# Cc. Madhya 8.134 ## Text > parama īśvara kṛṣṇa—svayaṁ bhagavān > sarva-avatārī, sarva-kāraṇa-pradhāna ## Synonyms *parama*—supreme; *īśvara*—controller; *kṛṣṇa*—Lord Kṛṣṇa; *svayam*—personally; *bhagavān*—the Supreme Personality of Godhead; *sarva*-*avatārī*—the source of all incarnations; *sarva*-*kāraṇa*-*pradhāna*—the supreme cause of all causes. ## Translation **Rāmānanda Rāya then began to speak on kṛṣṇa-tattva. "Kṛṣṇa is the Supreme Personality of Godhead," he said. "He is personally the original Godhead, the source of all incarnations and the cause of all causes.**