190 Sri Caitanya-caritamrta [Madhya-lila, Ch. 20

PURPORT

This is a quotation from Srimad-Bhagavatam (11,5.27). The syama color is not
exactly blackish. Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura compares it to the color
of the atasi flower. It is not that Lord Krsna Himself appears in a blackish color in all
the Dvapara-yugas. In other Dvapara-yugas, previous to Lord Krsna’s appearance,
the Supreme Lord appeared in a greenish body by His own personal expansion.
This is mentioned in the Visnu Purana, Hari-vamsa and Mahabharata.

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ANB AAA AR ASEAN B |
AQT HSTT GSI SIS AAs oer |

namas te vasudevaya
namah sankarsandya ca
pradyumndydniruddhdaya
tubhyam bhagavate namah

SYNONYMS

namah—let me offer my respectful obeisances; te—unto You; vdsudevaya—
Lord Vasudeva; namah—respectful obeisances; sankarsandya ca—also to Lord
Sankarsana; pradyumnaya—to Lord Pradyumna; aniruddhaya—unto Aniruddha;
tubhyam—unto You; bhagavate—unto the Supreme Personality of Godhead;
namah—my respectful obeisances.

TRANSLATION

““‘! offer my respectful obeisances unto the Supreme Personality of God-
head, expanded as Vasudeva, Sankarsana, Pradyumna and Aniruddha.’

PURPORT

This is a prayer from Srimad-Bhagavatam (11.5.29) spoken by Karabhajana Muni
when he was questioned by Maharaja Nimi, the King of Videha, about the incar-
nations in specific yugas and their method of worship. Karabhajana Muni was one
of the nine Yogendras, and he met the King to inform him about future incarna-
tions.

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G8 TCH SATA BCA SWISS |
‘HMAT-ALP Ga’ — SYCAT #4 | oD
