Feather Peacock

Posted on Wednesday, May 5th, 2010 at 2:28 pm

why does lord krishna keeps Peacock Feather on his head?

is There any incident that took place that made krishna to keep peacock feather ....please describe.

1) The peacock feather contains all the seven colours in it. The entire universe is covered by akasha(ether) which appears blue in day times and black in night. So lord Krishna is identified by both the colours 'Blue' & 'Black'. Krishna paksha in Indian calender means the days that follow after Full-moon day till the New-moon day i.e, the darker phase of 14 days of the moon.

Further, he wears the peacock feather which signifies that the entire range of colours (we mortal beings) is in him. In virtue he is colourless but in the day he appears blue, black in the night to our vision and in between make us discuss all this multi-coloured multi-perceptional views.

Sri Brahma Samhita, Verse 30:

"venum kvanantam aravinda-dalayataksam
BARHAVATAMSAM asitambuda-sundarashgam
kandarpa-koti-kamaniya-viesa-sobham
govindam adi purusam tam aham bhajami"

'Always playing the flute,
His eyes like blooming lotus-petals,
His head adorned with a PEACOCK feather,
His beautiful Form the hue of a blue cloud;
with the unique beauty that charms millions of Cupids-
the Primeval Lord, Govinda, do I adore.'

Śrī Caitanya Caritāmṛta Madhya, Chapter 21, Verse 109:

"mukta-hara — baka-panti, indra-dhanu-pincha tati,
pītambara — vijurī-saacara
krishna nava-jaladhara, jagat-sasya-upara,
varisaye līlamrta-dhara"

'Krishna wears a pearl necklace that appears like a chain of white ducks around His neck. The peacock feather in His hair appears like a rainbow, and His yellow garments appear like lightning in the sky. Krishna appears like a newly risen cloud, and the gopīs appear like newly grown grains in the field. Constant rains of nectarean pastimes fall upon these newly grown grains, and it seems that the gopīs are receiving beams of life from Krishna, exactly as grains receive life from the rains.'

2) Lecture on 'Venu-Gita - The Flute Song' by Srila Maharaja, on January 21, 2001, at Murwillumbah, Australia:

'Krishna has so many decorations, of flowers and Peacock Feathers. You can see more than seven colors in the peacocks' feathers.

One day Lord Krishna was taking His flute and singing, and was also in a position and mood of dancing . Seeing this, all the peacocks of the forest thought, "Oh, He is like a cloud, a new cloud full of water." As soon as they saw Krishna, they began to dance to the tune of His flute. They thought, "Oh, this vamsi-walla (player of the flute) is so very expert, and I can dance so well to His tune." They therefore gave Him a peacock feather as a gift. Krishna took it and He always keeps it on His head, as a donation from the peacock.'