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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 3.57
দেহকান্ত্যে হয় তেঁহো অকৃষ্ণবরণ ।
অকৃষ্ণবরণে কহে পীতবরণ ॥ ৫৭ ॥
deha-kāntye haya teṅho akṛṣṇa-varaṇa
akṛṣṇa-varaṇe kahe pīta-varaṇa
His complexion is certainly not blackish. Indeed, His not being blackish indicates that His complexion is yellow.
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His complexion is certainly not blackish.
His not being blackish indicates that His complexion is yellow.
The translation directs our attention to this yellow complexion.
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 can be appreciated only by pure devotees and only through the process of devotional service. The Lord tried to conceal His identity as the Supreme Personality of Godhead by representing Himself as a devotee, but His pure devotees could recognize Him by His special features.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Ādi 3
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What does this verse ask me to notice about His complexion?
Read the translation slowly, noting how it identifies His complexion as yellow.
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