athocyante guṇāḥ pañca ye lakṣmīśādi-vartinaḥ |
avicintya-mahā-śaktiḥ koṭi-brahmāṇḍa-vigrahaḥ ||2.1.39||
avatārāvalī-bījaṁ hatāri-gati-dāyakaḥ |
ātmārāma-gaṇākarṣīty amī kṛṣṇe kilādbhutāḥ ||2.1.40||

"Now will be listed the amazing qualities present in Kṛṣṇa and also in Nārāyaṇa and in the puruṣāvatāras: (56) He has inconceivable, great energies; (57) He is the form that expands over tens of millions of universes; (58) He is the source of the numerous avatāras; (59) He rewards even the enemies He kills; (60) and He attracts the ātmārāmas (the ones satisfied in their own self). These qualities become even more astonishing in Kṛṣṇa."

Five qualities of Kṛṣṇa alone

sarvādbhuta-camatkāra- līlā-kallola-vāridhiḥ |
atulya-madhura-prema-maṇḍita-priya-maṇḍalaḥ ||2.1.41||
trijagan-mānasākarṣi-muralī-kala-kūjitaḥ |
asamānordhva-rūpa-śrī-vismāpita-carācaraḥ ||2.1.42||
līlā-premṇā priyādhikyaṁ mādhuryaṁ veṇu-rūpayoḥ |
ity asādhāraṇaṁ proktaṁ govindasya catuṣṭayam ||2.1.43||

"The four astonishing 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 that attract all the minds in the three worlds. 
He astonishes all moving and non-moving living entities with the beauty of His form, to which there is no equal or superior.

His extraordinary qualities are thus
His special pastimes,
His devotees endowed with abundant prema, 
the sweetness of His flute and
the sweetness of His form."