Ādi-līlā, Chapter 3
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TEXT 36
আসন্ বর্ণান্বয়ো হস্ত গৃহতোংহযুগং তন্: ।
শুক্লো রক্তস্তথা পীত ইদানীং কৃষ্ণতাং গত: ॥ ৩৬ ॥
āsan varṇās trayo hy asya gṛhṇato 'nuyugaṁ tanūḥ śukla raktas tathā pīta idānīṁ kṛṣṇatāṁ gataḥ
SYNONYMS
āsan —were;  varṇāḥ —colors;  trayaḥ —three;  hi —certainly;  asya —of this one;  gṛhṇataḥ —who is manifesting;  anuyugam —according to the age;  tanūḥ —bodies;  śuklaḥ —white;  raktaḥ —red;  tathā —thus;  pītaḥ —yellow;  idānīṁ —now;  kṛṣṇatāṁ —blackness;  gataḥ —obtained.
TRANSLATION
“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.”
PURPORT
This is a verse from Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam (10.8.13).
TEXT 37
শুক্ল, রক্ত, পীতবর্ণ—এই তিন দ্ব্যতি ।
সত্য-ত্রেতা-কলিকালে ধরেন শ্রীপতি ॥ ৩৭ ॥
śukla, rakta, pīta-varṇa—ei tina dyuti satya-tretā-kali-kāle dharena śrī-pati
SYNONYMS
śukla —white;  rakta —red;  pīta-varṇa —the color yellow;  ei —these;  tina —three;  dyuti —lusters;  satya —in Satya-yuga;  tretā —in Tretā-yuga;  kali-kāle —in the age of Kali;  dharena —manifests;  śrī-pati —the husband of the goddess of fortune.
TRANSLATION
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.
TEXT 38
ইদানীং দাপরে তিঁহো হৈলা কৃষ্ণবর্ণ ।
এই সব শাস্ত্রাগম-পুরাণের মর্ম ॥ ৩৮ ॥