Vṛndāvana & Kāliya · VII. Kāliya-mardana

Verse 65

बलभद्रैकहृदयो नामाकारितगोकुलः ।गोपालबालको भव्यो रज्जुयज्ञोपवीतवान्॥

balabhadraikahṛdayo nāmākāritagokulaḥ ·gopālabālako bhavyo rajjuyajñopavītavān

The Names in This Verse (5)

309 balabhadraikahṛdayaḥ

one in heart with Balabhadra

S.B.G 10.15.1

Of one heart with Balabhadra (Balarāma) — the brothers' inseparability is a constant in the Bhāgavata; even at the very end at Prabhāsa, Balarāma's death precedes Kṛṣṇa's.

310 nāmākāritagokulaḥ

who called the folk of Gokula each by name

S.B.G 10.15.6

Who calls Gokula's beings by name — Kṛṣṇa knows each cow, each calf, each friend by name; his calling them is itself a form of grace.

311 gopālabālakaḥ

the cowherd boy

S.B.G 10.15.1

'The cowherd boy' — the Bhāgavata uses this simple epithet to set the scene of forest games; the cosmic Lord as a boy among cowherd boys is the central image of Vraja-līlā.

312 bhavyaḥ

the gracious, the auspicious

313 rajjuyajñopavītavān

who wore a cowherd's rope for a sacred thread

S.B.G 10.13.5

Wearing a rope as his sacred thread — when Kṛṣṇa goes to play in the forest, he uses a piece of rope as a substitute for the proper yajñopavīta; the cowherd-style sacred thread is touching in its simplicity.