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Śrī Caitanya Caritāmṛta, Madhya-līlā, Chapter 20: Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu Instructs Sanātana Gosvāmī in the Science of the Absolute Truth

CC Madhya 20.334

CC Madhya 20.336

His Divine Grace
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

TEXT 335

kṛṣṇa-‘dhyāna’ kare loka jñāna-adhikārī
tretāra dharma ‘yajña’ karāya ‘rakta’-varṇa dhari’

SYNONYMS

kṛṣṇa-dhyāna—meditation upon Kṛṣṇa; kare—perform; loka—the people; jñāna-adhikārī—who are advanced in spiritual knowledge; tretāra—of Tretā-yuga; dharma—the occupational duty; yajña—performance of sacrifices; karāya—induces; rakta-varṇa dhari’—assuming a reddish color.

TRANSLATION

“In Satya-yuga the people were generally advanced in spiritual knowledge and could meditate upon Kṛṣṇa very easily. The people’s occupational duty in Tretā-yuga was to perform great sacrifices. This was induced by the Personality of Godhead in His reddish incarnation.