Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 10 - Chapter 1 - Verse 23


Sanskrit:

मन्ये कृष्णं च रामं च प्राप्ताविह सुरोत्तमौ ।सुराणां महदर्थाय गर्गस्य वचनं यथा ॥ २३ ॥

ITRANS:

manye kṛṣṇaṁ ca rāmaṁ caprāptāv iha surottamausurāṇāṁ mahad-arthāyagargasya vacanaṁ yathā

Translation:

In my opinion, Kṛṣṇa and Balarāma must be two exalted demigods who have come to this planet to fulfill some great mission of the demigods. Such was foretold by Garga Ṛṣi.

Purport: