for whom the naming-rite was duly performed
The sage Garga performs the naming ceremony secretly at Nanda's cowshed, giving the child the name Kṛṣṇa and warning Nanda of the child's extraordinary nature.
प्रशस्तनामकरणो जानुचङ्क्रमणोत्सुकः ।व्यालम्बिचूलिकारत्नो घोषगोपप्रहर्षणः॥
praśastanāmakaraṇo jānucaṅkramaṇotsukaḥ ·vyālambicūlikāratno ghoṣagopapraharṣaṇaḥ
for whom the naming-rite was duly performed
The sage Garga performs the naming ceremony secretly at Nanda's cowshed, giving the child the name Kṛṣṇa and warning Nanda of the child's extraordinary nature.
eager to crawl about on his knees
The transition from rolling infant to crawling toddler is noted with tender observation; the village is delighted by the child crawling across the goṣṭha.
with a jewel dangling on his topknot
As the child crawls, the jewelled hair-pin (cūlikā) that Yaśodā tied in his curls swings back and forth; this image of the crawling Lord with swinging ornaments is celebrated in bhakti poetry.
the delight of the cowherds of the settlement
The crawling, grasping, laughing toddler delights every inhabitant of the goṣṭha; the gopīs crowd around to watch him walk.