kṛṣṇa kṛṣṇa mahā-yogin
sańkarṣaṇa sanātana
jāne vām asya yat sākṣāt
pradhāna-puruṣau parau
krishna krishna -- O Krishna, Krishna; maha-yogin -- O greatest yogi; sankarshana -- O Balarama; sanatana -- eternal; jane -- I know; vam -- You two; asya -- of this (universe); yat -- which; sakshat -- directly; pradhana -- the creative principle of nature; purushau -- and the creating Personality of Godhead; parau -- supreme.
[Vasudeva said:] O Krishna, Krishna, best of yogis, O eternal Sankarshana! I know that You two are personally the source of universal creation and the ingredients of creation as well.
As taught in the Sankhya doctrine of Lord Kapiladeva, pradhana is the creative energy of the purusha, the Supreme Person. Thus, of these two principles, the pradhana is the predominated energy, female, incapable of independent action, while the purusha is the absolutely independent, primeval creator and enjoyer. Neither Krishna nor His brother Balarama belong to the category of subordinate energy; rather, both of Them together are the original purusha, who is always joined by His manifold potencies of pleasure, knowledge and creative emanation.
