Srimad Bhagavatam. Canto 9: Liberation

Chapter 24: Krishna the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Text 53-55

प्रवरश्रुतमुख्यांश्च साक्षाद् धर्मो वसूनिव ।
वसुदेवस्तु देवक्यामष्ट पुत्रानजीजनत् ॥५३॥
कीर्तिमन्तं सुषेणं च भद्रसेनमुदारधीः ।
ऋजुं सम्मर्दनं भद्रं संकर्षणमहीश्वरम् ॥५४॥
अष्टमस्तु तयोरासीत् स्वयमेव हरिः किल ।
सुभद्रा च महाभागा तव राजन् पितामही ॥५५॥

pravara-Å›ruta-mukhyÄmÅ› ca
sÄká¹£Äd dharmo vasÅ«n iva
vasudevas tu devakyÄm
aṣṭa putrÄn ajÄ«janat
kīrtimantaṠsuṣeṇaṠca
bhadrasenam udÄra-dhīḥ
á¹›juá¹ sammardanaá¹ bhadraá¹
saṅkarṣaṇam ahīśvaram
aṣṭamas tu tayor ÄsÄ«t
svayam eva hariḥ kila
subhadrÄ ca mahÄbhÄgÄ
tava rÄjan pitÄmahÄ«

 pravara - Pravara (in some readings, Pauvara); Å›ruta - Åšruta; mukhyÄn - headed by; ca - and; sÄká¹£Ät - directly; dharmaḥ - religion personified; vasÅ«n iva - exactly like the chief Vasus in the heavenly planets; vasudevaḥ - ÅšrÄ«la Vasudeva, the father of Kṛṣṇa; tu - indeed; devakyÄm - in the womb of DevakÄ«; aṣṭa - eight; putrÄn - sons; ajÄ«janat - begot; kÄ«rtimantam - KÄ«rtimÄn; suá¹£eṇam ca - and Suá¹£eṇa; bhadrasenam - Bhadrasena; udÄra-dhīḥ - all fully qualified; á¹›jum - Ṛju; sammardanam - Sammardana; bhadram - Bhadra; saá¹…kará¹£aṇam - Saá¹…kará¹£aṇa; ahi-Ä«Å›varam - the supreme controller and serpent incarnation; aṣṭamaḥ - the eighth one; tu - but; tayoḥ - of both (DevakÄ« and Vasudeva); ÄsÄ«t - appeared; svayam eva - directly, personally; hariḥ - the Supreme Personality of Godhead; kila - what to speak of; subhadrÄ - a sister, SubhadrÄ; ca - and; mahÄbhÄgÄ - highly fortunate; tava - your; rÄjan - O MahÄrÄja ParÄ«ká¹£it; pitÄmahÄ« - grandmother.


Text

The eight sons born of SahadevÄ such as Pravara and Åšruta, were exact incarnations of the eight Vasus in the heavenly planets. Vasudeva also begot eight highly qualified sons through the womb of DevakÄ«. These included KÄ«rtimÄn, Suá¹£eṇa, Bhadrasena, Ṛju, Sammardana, Bhadra and Saá¹…kará¹£aṇa, the controller and serpent incarnation. The eighth son was the Supreme Personality of Godhead Himself — Kṛṣṇa. The highly fortunate SubhadrÄ, the one daughter, was your grandmother.

Purport

The fifty-fifth verse says, svayam eva hariḥ kila, indicating that Kṛṣṇa, the eighth son of Devakī, is the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Kṛṣṇa is not an incarnation. Although there is no difference between the Supreme Personality of Godhead Hari and His incarnation, Kṛṣṇa is the original Supreme Person, the complete Godhead. Incarnations exhibit only a certain percentage of the potencies of Godhead; the complete Godhead is Kṛṣṇa Himself, who appeared as the eighth son of Devakī.