Lord Balarama

sahasra phaNAra eka-phaNe 'bindu' yena
ananta vikrama, nA jAnena, 'Ache' hena

sahasra-vadane kRSNa-yaza nirantara
gAite Achena Adi-deva mahI-dhara

gAyena ananta, zrI-yazera nAhi anta
jaya-bhaGga nAhi kAru, doGhe - balavanta

adyApiha 'seSa'-deva sahasra-zrI-mukhe
gAyena caitanya-yaza anta nAhi dekhe
He [Ananta] is so large and powerful that this universe rests on one of His hoods just like a mustard seed. He Heimself does not know where it is. While bearing the universe, He chants the glories of Krishna with each of His thousands of mouths. While chanting such glories, He still hasn't come to their end. Both of them [Krsna and Balaram] are unconquerable. To this very day, Sesadeva continues to chant the glories of Caitanya with His thousands of beautiful faces, but still He sees no end to them. (CB 1.1.65-69)



sakhA, bhAi, vyajana, zayana, AvAhana
gRha, chatra, vastra, yata bhUSaNa, Asana

[Balarama serves Krsna as His:] Friend, brother, fan, bed, carrier, residence, umbrella, garments, ornaments, and sitting-place. (CB 1.1.44)

'dvija', 'vipra', 'brAhmaNa' yehena nAma-bheda
ei-mata 'nityAnanda', 'ananta', 'baladeva'

"Just as 'dvija', 'vipra' and 'brahmana' are different names [for the same person],
so does 'Nityananda', 'Ananta' and 'Baladeva' [refer to the same personality]." (CB 1.1.79)



sahasreka-phaNAdhara prabhu-balarAma
yateka karaye prabhu sakala uddAma

Prabhu Balarama has thousands of heads,
and all of His activites are extraordinary.





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