CC Ādi 5.4
Bengali
সর্ব–অবতারী কৃষ্ণ স্বয়ং ভগবান্ ।
তাঁহার দ্বিতীয় দেহ শ্রীবলরাম ॥ ৪ ॥
তাঁহার দ্বিতীয় দেহ শ্রীবলরাম ॥ ৪ ॥
Verse text
sarva-avatārī kṛṣṇa svayaṁ bhagavān
tāṅhāra dvitīya deha śrī-balarāma
tāṅhāra dvitīya deha śrī-balarāma
Synonyms
Translation
The Supreme Personality of Godhead, Kṛṣṇa, is the fountainhead of all incarnations. Lord Balarāma is His second body.
Purport
Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa, the absolute Personality of Godhead, is the primeval Lord, the original form of Godhead, and His first expansion is Śrī Balarāma. The Personality of Godhead can expand Himself in innumerable forms. The forms that have unlimited potency are called svāṁśa, and forms that have limited potencies (the living entities) are called vibhinnāṁśa.