Śrī Kṛṣṇa Upaniṣad
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बलं ज्ञानं सुराणां वै तेषां ज्ञानं हृतं क्षणात्
शेशनागो भवेद्रामः कृष्णो ब्रह्मैव शाश्वतम्

balaṁ jñānaṁ surāṇāṁ vai teṣāṁ jñānaṁ hr̥taṁ kṣaṇāt
śeśanāgo bhavedrāmaḥ kr̥ṣṇo brahmaiva śāśvatam

WORD BY WORD

balam — power; jñānam — knowledge; surāṇām — of the demigods; vai — indeed; teṣām — of them; jñānam — knowledge; hr̥tam — taken; kṣaṇāt — at once; śeśa-nāgaḥ — the serpent Śeśa; bhavet — may be; rāmaḥ — Balarāma; kr̥ṣṇaḥ — Kṛṣṇa; brahma — the Supreme Personality of Godhead; eva — indeed; śāśvatam — eternal;

TRANSLATION

Knowledge is the strenght of the demigods. The Lord’s Māyā potency steals away that knowledge in a single moment. Lord Śeśanāga appeared in His original form as Lord Balarāma. The eternal Supreme Personality of Godhead appeared in His original form as Lord Kṛṣṇa.
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