SB 11.5.21

Srimad-Bhagavatam - Eleventh Canto - Chapter 5: Nārada Concludes His Teachings to Vasudeva

SB 11.5.20 - SB 11.5.22

His Divine Grace
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

Please note: The synonyms, translation and purport of this verse were composed by disciples of Śrīla Prabhupāda

TEXT 21

kṛte śuklaś catur-bāhur

jaṭilo valkalāmbaraḥ

kṛṣṇājinopavītākṣān

bibhrad daṇḍa-kamaṇḍalū

SYNONYMS

kṛte — in Satya-yuga; śuklaḥ — white; catuḥ-bāhuḥ — having four arms; jaṭilaḥ — with matted locks; valkala-ambaraḥ — wearing a garment of tree bark; kṛṣṇa-ajina — a black deerskin; upavīta — a brāhmaṇa's sacred thread; akṣān — prayer beads made of akṣa seeds; bibhrat — carrying; danda — a rod; kamaṇḍalū — and waterpot.

Translation and purport composed by disciples of Śrīla Prabhupāda

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TRANSLATION

In Satya-yuga the Lord is white and four-armed, has matted locks and wears a garment of tree bark. He carries a black deerskin, a sacred thread, prayer beads and the rod and waterpot of a brahmacārī.

SB 11.5.20 - SB 11.5.22