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CC Madhya 20.256 (1975)



His Divine Grace
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada



TEXT 256

ahaṅkārera adhiṣṭhātā kṛṣṇera icchāya
goloka, vaikuṇṭha sṛje cic-chakti-dvārāya


SYNONYMS

ahaṅkārera—of egotism; adhiṣṭhātā—the source or predominating Deity; kṛṣṇera—of Lord Kṛṣṇa; icchāya—by the will; goloka—the supreme spiritual planet, known as Goloka; vaikuṇṭha—other, lower planets, known as Vaikuṇṭhas; sṛje—creates; cit-śakti-dvārāya—by the spiritual energy.


TRANSLATION

"That original Saṅkarṣaṇa [Lord Balarāma] is the cause of both the material and spiritual creation. He is the predominating deity of egotism, and by the will of Kṛṣṇa and the power of the spiritual energy, He creates the spiritual world, which consists of the planet Goloka Vṛndāvana and the Vaikuṇṭha planets.