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CC Madhya 20.330

শুক্ল-রক্ত-কৃষ্ণ-পীত — ক্রমে চারি বর্ণ ।
চারি বর্ণ ধরি’ কৃষ্ণ করেন যুগধর্ম ॥ ৩৩০ ॥
śukla-rakta-kṛṣṇa-pīta — krame cāri varṇa
cāri varṇa dhari’ kṛṣṇa karena yuga-dharma

Synonyms

śuklawhite; raktared; kṛṣṇablack; pītayellow; krameone after another; cāri varṇafour colors; cāri varṇa dhari’accepting these four colors; kṛṣṇaLord Kṛṣṇa; karena yuga-dharmamanifests His pastimes in different millenniums.

Translation

“In the four yugas — Satya, Tretā, Dvāpara and Kali — the Lord incarnates in four colors: white, red, black and yellow respectively. These are the colors of the incarnations in different millenniums.