Tuesday, 24 July 2018

Daily Reading: Caitanya Caritamrita page-101

CC Ādi 3.35


tāṅra yugāvatāra jāni' garga mahāśaya
kṛṣṇera nāma-karaṇe kariyāche nirṇaya

Knowing Him [Lord Caitanya] to be the incarnation for Kali-yuga, Garga Muni, during the naming ceremony of Kṛṣṇa, predicted His appearance.
āsan varṇās trayo hy asya
gṛhṇato 'nu-yugaṁ tanūḥ
śuklo raktas tathā pīta
idānīṁ kṛṣṇatāṁ gataḥ

"This boy [Kṛṣṇa] has three other colors — white, red and yellow — as He appears in different ages. Now He has appeared in a transcendental blackish colour."
This is a verse from Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam (10.8.13).
śukla, rakta, pīta-varṇa — ei tina dyuti
satya-tretā-kali-kāle dharena śrī-pati

White, red and yellow — these are the three bodily lusters that the Lord, the husband of the goddess of fortune, assumes in the ages of Satya, Tretā and Kali respectively.

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