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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 3.37
শুক্ল, রক্ত, পীতবর্ণ—এই তিন দ্যুতি ।
সত্য–ত্রেতা–কলিকালে ধরেন শ্রীপতি ॥ ৩৭ ॥
śukla, rakta, pīta-varṇa — ei tina dyuti
satya-tretā-kali-kāle dharena śrī-pati
White, red and yellow — these are the three bodily lusters that the Lord, the husband of the goddess of fortune, assumes in the ages of Satya, Tretā and Kali respectively.
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The Lord is described as the husband of the goddess of fortune.
He assumes a white bodily luster in Satya and a red bodily luster in Tretā.
In the age of Kali, He assumes a yellow bodily luster.
Compassion and urgency. The holy name is offered for the age; divine love moves outward toward others.
The mood of Ādi 3 as a whole, an editorial reading, not the text itself. See the emotional atlas
From Śrīla Prabhupāda's chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:
He has described bodily symptoms in Lord Caitanya that are visible only in the person of the Supreme Lord, and he has proved that Lord Caitanya appeared with His personal associates — Śrī Nityānanda, Advaita, Gadādhara, Śrīvāsa and other devotees — to preach the special significance of chanting Hare Kṛṣṇa. The appearance of Lord Caitanya is both significant and confidential.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Ādi 3
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Write the three pairs today: Satya—white, Tretā—red, Kali—yellow.
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