kṛte śuklaś catur-bāhur
jaᚭilo valkalāmbaraḼ
kṛṣṇājinopavītākṣān
bibhrad daṇḍa-kamaṇḍalū

 kṛte - in Satya-yuga; Ĺ›uklaḼ - having a white color and bearing the name Śukla; catuḼ-bāhuḼ - having four arms; jaáš­ilaḼ - with a bunch of hair; valkala-ambaraḼ - wearing a garment made of tree bark; kṛṣṇa-ajina - black-colored antelope skin; upavÄŤta - sacred thread; akᚣān - a garland of beads for chanting; bibhrat - carried; daṇḍa-kamaṇḍalĹŤ - a rod and waterpot.


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“ ‘In Satya-yuga the Lord appeared in a body colored white, with four arms and matted hair. He wore tree bark and bore a black antelope skin. He wore a sacred thread and a garland of rudrākᚣa beads. He carried a rod and a waterpot, and He was a brahmacārÄŤ.’

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