Pattanaik, Devdutt. «Elder Brother of God», 2010. Arxivat de l'original el 2019-06-20. [Consulta: 20 juny 2023]. «Some say that Krishna is Vishnu, Balarama is Shiva and Subhadra is Devi, thus the three siblings represent the three main schools of Hindu theism: Vaishnava, Shaiva and Shakta.»
Mahalik, Er. Nirakar «Lord Balarama». Orissa Review, 2010. «So Balarama became (Bala+Deva) Baladeva. Krishna and Balarama are regarded as Hari and Hara. Here Balarama is regarded as Lord Siva. Siva is helping Vishnu in every incarnation like Rama-Laxman in Treta Yuga. In Dvapara Yuga as Krishna-Balarama and in Kali Yuga they are Jagannath and Balabhadra.»Arxivat 2017-08-04 a Wayback Machine.
Mahalik, Er. Nirakar «Lord Balarama». Orissa Review, 2010. «So Balarama became (Bala+Deva) Baladeva. Krishna and Balarama are regarded as Hari and Hara. Here Balarama is regarded as Lord Siva. Siva is helping Vishnu in every incarnation like Rama-Laxman in Treta Yuga. In Dvapara Yuga as Krishna-Balarama and in Kali Yuga they are Jagannath and Balabhadra.»Arxivat 2017-08-04 a Wayback Machine.
Pattanaik, Devdutt. «Elder Brother of God», 2010. Arxivat de l'original el 2019-06-20. [Consulta: 20 juny 2023]. «Some say that Krishna is Vishnu, Balarama is Shiva and Subhadra is Devi, thus the three siblings represent the three main schools of Hindu theism: Vaishnava, Shaiva and Shakta.»