96 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 10, Ch. 8
transcendental bodies according to the different yugas; suklah—
sometimes white; raktah—sometimes red; tathd—as well as; pitah—
sometimes yellow; idénim krsnatam gatah—at the present moment He
has assumed a blackish color.

TRANSLATION

Your son Krsna appears as an incarnation in every millennium.
In the past, He assumed three different colors—white, red and
yellow—and now He has appeared in a blackish color. [In another
Dvapara-yuga, He appeared (as Lord Ramacandra) in the color of
suka, a parrot. All such incarnations have now assembled in
Krsgna.]}

PURPORT

Partially explaining the position of Lord Krsna and partially covering
the facts, Gargamuni indicated, ‘“‘Your son is a great personality, and He
can change the color of His body in different ages.” The word grhnatah
indicates that Krsna is free to make His choice. In other words, He is the
Supreme Personality of Godhead and may therefore do whatever He
desires. In Vedic literature the different colors assumed by the Per-
sonality of Godhead in different millenniums are stated, and therefore
when Gargamuni said, “Your son has assumed these colors,” he in-
directly said, ‘He is the Supreme Personality of Godhead.” Because of
Karnsa’s atrocities, Gargamuni tried to avoid disclosing this fact, but he
indirectly informed Nanda Maharaja that Krsna, his son, was the
Supreme Personality of Godhead.

It may be noted that Srila Jiva Gosvdmi, in his book Krama-san-
darbha, has enunciated the purport of this verse. In every millennium,
Krsna appears in a different form, either as white, red or yellow, but this
time He personally appeared in His original, blackish form and, as pre-
dicted by Gargamuni, exhibited the power of Nardyana. Because in this
form the Supreme Personality of Godhead exhibits Himself fully, His
name is Sri Krsna, the all-attractive.

Factually, Krsna is the source of all avatdras, and therefore all the dif-
ferent features of the different avatdras are present in Krsna. When
Krsna incarnates, all the features of other incarnations are already pres-
