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CC Madhya 20.332

Bengali

কৃতে শুক্লশ্চতুর্বাহুর্জটিলো বল্কলাম্বরঃ ।
কৃষ্ণাজিনোপবীতাক্ষান্‌ বিভ্রদ্‌দণ্ডকমণ্ডলূ ॥ ৩৩২ ॥

Text

kṛte śuklaś catur-bāhur
jaṭilo valkalāmbaraḥ
kṛṣṇājinopavītākṣān
bibhrad daṇḍa-kamaṇḍalū

Synonyms

kṛte — in Satya-yuga; śuklaḥ — having a white color and bearing the name Śukla; catuḥ-bāhuḥ — having four arms; jaṭilaḥ — with a bunch of hair; valkala-ambaraḥ — wearing a garment made of tree bark; kṛṣṇa-ajina — black-colored antelope skin; upavīta — sacred thread; akṣān — a garland of beads for chanting; bibhrat — carried; daṇḍa-kamaṇḍalū — a 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 rudrākṣa beads. He carried a rod and a waterpot, and He was a brahmacārī.’