Verse 1.1.30

Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 1.1.30:

যাঙ্র রাসে দেবে আসি’ পুষ্প-বৃষ্টি করে দেবে জানে—ভেদ নাহি কৃষ্ণ-হলধরে ॥ ৩০ ॥

याङ्र रासे देवे आसि’ पुष्प-वृष्टि करे देवे जाने—भेद नाहि कृष्ण-हलधरे ॥ ३० ॥

yāṅra rāse deve āsi’ puṣpa-vṛṣṭi kare deve jāne—bheda nāhi kṛṣṇa-haladhare || 30 ||

yanra rase deve asi’ puspa-vrsti kare deve jane—bheda nahi krsna-haladhare (30)

English translation:

(30) The demigods came and showered flowers on His rāsa-līlā, because they know there is no difference between Kṛṣṇa and Balarāma.

Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:

The Caitanya-caritāmṛta (Ādi 5.4-5) also states that there is no difference between Kṛṣṇa and Balarāma in the following words: “The Supreme Personality of Godhead, Kṛṣṇa, is the fountainhead of all incarnations.

Lord Balarāma is His second body. They are both one and the same identity. They differ only in form. He is the first bodily expansion of Kṛṣṇa, and He assists in Lord Kṛṣṇa’s transcendental pastimes.” Also in the Caitanya-caritāmṛta (Madhya 20.174) it is stated: “The first manifestation of the vaibhava feature of Kṛṣṇa is Śrī Balarāmajī. Śrī Balarāma and Kṛṣṇa have different bodily colors, but otherwise Śrī Balarāma is equal to Kṛṣṇa in all respects.” Lord Kṛṣṇa glorifies Balarāma, who is nondifferent from Himself, in the Śrīmad Bhāgavatam (10.15.8): “You have embraced the young cowherd women between Your two arms—a favor hankered after by the goddess of fortune herself.”