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SB 11.5.21

Devanāgarī

कृते शुक्लश्चतुर्बाहुर्जटिलो वल्कलाम्बर: । कृष्णाजिनोपवीताक्षान् बिभ्रद् दण्डकमण्डलू ॥ २१ ॥

Text

kṛte śuklaś catur-bāhur jaṭilo valkalāmbaraḥ kṛṣṇājinopavītākṣān bibhrad daṇḍa-kamaṇḍalū

Synonyms

kṛte—in Satya-yuga;śuklaḥ—white;catuḥ-bāhuḥ—having four arms;jaṭilaḥ—with matted locks;valkala-ambaraḥ—wearing a garment of tree bark;kṛṣṇa-ajina—a black deerskin;upavīta—abrāhmaṇa’ssacred thread;akṣān—prayer beads made ofakṣaseeds;bibhrat—carrying;danda—a rod;kamaṇḍalū—and waterpot.

Translation

In Satya-yuga the Lord is white and four-armed, has matted locks and wears a garment of tree bark. He carries a black deerskin, a sacred thread, prayer beads and the rod and waterpot of a brahmacārī.

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