CC Madhya 20.333 (1975)

Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta (1975) - Madhya-līlā - Chapter 20: Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu Instructs Sanātana Gosvāmī in the Science of the Absolute Truth

Madhya-līlā 20.332 - Madhya-līlā 20.334

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His Divine Grace
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

TEXT 333

tretāyāṁ rakta-varṇo 'sau

catur-bāhus trimekhalaḥ

hiraṇya-keśas trayy-ātmā

sruk-sruv-ādy-upalakṣaṇaḥ

SYNONYMS

tretāyām—in the Tretā-yuga; rakta-varṇaḥ—of a reddish color; asau—He; catuḥ-bāhuḥ—with four arms; tri-mekhalaḥ—having three circles on the abdomen; hiraṇya-keśaḥ—hair colored like gold; trayī-ātmā—whose form manifests the Vedas; sruk-sruv-ādi-upalakṣaṇaḥ—decorated with the sacrificial spoon, ladle and so on.

TRANSLATION

" 'In the Tretā-yuga, the Lord appeared in a body that had a reddish hue and four arms. There were three distinctive lines on His abdomen, and His hair was golden. His form manifested the Vedic knowledge, and He bore the symbols of a sacrificial spoon, ladle and so on.'

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