You’ll see, Krsna’s picture, always a flute in His hand. Always joyful. Because He’s the Supreme Lord, there is nothing moroseness. Always joyful. That is the symptom of spiritual life. You’ll see Krsna always smiling, always playing on His flute. As you see in this material world also, some boy, he has got a flute and he’s playing, enjoying. So this is imitation. That enjoyment will not last. But Krsna’s flute-playing is eternal. He’s enjoying eternally. Venum kvanantam aravinda-dalayataksam [Bs 5.30]: and His eyes are just like lotus petals. Very beautiful.

Venum kvanantam aravinda-dalayataksam, barhavatamsam asitambuda-su… Barhavatamsam, a peacock feather. He’s very fond of a peacock feather. So that is on His head. Barhavatamsam asitambuda-sundarangam: very beautiful body like new, blackish cloud. But very beautiful. Blackish cloud. Asitambuda-sundarangam. Kandarpa-koti-kamaniya. But, although He’s blackish, He is more beautiful than millions and trillions of Cupids. Kandarpa… Therefore, He’s all-beautiful.

From Srila Prabhupada’s lecture on Bhagavad-gita 7.1 — Uppsala University, September 8, 1973