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The Lord Instructs Sanātana Gosvāmī
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kriyā-śakti-pradhāna saṅkarṣaṇa balarāma prākṛt`prākṛta-sṛṣṭi karena nirmāṇa
SYNONYMS
kriyā-śakti-pradhāna —the predominator of the creative energy;  saṅkarṣaṇa —Lord Saṅkarṣaṇa;  balarāma —Lord Balarāma;  prākṛta —material;  aprākṛta —spiritual;  sṛṣṭi —worlds;  karena —does;  nirmāṇa —creation.
TRANSLATION
“Lord Saṅkarṣaṇa is Lord Balarāma. Being the predominator of the creative energy, He creates both the material and spiritual worlds.
TEXT 256
অহঙ্কারের অধিষ্ঠাতা কৃষ্ণের ইচ্ছায় । গোলোক, বৈকুণ্ঠ স্বজে চিচ্ছক্তিদ্বারায় ॥ ২৫৬ ॥
ahankārera adhiṣṭhātā kṛṣṇera icchāya goloka, vaikuṇṭha sṛje cic-chakti-dvārāya
SYNONYMS
ahaṅkārera —of egotism;  adhiṣṭhātā —the source or predominating Deity;  kṛṣṇera —of Lord Kṛṣṇa;  icchāya —by the will;  goloka —the supreme spiritual planet, known as Goloka;  vaikuṇṭha —other, lower planets, known as Vaikuṇṭhas;  sṛje —creates;  cit-śakti-dvārāya —by the spiritual energy.
TRANSLATION
“That original Saṅkarṣaṇa [Lord Balarāma] is the cause of both the material and spiritual creation. He is the predominating deity of egotism, and by the will of Kṛṣṇa and the power of the spiritual energy, He creates the spiritual world, which consists of the planet Goloka Vṛndāvana and the Vaikuṇṭha planets.
TEXT 257
ষষ্ঠাপি অস্জ্য নিত্য চিহ্নক্তিবিলাস । 
    তথাপি সঙ্কর্ষণ-ইচ্ছায় তাহার প্রকাশ ॥ ২৫৭ ॥
yadyapi asŗiya nitya cic-chakti-vilāsa tathāpi saṅkarṣaṇa-icchāya tāhāra prakāśa