Madhya 20.330

TEXT 330

TEXT

শুক্ল-রক্ত-কৃষ্ণ-পীত - ক্রমে চারি বর্ণ ।
চারি বর্ণ ধরি' কৃষ্ণ করেন যুগধর্ম ॥ ৩৩০ ॥

sukla-rakta-krsna-pita-krame cari varna

cari varna dhari' krsna karena yuga-dharma

SYNONYMS

sukla-white; rakta-red; krsna-black; pita-yellow; krame-one after another; cari varna-four colors; cari varna dhari'-accepting these four colors; krsna-Lord Krsna; karena yuga-dharma-manifests His pastimes in different millenniums.

TRANSLATION

"In the four yugas-Satya, Treta, Dvapara and Kali-the Lord incarnates in four colors: white, red, black and yellow respectively. These are the colors of the incarnations in different millenniums.