Chapter 26
वर्णास्त्रय: किलास्यासन् गृह्णतोऽनुयुगं तनू: । शुक्लो रक्तस्तथा पीत इदानीं कृष्णतां गत: ॥ १६ ॥
Transliteration
varṇās trayaḥ kilāsyāsan gṛhṇato ’nu-yugaṁ tanūḥ śuklo raktas tathā pīta idānīṁ kṛṣṇatāṁ gataḥ
Synonyms (Word-for-Word)
varṇāḥ trayaḥ — three colors; kila — indeed; asya — by your son Kṛṣṇa; āsan — were assumed; gṛhṇataḥ — accepting; anu-yugam tanūḥ — transcendental bodies according to the different yugas; śuklaḥ — sometimes white; raktaḥ — sometimes red; tathā — as well as; pītaḥ — sometimes yellow; idānīm kṛṣṇatām gataḥ — at the present moment He has assumed a blackish color.
Translation
“[Garga Muni had said:] Your son Kṛṣṇa appears as an incarnation in every millennium. In the past He assumed three different colors — white, red and yellow — and now He has appeared in a blackish color.”