SB 10.26.16

Devanāgarī

वर्णास्त्रय: किलास्यासन् गृह्णतोऽनुयुगं तनू: । शुक्लो रक्तस्तथा पीत इदानीं कृष्णतां गत: ॥ १६ ॥

Text

varṇās trayaḥ kilāsyāsan gṛhṇato ’nu-yugaṁ tanūḥ śuklo raktas tathā pīta idānīṁ kṛṣṇatāṁ gataḥ

Synonyms

varṇāḥtrayaḥ—three colors;kila—indeed;asya—by your son Kṛṣṇa;āsan—were assumed;gṛhṇataḥ—accepting;anu-yugamtanūḥ—transcendental bodies according to the differentyugas;śuklaḥ—sometimes white;raktaḥ—sometimes red;tathā—as well as;pītaḥ—sometimes yellow;idānīmkṛṣṇatāmgataḥ—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.

Purport