Continuing my Krishna verses:

नासीदसन्न वासीत् सद्यदास्मिन् जगदङ्गणे ।
अप्रकेते तमस्येकं कृष्णत्वमभितोऽश्वसीत् ।।५७६।।
When in the courtyard of the world there was neither being nor non-being, in that darkness without light, only the hue of Krishna was breathing.

Madhav M. Deshpande
Professor Emeritus
Sanskrit and Linguistics
University of Michigan
[Residence: Campbell, California]