 Lord Krishna is the Supreme Personality of Godhead. He is
the source of all other incarnations and forms of God. He is the
ultimate and end of all Truth and philosophical enquiry, the
goal or end result of Vedanta. He is the all-attractive
personality and source of all pleasure for which we are always
hankering. He is the origin from which everything else
manifests. He is the unlimited source of all power, wealth,
fame, beauty, wisdom, and renunciation. Thus, no one is greater
than Him. Since Krishna is the source of all living beings, He
is also considered the Supreme Father and source of all worlds.
He is shown with a blue or blackish complexion. This represents
absolute, pure consciousness, which also is unconditional love.
 Krishna is the embodiment of love. He is also sat-chit-ananda
vigraha, which means the form of eternal knowledge and
bliss, for which we are all seeking.
The
reason why the Lord is called “Krishna” is explained in a
book known as the Sri
Caitanya Upanishad, which is connected with the Atharva-veda.
In verse twelve it is explained: “These three names of the
Supreme Lord (Hari, Krishna and Rama) may be
explained
in the following way: (1) ‘Hari’ means ‘He who unties [harati]
the knot of material desire in the hearts of the living
entities’; (2) ‘Krishna’ is divided into two syllables
‘krish’ and ‘na’. ‘Krish’ means ‘He who attracts
the minds of all living
 entities’, and ‘na’ means ‘the
supreme transcendental pleasure’. These two syllables combine
to become the name ‘Krishna’; and (3) ‘Rama’ means ‘He
who delights [ramayati]
all living entities’, and it also means ‘He who is full of
transcendental bliss’. The maha-mantra (Hare Krishna Hare
Krishna Krishna Krishna Hare Hare Hare Rama Hare Rama Rama Rama
Hare Hare) consists of the repetition of these names of the
Supreme Lord. In this way, Krishna’s names represent His
character and qualities, which, in this case, means the greatest
and all attractive transcendental pleasure.
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