Madhya-līlāChapter 20: Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu Instructs Sanātana Gosvāmī in the Science of the Absolute Truth

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrī Caitanya Caritāmrita Madhya 20.332

krite śuklaś catur-bāhur

jatilo valkalāmbarah

krishnājinopavītākshān

bibhrad danda-kamandalū

SYNONYMS

kritein Satya-yuga; śuklah — having a white color and bearing the name Śukla; catuh-bāhuh — having four arms; jatilah — with a bunch of hair; valkala-ambarah — wearing a garment made of tree bark; krishna-ajina — black-colored antelope skin; upavīta — sacred thread; akshāna garland of beads for chanting; bibhrat — carried; danda-kamandalūa rod and waterpot.

TRANSLATION

"'In Satya-yuga the Lord appeared in a body colored white, with four arms and matted hair. He wore tree bark and bore a black antelope skin. He wore a sacred thread and a garland of rudrāksha beads. He carried a rod and a waterpot, and He was a brahmacārī.'

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