Text 334] The Lord Instructs Sanatana Gosvami 187
SYNONYMS
_ krte—in the Satya-yuga; suklah—having a white color and bearing the name
Sukla; catuh-bahuh —having four arms; jatilah—with a bunch of hair; valkala-am-
barah—wearing a garment made of tree bark; krsna-ajina—black-colored an-
telope skin; upavita—sacred thread; aksan—a garland of beads for chanting;
bibhrat—carried; danda-kamandal—a rod and waterpot.
TRANSLATION

““In the Satya-yuga, the Lord appeared in a body colored white with four
arms and matted hair. He wore tree bark and bore a black antelope skin. He
wore a saered thread and a garland of rudraksa beads. He carried a rod and a
waterpot, and He was a brahmacari.’

TEXT 333
CHUA Te acsracal SEMA |
FEATHER SRPAUMHI AE | VSS |
tretayam rakta-varno ‘sau
catur-bahus trimekhalah
hiranya-kesas trayy-atma
sruk-sruv-ddy-upalaksanah
SYNONYMS

tretayam—in the Tretaé-yuga; rakta-varnah—of a reddish color; asau—He;
catuh-bahuh—with four arms; tri-mekhalah—having three circles on the abdo-
men; hiranya-kesah—hair colored like gold; trayi-atma—whose form manifests
the Vedas; sruk-sruv-adi-upalaksanah —decorated with the sacrificial spoon, ladle
and so on.

TRANSLATION

“in the Treta-yuga, the Lord appeared in a body that had a reddish hue and
four arms, There were three distinctive lines on His abdomen, and His hair
was golden. His form manifested the Vedic knowledge, and He bore the sym-
bols of a sacrificial spoon, ladle and so on.’

TEXT 334
ABYC HA-Uptaa FAT “OA’=-aS afer |
BHAT aH fer CIC Stl SH nos 1
