CC Madhya 20.336 (1975)

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

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His Divine Grace
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

TEXT 336

'kṛṣṇa-padārcana' haya dvāparera dharma

'kṛṣṇa'-varṇe karāya loke kṛṣṇārcana-karma

SYNONYMS

kṛṣṇa-pada-arcana—worshiping the lotus feet of Kṛṣṇa; haya—is; dvāparera—of the Dvāpara millennium; dharma—the occupational duty; kṛṣṇa-varṇe—in a blackish color; karāya—induces; loke—to the people; kṛṣṇa-arcana-karma—the activities of worshiping Lord Kṛṣṇa.

TRANSLATION

"In Dvāpara-yuga the people's occupational duty was to worship the lotus feet of Kṛṣṇa. Therefore Lord Kṛṣṇa, appearing in a blackish body, personally induced people to worship Him.

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