### CC Adi 5.48

> তুরীয়, বিশুদ্ধসত্ত্ব, ‘সঙ্কর্ষণ’ নাম ।\
> তিঁহো যাঁর অংশ, সেই নিত্যানন্দ-রাম ॥৪৮॥

> turīya, viśuddha-sattva, 'saṅkarṣaṇa' nāma\
> tiṅho yāṅra aṁśa, sei nityānanda-rāma

*turīya*—transcendental; *viśuddha-sattva*—pure existence; *saṅkarṣaṇa nāma*—named Saṅkarṣaṇa; *tiṅho yāṅra aṁśa*—of whom that Saṅkarṣaṇa is also a partial expansion; *sei nityānanda-rāma*—that person is known as Balarāma or Nityānanda.

**That Saṅkarṣaṇa, who is transcendental pure goodness, is a partial expansion of Nityānanda Balarāma.**