Madhya 20.337
It is not that Lord Kṛṣṇa Himself appears in a blackish color in all the Dvāpara-yugas. In other Dvāpara-yugas, previous to Lord Kṛṣṇa's appearance, the Supreme Lord appeared in a greenish body by His own personal expansion. This is mentioned in the Viṣṇu Purāṇa, Hari-vaḿśa and Mahābhārata.
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How to know who is an incarnation of God?
Madhya 20.351-363
Sanatana Goswami asks Lord Caitanya: "How can I understand who is the incarnation for this Age of Kali?"
LC replies: "As in other ages an incarnation is accepted according to the directions of the śāstras, in this Age of Kali an incarnation of God should be accepted in that way."
Sastra is the center: One should accept a thing as genuine by studying the words of saintly people, the spiritual master and the sashtra . The actual center is the sashtra , the revealed scripture. If a spiritual master does not speak according to the revealed scripture, he is not to be accepted. Similarly, if a saintly person does not speak according to the sashtra , he is not a saintly person. The sashtra is the center for all.
- Only by His extraordinary prowess and uncommon activities, which are impossible for embodied living entities, can one partially understand the incarnation of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. [355]
- By two symptoms — personal characteristics and marginal characteristics [356]
Description of Saktyavesh (empowered) Incarnations
Madhya 20.367-376
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Description of characteristics of Lord Krishna's childhood, boyhood and youth
Madhya 20.377-
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