Category:Visnu's Possessions
Theme Analysis
The possessions and attributes of the Supreme Personality of Godhead are non-different from His eternal identity. Śrīla Prabhupāda explains that Lord Viṣṇu completely possesses all mystic powers, six opulences, and transcendental energies. He is uniquely decorated with distinct bodily features, divine weapons, and celestial jewels like the Kaustubha gem. Unlike demigods and ordinary living entities who possess only a minute fraction of His potencies, Lord Viṣṇu holds these absolute possessions eternally, utilizing them for cosmic administration and the protection of His devotees.
- Supreme Opulences and Energies: Lord Viṣṇu is the absolute possessor of all six opulences, superior and inferior energies, and great mystic powers, differentiating Him from all subordinate living beings.
- Distinct Bodily Features: The Lord's form is characterized by unique physical markers, such as a blackish complexion, lotus-like palms, and specific dimensions that solely indicate His divine incarnation.
- Transcendental Emblems: He is eternally adorned with four primary symbols—the conchshell, disc, club, and lotus flower—which demonstrate His absolute supremacy and administrative authority.
- Celestial Decor and Jewels: The Lord specifically chose to possess the magnificent Kaustubha and Padmarāga gems to decorate His transcendental chest, alongside the Śrīvatsa mark.
- Fractional Endowments of the Jīvas: While demigods and ordinary living entities possess only a minute fragment of His vast potencies, pure devotees in Vaikuṇṭha may be blessed to possess bodily features exactly like His.
- Explore the synthesized essence of this category in this Vanipedia article: Exploring the Eternal Possessions of Lord Viṣṇu.
Pages in category "Visnu's Possessions"
The following 20 pages are in this category, out of 20 total.
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- Generally the Visnu form is manifested with four hands holding four objects (a conchshell, disc, club and lotus flower). However, here (SB 4.30.6) Lord Visnu is described as possessing eight arms with eight kinds of weapons
- Generated from the great ocean (of milk) were the celebrated gems Kaustubha-mani and Padmaraga-mani. Lord Visnu, to decorate His chest, desired to possess them
- Generated thereafter from the great ocean were the celebrated gems Kaustubha-mani and Padmaraga-mani. Lord Visnu, to decorate His chest, desired to possess them. Generated next was the parijata flower, which decorates the celestial planets
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- He did not need the help of the earthly planet. Being the incarnation of Lord Visnu, Prthu Maharaja possessed the power of Sankarsana, which is explained by the scientists as the power of gravitation
- Hiranyakasipu murmured to himself, "Lord Visnu, who possesses great mystic power, has made this plan to kill me, but what is the use of such an attempt? Who can fight with me?" Thinking like this and taking up his club, Hiranyakasipu attacked the Lord
- Hiranyakasipu murmured to himself, - Lord Visnu, who possesses great mystic power, has made this plan to kill me, but what is the use of such an attempt? Who can fight with me
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- Lord Ksirodakasayi Visnu is celebrated as possessing a blackish color, Lord Siva is whitish, and Lord Brahma is reddish
- Lord Ksirodakasayi Visnu is celebrated as possessing a blackish color, Siva is whitish, and Brahma is reddish, but according to Srila Sanatana Gosvami in the Vaisnava-tosani-tika, this exhibition of colors is not what is referred to here - in SB 10.3.20
- Lord Visnu is the original personal expansion of Krsna, and Krsna is the original source of all incarnations. As far as power is concerned, Lord Visnu is as powerful as Lord Krsna because He possesses all the opulences
- Lord Visnu, the Personality of Godhead, possesses different energies, known as para (superior) and apara (inferior). The living entities belong to the superior energy. The material energy, in which we are presently entangled, is the inferior energy
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- Sanandana said, "The personified Vedas sing, 'All glories unto You! All glories unto You (Visnu)! By Your own transcendental nature You fully possess all six opulences. As such, You are able to deliver all conditioned souls from the clutches of maya'"
- Sri Krsna is the possessor of the attributes cent percent. And His personal expansions such as svayam-prakasa, tad-ekatma up to the categories of the avataras who are all visnu-tattva, possess up to ninety-three percent of these transcendental attributes
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- The living being can never possess attributes like Siva, Visnu or Lord Krsna. A living being can become godly by developing the seventy-eight-percent transcendental attributes in fullness, but he can never become a God like Siva, Visnu or Krsna
- The order carriers of Lord Visnu, who are worshiped even by the demigods, possess wonderful bodily features exactly like those of Visnu and are very rarely seen
- These Visnu forms appearing before Lord Brahma possessed the mark of Srivatsa and the Kaustubha gem, which are special characteristics possessed only by the Supreme Lord. This proves that all these boys & calves were in fact directly expansions of Visnu