Category:God's Jewels
Theme Analysis
The Supreme Personality of Godhead is the reservoir of all beauty and opulence. In His spiritual forms, He is decorated with exquisite ornaments that surpass anything found in the material world. Śrīla Prabhupāda describes the Lord as being adorned with the Kaustubha jewel, pearl necklaces, glittering helmets, and jeweled bangles. These ornaments are not made of dead matter; they are spiritual and conscious, enhancing the Lord's transcendental form. There is a unique reciprocity in this decoration: while the jewels serve to beautify the Lord, the Lord's own bodily effulgence is so brilliant that it defeats the luster of the jewels, making them appear like stars in the presence of the sun. Whether it is Lord Viṣṇu in Vaikuṇṭha or Kṛṣṇa and Balarāma in Vṛndāvana, the Lord is always decorated with first-class garlands and jewelry. For the devotee, meditating on these jeweled ornaments—from the Lord's lotus feet to His smiling face—is a potent method of purification and a source of transcendental bliss.
- The Kaustubha Jewel: The distinct gem worn on the chest of the Lord, often accompanied by the Śrīvatsa mark.
- Spiritual Value: The Lord's ornaments are spiritual; their value cannot be calculated by material standards.
- Head-to-Toe Decoration: The Lord is adorned with helmets, earrings, necklaces, bangles, belts, and anklets.
- Transcendental Competition: The Lord's bodily luster is greater than the jewels He wears.
- Meditative Object: The devotee is encouraged to visualize the Lord's ornaments as part of their service and meditation.
- Explore the synthesized essence of this category in this Vanipedia article: God's Jewels - The Transcendental Ornaments.
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Pages in category "God's Jewels"
The following 21 pages are in this category, out of 21 total.
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- Akrura could understand that both Krsna and Balarama had returned from tending cows in the forest; They had taken Their baths and were dressed with fresh clothing and garlanded with flowers and with necklaces made of valuable jewels
- All the Visnu forms were of bluish color and dressed in yellow garments; all of Them had four hands decorated with club, disc, lotus flower and conchshell. On Their heads were glittering golden helmets inlaid with jewels
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- He is well decorated with an ornamental wreath about His waist and rings studded with valuable jewels on His fingers. His leglets, His bangles, His oiled hair, curling with a bluish tint, and His beautiful smiling face are all very pleasing
- His eyes and face were very cheerful, and from His neck to His feet hung a long garland of flowers. His chest was decorated with the Kaustubha jewel and the mark of Srivatsa
- His neck is beautifully decorated with jewels and pearls. The Lord is full in six opulences, one of which is wealth. He is very richly dressed with valuable jewels which are not visible within this material world
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- Lord Balarama then took the avabhrtha bath, which is taken after finishing sacrificial performances. After taking His bath, He dressed Himself in new silken garments and decorated Himself with beautiful jewelry
- Lord Maha-Visnu's helmet was bedecked with valuable jewels, and His beautiful earrings enhanced the beauty of the curling hair on His head. Lord Maha-Visnu had eight arms, all very long, reaching to His knees
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- The bees hum around flowers, and their sweet sound is enjoyed by the Lord. The Lord's bangles, necklace, crown and anklets are all bedecked with invaluable jewels. Since the jewels and pearls are spiritual, there is no material calculation of their value
- The Lord's bangles, necklace, crown and anklets are all bedecked with invaluable jewels. Since the jewels and pearls are spiritual, there is no material calculation of their value
- The luster of the hosts of jewels fixed on the chest of the Lord can defeat even the luster of the sun, and still, when compared with the bodily luster of the Lord, that crest of jewels appears to be only as bright as one of the stars in the sky
- The mountain's waterfalls, herbs, etc., with a panorama of flowers, seem like garlands, but the Lord's gigantic body, and His hands and legs, decorated with jewels, pearls, tulasi leaves and flower garlands, mocked the scene on the mountain
- The other parts of Maha-Visnu's legs, the joints and lower extremities, were all very beautiful, the nails of His feet were dazzling, and His toes were as beautiful as the petals of the lotus flower. His helmet was decorated with very valuable jewels
- The Supreme Brahman is beyond mental speculation, He is self-manifest, existing in His own bliss, and He is beyond the material energy. He is known by the crest jewels of the Vedas by refutation of irrelevant knowledge - SB 10.13.57
- There is gold on the summit of the mountain, but the Lord's helmet, bedecked with jewels, mocked it
- There is no objection either to applying the jewels to Their bodies with beeswax or to swinging them in the public functions in the temple on Sunday, so long there is very nice jhulan or swing being profusely decorated