SB 11.5.21

Srimad-Bhagavatam, Eleventh Canto, Chapter 5: Nārada Concludes His Teachings to Vasudeva

SB 11.5.20

SB 11.5.22

His Divine Grace
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

TEXT 21

kṛte śuklaś catur-bāhur
jaṭilo valkalāmbaraḥ
kṛṣṇājinopavītākṣān
bibhrad daṇḍa-kamaṇḍalū

SYNONYMS

kṛte—in Satya-yuga; śuklaḥ—white; catuḥ-bāhuḥ—having four arms; jaṭilaḥ—with matted locks; valkala-ambaraḥ—wearing a garment of tree bark; kṛṣṇa-ajina—a black deerskin; upavīta—a brāhmaṇa's sacred thread; akṣān—prayer beads made of akṣa seeds; bibhrat—carrying; danda—a rod; kamaṇḍalū—and waterpot.

TRANSLATION

In Satya-yuga the Lord is white and four-armed, has matted locks and wears a garment of tree bark. He carries a black deerskin, a sacred thread, prayer beads and the rod and waterpot of a brahmacārī.