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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 6.101
আসন্ বর্ণাস্ত্রয়ো হ্যস্য গৃহ্ণতোঽনুযুগং তনূঃ ।
শুক্লো রক্তস্তথা পীত ইদানীং কৃষ্ণতাং গতঃ ॥ ১০১ ॥
āsan varṇās trayo hy asya
gṛhṇato ’nu-yugaṁ tanūḥ
śuklo raktas tathā pīta
idānīṁ kṛṣṇatāṁ gataḥ
“ ‘In the past, your son has had bodies of three different colors, according to the age. These colors were white, red and yellow. In this age [Dvāpara-yuga] He has accepted a blackish body.’
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Garga Muni spoke this statement at Lord Kṛṣṇa’s name-giving ceremony. He described white, red and yellow bodies in other ages and a blackish body in Dvāpara-yuga.
The yellow color refers to Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu. The purport explains that the Lord also appeared with a yellowish body in past Kali-yugas.
The Lord incarnates in different colors for different ages. Accepting yellow and other characteristics, Lord Kṛṣṇa Himself appeared as Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu.
Śrīla Prabhupāda's own sentences, chosen from the purport as its central points. Read the full purport on Vedabase to see them in place.
The purport of CC Madhya 6.101 quotesSB 10.8.13
This verse from Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam (10.8.13) was spoken by Garga Muni when he was performing the rituals at Lord Kṛṣṇa’s name-giving ceremony.
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From Śrīla Prabhupāda's chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:
According to the Vedas, the Lord and the living entity are equal in quality but different quantitatively. The real philosophy of the Absolute Truth states that the Lord and His creation are inconceivably and simultaneously one and different.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 6
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Write one sentence connecting Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s yellowish complexion with the Lord’s appearance described here.
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