Canto 11: General HistoryChapter 5: Nārada Concludes His Teachings to Vasudeva

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 11.5.21

kṛte śuklaś catur-bāhur

jaṭilo valkalāmbaraḥ

kṛṣṇājinopavītākṣān

bibhrad daṇḍa-kamaṇḍalū

SYNONYMS

kṛtein Satya-yuga; śuklaḥ — white; catuḥ-bāhuḥ — having four arms; jaṭilaḥ — with matted locks; valkala-ambaraḥ — wearing a garment of tree bark; kṛṣṇa-ajinaa black deerskin; upavītaa brāhmaṇa's sacred thread; akṣān — prayer beads made of akṣa seeds; bibhrat — carrying; dandaa 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.

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