श्रीकरभाजन उवाच कृतं त्रेता द्वापरं च कलिरित्येषु केशव: । नानावर्णाभिधाकारो नानैव विधिनेज्यते ॥ २० ॥
śrī-karabhājana uvāca kṛtaṁ tretā dvāparaṁ ca kalir ity eṣu keśavaḥ nānā-varṇābhidhākāro nānaiva vidhinejyate
- śrī-karabhājanaḥ uvāca
- Śrī Karabhājana said
- kṛtam
- Satya
- tretā
- Tretā
- dvāparam
- Dvāpara
- ca
- and
- kaliḥ
- Kali
- iti
- thus named
- eṣu
- in these ages
- keśavaḥ
- the Supreme Lord, Keśava
- nānā
- various
- varṇa
- having complexions
- abhidhā
- names
- ākāraḥ
- and forms
- nānā
- various
- eva
- similarly
- vidhinā
- by processes
- ijyate
- is worshiped
Śrī Karabhājana replied: In each of the four yugas, or ages — Kṛta, Tretā, Dvāpara and Kali — Lord Keśava appears with various complexions, names and forms and is thus worshiped by various processes.