sarva-avatÄrÄ« kṛṣṇa svayaá¹ bhagavÄn
tÄá¹…hÄra dvitÄ«ya deha Å›rÄ«-balarÄma
sarva-avatÄrÄ« - the source of all incarnations; kṛṣṇa - Lord Kṛṣṇa; svayam - personally; bhagavÄn - the Supreme Personality of Godhead; tÄá¹…hÄra - His; dvitÄ«ya - second; deha - expansion of the body; Å›rÄ«-balarÄma - Lord BalarÄma.
The Supreme Personality of Godhead, Kṛṣṇa, is the fountainhead of all incarnations. Lord BalarÄma is His second body.
Lord ÅšrÄ« Kṛṣṇa, the absolute Personality of Godhead, is the primeval Lord, the original form of Godhead, and His first expansion is ÅšrÄ« BalarÄma. The Personality of Godhead can expand Himself in innumerable forms. The forms that have unlimited potency are called svÄá¹Å›a, and forms that have limited potencies (the living entities) are called vibhinnÄá¹Å›a.
