160 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 1, Ch. 3

ekonavimse vimsatime
vrsnisu prapya janmani
rama-krsnav iti bhuvo

bhagavan aharad bharam

ekonavimse—in the nineteenth; vimsatime—in the twentieth also;
ursnisu—in the Vrsni dynasty; prapya—having obtained; janmani—births;
rama—Balarama; krsnau—Sri Krsna; iti-thus; bhuvah—of the world;
bhagavan—the Personality of Godhead; aharat—removed; bharam—burden.

TRANSLATION

In the nineteenth and twentieth incarnations, the Lord advented
Himself as Lord Balarama and Lord Krsna in the family of Vrsni [the
Yadu dynasty], and by so doing He removed the burden of the world.

PURPORT

The specific mention of the word bhagavan in this text indicates that
Balarama and Krsna are original forms of the Lord. This will be further
explained later. Lord Krsna is not an incarnation of the purusa as we
learned from the beginning of this chapter. He is directly the original
Personality of Godhead, and Balarama is the first plenary manifestation
of the Lord. From Baladeva the first phalanx of plenary expansions,
Vasudeva, Sankarsana, Aniruddha and Pradyumna, expands. Lord Sri
Krsna is Vasudeva, and Baladeva is Sankarsana.

TEXT 24

TH: Het TTA THETA aTSyTy |
Tal Aas: say wT ell

tatah kalau sampraurtte
sammohaya sura-dvisam

buddho némndfjana-sutah
kikatesu bhavisyati

tatah—thereafter; kalau—the age of Kali; sampravrtte—having ensued;
sammohaya—for the purpose of deluding; sura—the theists; dvisam—those
who are envious; buddhah—Lord Buddha; naémna—of the name; ajfijana-
