আসন্ বর্ণাস্ত্রয়ো হ্যস্য গৃহ্ণতোঽনুযুগং তনূঃ ।
শুক্লো রক্তস্তথা পীত ইদানীং কৃষ্ণতাং গতঃ ॥ ৩৩১ ॥
asan varnas trayo hy asya
asan-there were; varnah-colors; trayah-three; hi-certainly; asya-of your son; grhnatah-accepting; anuyugam-according to the millennium; tanuh-body; suklah-white; raktah-red; tatha-as well as; pitah-yellow; idanim-just now; krsnatam gatah-He has assumed a blackish hue.
" '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.'
This verse from
Srimad-Bhagavatam (
10.8.13) was spoken by Gargamuni when performing the name-giving ceremony for
Krsna at the house of
Nanda Maharaja. The following two verses are also from
Srimad-Bhagavatam (11.5.21, 24).