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Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta
[Madhya-līlā, Ch. 20]
TRANSLATION
“In the four yugas—Satya, Tretā, Dvāpara and Kali—the Lord incarnates in four colors: white, red, black and yellow respectively. These are the colors of the incarnations in different millenniums.
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আসন্ বর্ণাস্ত্রয়ো হস্ত গৃহতো হযুগং তন্ । 
    শুক্লো রক্তস্তথা পীত ইদানীং কৃষ্ণতাং গতঃ ॥ ৩৩১ ॥
āsan varṇās trayo hy asya 
    gṛhṇato 'nuyugaṁ tanūḥ 
    śuklo raktas tathā pīta 
    idānīṁ kṛṣṇatāṁ gataḥ
SYNONYMS
āsan—there were; varṇāḥ—colors; trayaḥ—three; hi—certainly; asya—of your son; gṛhṇataḥ—accepting; anuyugaṁ—according to the millennium; tanūḥ—body; śuklaḥ—white; raktaḥ—red; tathā—as well as; pītaḥ—yellow; idānīṁ—just now; kṛṣṇatāṁ gataḥ—He has assumed a blackish hue.
TRANSLATION
“‘This child formerly had three colors according to the prescribed color for different millenniums. Formerly He was white, red and yellow, and now He has assumed a blackish color.’
PURPORT
This verse from Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam (10.8.13) was spoken by Gargamuni when performing the name-giving ceremony for Kṛṣṇa at the house of Nanda Mahārāja. The following two verses are also from Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam (11.5.21,24).
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কৃতে শুক্লচতুর্বাহ্জটিলে। বন্ধলাম্বরঃ । 
    কৃষ্ণাজিনোপবীতাক্ষান্ বিভ্রদ্গুক গণ্ডল্ ॥ ৩৩২ ॥
kṛte śuklaś catur-bāhur 
    jaṭilo valkalāmbaraḥ 
    kṛṣṇājinopavitākṣān 
    bibhrad daṇḍa-kamaṇḍalū