5.4

sarva-avatari krsna svayam bhagavan

tanhara dvitiya deha sri-balarama

SYNONYMS

sarva-avatari—the source of all incarnations; krsna—Lord Krsna; svayam—personally; bhagavan—the Supreme Personality of Godhead; tanhara—His; dvitiya—second; deha—expansion of the body; sri-balarama—Lord Balarama.

The Supreme Personality of Godhead, Krsna, is the fountainhead of all incarnations.

Lord Balarama is His second body.

PURPORT

Lord Sri Krsna, the absolute Personality of Godhead, is the primeval Lord, the original form of Godhead, and His first expansion is Sri Balarama.

The Personality of Godhead can expand Himself in innumerable forms.

The forms that have unlimited potency are called svamsa, and forms that have limited potencies (the living entities) are called vibhinnamsa.