Text 257] The Lord Instructs Sanatana Gosvami 141

kriya-sakti-pradhana sankarsana balarama
prakrt"prakrta-srsti karena nirmana

SYNONYMS

kriyd-sakti-pradhana—the predominator of the creative energy; sankarsana—
Lord Sankarsana; balarama—Lord Balarama; prakrta—material; aprakrta—
spiritual; srsti—worlds; karena—does; nirmana—creation.

TRANSLATION

“Lord Sankarsana is Lord Balarama. Being the predominator of the creative
energy, He creates both the material and spiritual worlds.

TEXT 256

BSAA AHUSiS! STHA Voss |
CHICAS, CAD eH fooaferataty v aew tl

ahankdrera adhisthata krsnera icchaya
goloka, vaikuntha srje cic-chakti-dvdrdya

SYNONYMS
ahankdrera—of egotism; adhisthata—the source or predominating Deity;
krsnera—of Lord Krsna; icchaya—by the will; goloka—the supreme spiritual
planet, known as Goloka; vaikuntha—other, lower planets, known as Vaikunthas;
srje—creates; cit-sakti-dvdraya—by the spiritual energy.

TRANSLATION

“That original Sankarsana [Lord Balarama] is the cause of both the material
and spiritual creation. He is the predominating deity of egotism, and by the
will of Krsna and the power of the spiritual energy, He creates the spiritual
world, which consists of the planet Goloka Vrndavana and the Vaikuntha
planets.

TEXT 257

Rola sree; fas forafefaara |
Uti HShe|-Soaiy SSA APH 1 209

yadyapi asrjya nitya cic-chakti-vilasa
tathdpi sankarsana-icchaya tahdra prakasa
