CC Adi 3.38 (1975)

Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta (1975) - Ādi-līlā - Chapter 3: The External Reasons for the Appearance of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu

Ādi-līlā 3.37 - Ādi-līlā 3.39

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His Divine Grace
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

TEXT 38

idānīṁ dvāpare tiṅho hailā kṛṣṇa-varṇa

ei saba śāstrāgama-purāṇera marma

SYNONYMS

idānīm—now; dvāpare—in the Dvāpara-yuga; tiṅho—He; hailā—was; kṛṣṇa-varṇa—blackish color; ei—these; saba—all; śāstra-āgama—and Vedic literatures; purāṇera—of the Purāṇas; marma—the core.

TRANSLATION

Now, in the Dvāpara-yuga, the Lord had descended in a blackish hue. This is the essence of the statements in the Purāṇas and other Vedic literatures with reference to the context.

Ādi-līlā 3.37 - Ādi-līlā 3.39