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<h2>Lectures</h2>
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<h3>Bhagavad-gita As It Is Lectures</h3>
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Kṛṣṇa when appears, that is explained in the Bhāgavatam, He appears in different colors: sometimes in blackish color, sometimes in reddish color. These are explained in the Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam. And in this age Kṛṣṇa appeared in the yellow color, Lord Caitanya. That is explained in the Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam. kṛṣṇa-varṇaṁ tviṣākṛṣṇaṁ sāṅgopāṅgāstra-pārṣadam yajñaiḥ saṅkīrtana-prāyair yajanti hi su-medhasaḥ (SB 11.5.32) This is explained, authority. There are many other authoritative statements about Lord Caitanya's becoming Kṛṣṇa Himself. Idānīṁ kṛṣṇatām. Śuklo raktas tathā pīta idānīṁ kṛṣṇatāṁ gataḥ (SB 10.8.13). When Kṛṣṇa appeared, the nāma-karaṇa, when Gargamuni was ascertaining His name, he said that "This child, He has other colors," śuklo raktas tathā pīta. Pīta means yellow. That means some other Kali-yuga He appeared as Lord Caitanya. Idānīṁ kṛṣṇatāṁ gataḥ: "Therefore He should be named Kṛṣṇa." These things are there.
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[[Vanisource:680610 - Lecture BG 04.05 - Montreal|680610 - Lecture BG 04.05 - Montreal]]
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Now we should not consider that because the difference between God and the living entities, that our different appearance and disappearance is different. Just like in this life I may be an Indian, you may be an American. But next life, we do not know what body we are going to get next life. Because in the material existence the body and the soul is different. But in the spiritual existence . . .

Just like Kṛṣṇa. Kṛṣṇa's body and Kṛṣṇa is nondifferent, because it is completely spiritual. Our body, in the present condition . . . when we are free from this material condition, we also get. That is explained in the Bhagavad . . . mad-bhāva upaja. Mad-bhāva means "exactly like My body." When one is liberated from material conditions, then he also gets exactly the same sac-cid-ānanda-vigrahaḥ (Bs. 5.1).

In the Bhāgavata you'll find that when Ajāmila was claimed by the Viṣṇudūta, when they came from Vaikuṇṭha, they were exactly like Viṣṇu. They had four hands, the same features, same color, and same ornaments and same dress. So those who are promoted to Vaikuṇṭha, they get four hands like Nārāyaṇa. But in the Kṛṣṇaloka, Kṛṣṇa is two-handed. So even in this material world there is one personality, Brahmā, he has got four hands. So we can get also the same body, the same features, the same opulence. Sālokya, sārṣṭi, sāmīpya, sālokya, there are different kinds of liberation. Or sāyujya.

(break) . . . he is saying that Kṛṣṇa has no change of body. He is giving the example just like a diamond or a valuable stone, you'll find a different color. Sometimes you'll find red, sometimes you'll find green, sometimes you'll find some other color, the same stone. Similarly, Kṛṣṇa when appears, that is explained in the Bhāgavatam, He appears in different colors: sometimes in blackish color, sometimes in reddish color. These are explained in the Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam. And in this age Kṛṣṇa appeared in the yellow color, Lord Caitanya. That is explained in the Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam.

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:kṛṣṇa-varṇaṁ tviṣākṛṣṇaṁ
:sāṅgopāṅgāstra-pārṣadam
:yajñaiḥ saṅkīrtana-prāyair
:yajanti hi su-medhasaḥ 
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This is explained, authority. There are many other authoritative statements about Lord Caitanya's becoming Kṛṣṇa Himself. Idānīṁ kṛṣṇatām. Śuklo raktas tathā pīta idānīṁ kṛṣṇatāṁ gataḥ ([[Vanisource:SB 10.8.13|SB 10.8.13]]). When Kṛṣṇa appeared, the nāma-karaṇa, when Gargamuni was ascertaining His name, he said that "This child, He has other colors," śuklo raktas tathā pīta. Pīta means yellow. That means some other Kali-yuga He appeared as Lord Caitanya. Idānīṁ kṛṣṇatāṁ gataḥ: "Therefore He should be named Kṛṣṇa." These things are there.

So Kṛṣṇa's appearance does not mean that He has become different. The nice example is set here by Baladeva Vidyābhūṣaṇa: just like a valuable stone. You take your hand . . . in your hand, you find sometimes yellow, sometimes red, sometimes white, like that. So, tava ceti mat-sakhatvat tavanti janmāni tavāpi abhut. "And because you are My eternal friend, so whenever I appear, you also appear."

Just like, those who are personal associates, whenever the chief boss goes, his personal assistants also go. That is natural. Similarly, when Kṛṣṇa comes, just like when a king goes somewhere, it does not mean he is going alone. He goes with all his paraphernalia, secretaries, minister and commander-in-chief and so many others. Similarly, whenever Kṛṣṇa comes, He does not come . . .
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