CC Madhya 20.330 (1975)
Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta (1975) - Madhya-līlā - Chapter 20: Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu Instructs Sanātana Gosvāmī in the Science of the Absolute Truth
TEXT 330
- śukla-rakta-kṛṣṇa-pīta--krame cāri varṇa
- cāri varṇa dhari' kṛṣṇa karena yuga-dharma
SYNONYMS
śukla—white; rakta—red; kṛṣṇa—black; pīta—yellow; krame—one after another; cāri varṇa—four colors; cāri varṇa dhari'-accepting these four colors; kṛṣṇa—Lord Kṛṣṇa; karena yuga-dharma—manifests 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.