### CC Adi 3.36

> আসন্ বর্ণাস্ত্রয়ো হ্যস্য গৃহ্ণতোঽনুযুগং তনূঃ ।\
> শুক্লো রক্তস্তথা পীত ইদানীং কৃষ্ণতাং গতঃ ॥৩৬॥

> āsan varṇās trayo hy asya\
> gṛhṇato 'nu-yugaṁ tanūḥ\
> śuklo raktas tathā pīta\
> idānīṁ kṛṣṇatāṁ gataḥ

*āsan*—were; *varṇāḥ*—colors; *trayaḥ*—three; *hi*—certainly; *asya*—of this one; *gṛhṇataḥ*—who is manifesting; *anu-yugam*—according to the age; *tanūḥ*—bodies; *śuklaḥ*—white; *raktaḥ*—red; *tathā*—thus; *pītaḥ*—yellow; *idānīm*—now; *kṛṣṇatām*—blackness; *gataḥ*—obtained.

**"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 color."**

This is a verse from *Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam* (10.8.13).