CC Madhya 20.336
Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta - Madhya-līlā - Chapter 20: Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu Instructs Sanātana Gosvāmī in the Science of the Absolute Truth
His Divine Grace
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
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 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.