idÄnīṠdvÄpare tiá¹…ho hailÄ kṛṣṇa-varṇa
ei saba Å›ÄstrÄgama-purÄṇera marma

 idÄnÄ«m - now; dvÄpare - in the DvÄpara-yuga; tiá¹…ho - He; hailÄ - was; kṛṣṇa-varṇa - blackish color; ei - these; saba - all; Å›Ästra-Ägama - and Vedic literatures; purÄṇera - of the PurÄṇas; marma - the core.


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Now, in the DvÄpara-yuga, the Lord had descended in a blackish hue. This is the essence of the statements in the PurÄṇas and other Vedic literatures with reference to the context.

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