SIGNIFICANCE OF FORM OF KRISHNA

If we look at the form of Krishna, we are enthralled by His beauty and Grace, but there are many secrets to Lord Krishna's appearance !

He is called as”Neela Megha Shyama”. First off, He is always pictured blue, this doesn’t mean that He was blue in colour.Blue is the colour of the sky and signifies that like the sky which has vastness and infinity, Krishna was also vastness and infinity personified.

Shree Krishna’s holds peacock feather particularly on his crown. The first reason is the belief that, the peacock is the only creature in nature that observes complete chastity in life. When he is happy, he dances with his wings and his eyes are filled with tears, Peahen drink these tears & conceives.Peacock does not have, even a tinge of lust in his heart.

Secondly a king is responsible for the whole society and that responsibility can become a burden, which sits on the head as the crown. Though Krishna is the Master of the entire universe, he takes his immense responsibility with the lightness of a feather!

Krishna, the youthful and delightful flute-player: as Murali-Manohar” the handsome one with a flute" he is often depicted standing beneath a sacred Kadamba tree, with his flute to his lips, his leg crossed in a graceful pose, a garland of flowers round his neck, a milk cow at his side affectionately licks his foot. He is usually depicted standing on one foot, the other a little lifted, as if dancing.One foot on the ground shows complete groundedness, firmly in the material world in which he lived a very full life, yet the other foot off the ground showed his spiritual side, his mysticism, his depth that no one really knew Him or could even know Him.

Through life Radha is his most beloved among all the gopis, but even she is jealous of his flute, because the flute always stays with him. Flute is the symbol of freedom (Pranava).The flute has seven holes and the music can be played from a flute only if it is hollow and empty.Lord Krishna used to call his spiritual companion Radha by playing the Flute.

Interestingly, Krishna is also known as Askalitha (Nitya) brahmachari. This was proved in Mahabharata when he protected King Parikshith in his mother's womb from Ashwatthama's astra.“Many great souls have taken birth on this earth. But Sri Krishna was a master and guide for all times, places and people,”.Krishna is said to be the completeness of beauty itself,” but that beauty is not just the beauty of an individual; it’s the compounded beauty of the entire universe.”