# Krishna's Flute **See also:** [[artwork/themes/vrindavana|Vrindavana - The Holy Dhama]] | [[artwork/themes/rasa-dance|Rasa Dance]] | [[artwork/themes/cows|Cows and Cowherd Life]] **58 images** --- <h3>Radha and Krsna and the Gopis</h3> ![[0022_TLC-10.jpg]] <h3>0025/TLC 20</h3> ![[0025_TLC-20.jpg]] <h3>Krsna on the Yamuna</h3> ![[0027_SB-1_3_9.jpg]] *Śrī Kṛṣṇa, a mindenkit vonzó Istenség Legfelsőbb Személyiesége. Csodálatos formáját az esőfelhők kék színe árnyalja, szemei olyanok, akéar a nyīló lótuszvirág szirmai, fejét pedig a leggyönyörűbb pávatol díszíti.* <h3>Krsna and a Dancing Peacock</h3> ![[0029_TLC-12.jpg]] *“Even the impersonalists will become attracted to the personal form of Kṛṣṇa known as Śyāmasundara.” The transcendental form of the Lord is not material. It is composed of the spiritual elements of external existence (sat), full knowledge (cit), and complete bliss (ānanda). It also possesses unlimited opulences.* <h3>Radha, Krsna, and the Gopis on a Boat</h3> ![[0045_SB-1-1-15.jpg]] *The Lord's pastimes with the gopīs are displays of His transcendental existence, bliss, and knowledge.* <h3>Krsna Plays His Flute for the Gopis</h3> ![[0045_SB-1-2-8.jpg]] *Kṛṣṇa's deep loving attitude attracted the damsels of Vrajadhāma.* <h3>Radha-Krsna and the Principal Gopis</h3> ![[0048_SB-10-6-2.jpg]] *In the Sanskrit classic Brahma-saṁhitā, Lord Brahmā, the first created being in the universe, states, “I worship Govinda, the primeval Lord, who resides in His own realm, Goloka, with Rādhā, who resembles His own spiritual figure and who embodies the ecstatic potency hlādinī. Their companions are Her confidantes, who embody extensions of Her bodily form and who are imbued and permeated with ever-blissful spiritual rasa.” The gopīs assist Rādhā and Kṛṣṇa in Their transcendental pastimes, expertly using their talents to increase the Divine Couple’s spiritual pleasure.* <h3>Makhancora</h3> ![[0049_SB-10-2-6.jpg]] *Kṛṣṇa would sometimes enter the house of a neighbor and steal curd, butter and milk from the pots in the storeroom. Then the cowherd men would find Him and angrily say, “Here is the butter thief! Better capture Him!” But Kṛṣṇa would simply go on eating the curd and butter, and when He smiled at the cowherd men they would forget everything.* <h3>Krsna at Kesi-ghata</h3> ![[0049_SB-7-2-2.jpg]] <h3>Radha Offers Flowers to Krsna</h3> ![[0052_SB-10-6-3.jpg]] *When Kṛṣṇa disappeared from the rāsa dance, taking Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī with Him, the other gopīs said, “Certainly that particular gopī has perfectly worshiped the all-powerful Personality of Godhead, Govinda, since He was so pleased with Her that He abandoned the rest of us and brought Her to a secluded place.”* <h3>Mother Yasoda Dresses Krsna</h3> ![[0053_AB-C49.jpg]] *“Kṛṣṇa's younger friends assist Mother Yaśodā in dressing Him.” The spiritual world is full of ever-increasing love for the Supreme Lord. There is no way to measure the love and devotion Kṛṣṇa’s devotees feel for Him.* <h3>Krsna Praises Balarama</h3> ![[0053_SB-10-4-2.jpg]] *EN POY 2005: Kṛṣṇa consciousness is the last link in the yogic chain, the link that binds us to the Supreme Person, Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa.* <h3>Goloka Vrndavana</h3> ![[0061_SB-1-2-f.c.-(NE).jpg]] <h3>Kṛṣṇa Plays His Flute</h3> ![[0067_BG--24.jpg]] *6.47: “Of all yogīs, the one with great faith who always abides in Me, thinks of Me within himself, and renders transcendental loving service to Me – he is the most intimately united with Me in /yoga/ and is the highest of all.”* <h3>Krsna, the All-attractive Flute Player</h3> ![[0070_BG--75.jpg]] <h3>Krsna Plays His Flute and the Yamuna Offers Lotuses</h3> ![[0080_SB-10-5-1.jpg]] <h3>0080/SB 12-1-3</h3> ![[0080-SB-12-1-3.jpg]] <h3>The Beauty of Vraja Krsna</h3> ![[0080_SB-12-1-3.jpg]] *Lord Kṛṣṇa is supremely lovable because of His eternal, transcendental qualities. The beauty of this world is but a dim reflection of the unlimited beauty of the Lord.* <h3>A Meditative Krsna and a Calf</h3> ![[0086_SB-11-4-2.jpg]] *EN POY 2005: Bhagavān Śrī Kṛṣṇa is full of all opulence as the Supreme Personality of Godhead.* <h3>0086/SB 9-3-6</h3> ![[0086_SB-9-3-6.jpg]] <h3>Krsna and the Cowherd Boys Return to Vrndavana</h3> ![[0088-SB-1-3-f.c.-NEjpg.jpg]] <h3>Radha-Krsna on a Lotus</h3> ![[0099_BTG-16-11-f.c.jpg]] <h3>Krsna in the Vrndavana Forest</h3> ![[0101_BTG-18-9-f.c.jpg]] <h3>Krsna and His Mother</h3> ![[0103_BTG-18-12-p2.jpg]] <h3>Krsna and Balarama Play Like Human Children</h3> ![[0103_BTG-19-1-c1.jpg]] <h3>0104/BTG 19-4 f.c.</h3> ![[0104_BTG-19-4--f.c.jpg]] <h3>Baby Krsna</h3> ![[0104_BTG-19-5-f.c.jpg]] <h3>I Worship Govinda, the Primeval Lord</h3> ![[0150_NKL-9.jpg]] <h3>Krsna and the Gopis Meet for the Rasa Dance</h3> ![[0151_NKL-11.jpg]] <h3>Govinda with Peacocks</h3> ![[0155_BTG-19-6--fc.jpg]] *EN VEDA: Kṛṣṇa, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, is the ever-youthful, all-attractive reservoir of love. When we stimulate our original love for Kṛṣṇa, that love expands out into this world and beyond and becomes an expression of our eternal nature.* <h3>Krsna, Balarama, and the Cowherd Boys Dance Through the Forest</h3> ![[0159_NOD--p328.jpg]] <h3>Sweet Kṛṣṇa</h3> ![[0160_NOD-524.jpg]] *“We have seen that in Vṛndāvana even the cows, the deer, the birds, the trees – everyone – has been enchanted by the sweet vibration of Your flute and the fascinating beauty of Your person.” In His transcendental abode, Kṛṣṇa reveals Himself to His pure devotees, awakening within them deeper and deeper love of God and causing them to experience ever-increasing ecstasy.* <h3>Radha Offers Krsna a Garland</h3> ![[0164_SB-10_3_2.jpg]] *Śrī Śrī Rādhā és Kṛṣṇa, az Istenség Legfelsőbb Személyisége és örök társa. „A számtalan kedvelt élvezet és Vrajabhūmi minden szeretetre méltó leánya közül kétségkívül Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī Kṛṣṇa szeretetének legdrágább kincse."* <h3>Yugala Kisora</h3> ![[0165_UP--15.jpg]] <h3>Krsna Calls the Gopis to the Rasa Dance</h3> ![[0186_UP--174.jpg]] <h3>Radha-Krsna Indian</h3> ![[0195_UP--236.jpg]] <h3>Krsna and the Cowherd Boys Leave for the Forest</h3> ![[0203_Adi-1-9.jpg]] *EN CC Adi 1 1974: In Gokula, Kṛṣṇa performs His pastimes with the cowherd boys and cowherd girls.* <h3>Radha-Krsna In the Forest</h3> ![[0235_RAD-16-NE.jpg]] <h3>Lord Balarama</h3> ![[0236_Balarama.jpg]] <h3>Krsna Kesava</h3> ![[0236_LAR-33.jpg]] <h3>Madana-mohana in the Moonlight</h3> ![[0236_RAD-17.jpg]] *Kṛṣṇadāsa Kavirāja, the author of Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta, declares, “Glory to the all-merciful Rādhā and Madana-mohana! I am lame and ill advised, yet They are my directors, and Their lotus feet are everything to me.”* <h3>Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu Dreams of the Rasa Dance</h3> ![[Antya-4-4.jpg]] *“One day while He was resting. Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu dreamed He saw Kṛṣṇa performing His rāsa dance. Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu saw Lord Kṛṣṇa standing with His beautiful body curved in three places, holding His flute to His lips. Wearing yellow garments and garlands of forest flowers. He was enchanting even to Cupid. The gopīs were dancing in a circle, and in the middle of that circle, Kṛṣṇa, the son of Mahārāja Nanda, danced with Rādhārāṇī. Seeing this, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu was overwhelmed with the transcendental mellow of the rāsa dance, and He thought, ‘Now I am with Kṛṣṇa in Vṛndāvana.’”* <h3>The Flute-song Carries Lord Caitanya to Vrndavana</h3> ![[Antya-5-3.jpg]] *“Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu stood up, and then sat down again. Looking here and there, He inquired from Svarūpa Dāmodara, ‘Where have you brought Me? After hearing the vibration of a flute, I went to Vṛndāvana, and there I saw that Kṛṣṇa, the son of Mahārāja Nanda, was playing on His flute in the pasturing grounds. He brought Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī to a bower by signaling with His flute. Then He entered that bower to perform pastimes with Her. I entered the bower just behind Kṛṣṇa, My ears captivated by the sound of His ornaments. I saw Kṛṣṇa and the gopīs enjoying all kinds of pastimes while laughing and joking together. Hearing their vocal expressions enhanced the joy of My ears. Just then, all of you made a tumultuous sound and brought Me back here by force. Because you brought Me back here, I could no longer hear the nectarean voices of Kṛṣṇa and the gopīs, nor could I hear the sounds of their ornaments or the flute.’”* <h3>Sad-bhuja Bas Relief, Sarvabhauma Bhattacarya's Room, Jagannatha Puri, India</h3> ![[Art-0017_01.jpg]] <h3>Art 0062/0062/SB 1-1 f.c. (NE)</h3> ![[0062_SB-1-1-f.c.-(NE).jpg]] <h3>Art 0106/0106/BTG 19-7 p.2</h3> ![[0106_BTG-19-7-p.2.jpg]] <h3>Art 0151/0151/MP 1.</h3> ![[0151_MP-1.jpg]] <h3>Art 0165/0165/UP 16</h3> ![[0165_UP--16.jpg]] <h3>Art 0167/0167/UP 46</h3> ![[0167_UP--46.jpg]] <h3>Radha and Krsna in the Forest of Vrndavana</h3> ![[Art-0207-RAD-28.jpg]] <h3>Krsna and Calves</h3> ![[Art-0210_KWL-42.jpg]] <h3>Govinda at the Yamuna</h3> ![[Art-0212_KWL-62.jpg]] <h3>Art 0219/Art 0219/RAD 5</h3> ![[Art-0219_RAD-5.jpg]] <h3>Radha-Krsna and the Gopis in the Forest</h3> ![[Art-0219_KGO-23.jpg]] <h3>Art 0237/UP 300</h3> ![[Art-0237_UP-300.jpg]] <h3>Krsna Plays His Flute With a Calf</h3> ![[Mad-1-6.jpg]] *“O Kṛṣṇa, the player of the flute, the sweetness of Your early age is wonderful within these three worlds.”* <h3>Radha and Krsna</h3> ![[Radha-Krishna_CORRECTED.jpg]] *Lord Caitanya instructed Raghunātha dāsa Gosvāmī: “Always chant Kṛṣṇa’s holy name, and within your mind render service to Rādhā and Kṛṣṇa in Vṛndāvana.”* <h3>A Pensive Krsna</h3> ![[UP--209.jpg]] --- ## Copyright Notice All artwork on this page is © The Bhaktivedanta Book Trust International, Inc. All rights reserved. These images are reproduced here with permission for educational and devotional purposes. The Bhaktivedanta Book Trust International, Inc. (BBTi) holds exclusive rights to all images created for books published by BBTi and its predecessor entities. **Unauthorized reproduction, distribution, or commercial use of these images is strictly prohibited without prior written permission from BBTi.** For licensing inquiries, please contact: - Website: https://www.BBT.info - Email: [email protected] All textual content and commentary © A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada