CC Adi 3.38
Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta - Ādi-līlā - Chapter 3: The External Reasons for the Appearance of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu
His Divine Grace
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
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.