Madhya-līlā

Chapter 20: Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu Instructs Sanātana Gosvāmī in the Science of the Absolute Truth

Verse 335 of 399
Cc Madhya 20.335

কৃষ্ণঽধ্যানঽ করে লোক জ্ঞানঅধিকারী ত্রেতার ধর্ম ঽযজ্ঞঽ করায ঽরক্তঽবর্ণ ধরিঽ

कृष्णऽध्यानऽ करे लोक ज्ञानअधिकारी त्रेतार धर्म ऽयज्ञऽ कराय ऽरक्तऽवर्ण धरिऽ

kṛṣṇa-'dhyāna' kare loka jñāna-adhikārī tretāra dharma 'yajña' karāya 'rakta'-varṇa dhari'

Synonyms

kṛṣṇa-dhyānameditation upon Kṛṣṇa; kareperform; lokathe people; jñāna-adhikārīwho are advanced in spiritual knowledge; tretāraof the Tretā-yuga; dharmathe occupational duty; yajñaperformance of sacrifices; karāyainduces; rakta-varṇa dhari'assuming a reddish color..

Translation

"In the Satya-yuga the people were generally advanced in spiritual knowledge and could meditate upon Kṛṣṇa very easily. The people's occupational duty in Tretā-yuga was to perform great sacrifices. This was induced by the Personality of Godhead in His reddish incarnation.

Verse 335 of 399
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