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Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta
idānīṁ dvāpare tiṅho hailā kṛṣṇa-varṇa ei saba śāstrāgama-purāṇera marma
SYNONYMS
idānīṁ—now; dvāpare—in the Dvāpara-yuga; tiṅho—He; hailā—was; kṛṣṇa-varṇa—blackish color; ei—these; saba—all; śāstra-āgama—and Vedic literatures; purāṇera—of the Purāṇas; marma—the core.
TRANSLATION
Now, in the Dvāpara-yuga, the Lord had descended in a blackish hue. This is the essence of the statements in the Purāṇas and other Vedic literatures with reference to the context.
TEXT 39
षापरे वगवान् श्रामः पीतवासा निजाग्रुः ।
श्रीवर्णासितिरक्षेक लक्षणेक्रपलक्षितः ॥ ७ ॥
dvāpare bhagavān śyāmaḥ pīta-vāsā nijāyudhaḥ śrī-vatsādibhir aṅkaiś ca lakṣaṇair upalakṣitaḥ
SYNONYMS
dvāpare—in the Dvāpara-yuga; bhagavān—the Supreme Personality of Godhead; śyāmaḥ—blackish; pīta-vāsāḥ—having yellow clothes; nija—own; āyudhaḥ—having weapons; śrī-vatsa-ādibhiḥ—such as Śrīvatsa; aṅkaiḥ—by bodily markings; ca—and; lakṣaṇaiḥ—by external characteristics such as the Kaustubha jewel; upalakṣitaḥ—characterized.
TRANSLATION
“In the Dvāpara-yuga the Personality of Godhead appears in a blackish hue. He is dressed in yellow, He holds His own weapons, and He is decorated with the Kaustubha jewel and marks of Śrīvatsa. This is how His symptoms are described.”
PURPORT
This is a verse from Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam (11.5.27), spoken by Saint Karabhājana, one of the nine royal mystics who explained to King Nimi the different features of the Lord in different ages.
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कलियुगे युगधर्म—नामेर अठार ।
तथि लागि पीतवर्ण ठेतश्चावतार ॥ 8० ॥
kali-yuge yuga-dharma—nāmera pracāra tathi lāgi’ pīta-varṇa caitanyāvatāra