CC Madhya 20.330 (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 20.329 - Madhya-līlā 20.331

His Divine Grace
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

Below is the 1996 edition text, ready to be substituted with the 1975 one using the compile form.

TEXT 330

śukla-rakta-kṛṣṇa-pīta—krame cāri varṇa

cāri varṇa dhari’ kṛṣṇa karena yuga-dharma

SYNONYMS

śukla—white; rakta—red; kṛṣṇa—black; pīta—yellow; krame—one after another; cāri varṇa—four colors; cāri varṇa dhari’—accepting these four colors; kṛṣṇa—Lord Kṛṣṇa; karena yuga-dharma—manifests His pastimes in different millenniums.

TRANSLATION

“In the four yugas—Satya, Tretā, Dvāpara and Kali—the Lord incarnates in four colors: white, red, black and yellow respectively. These are the colors of the incarnations in different millenniums.

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