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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 1, Ch. 8]
to show His special mercy upon His unalloyed devotees and to diminish the upsurges of the demoniac persons. Queen Kuntī specifically adores the incarnation or descent of Lord Krṣṇa above all other incarnations because in this particular incarnation He is more approachable. In the Rāma incarnation He remained a king's son from His very childhood, but in the incarnation of Krṣṇa, although He was son of a king, He at once left the shelter of His real father and mother (King Vasudeva and Queen Devakī) just after His appearance and went to the lap of Yaśodāmāyī to play the part of an ordinary cowherd boy in the blessed Vrajabhūmi, which is very sanctified because of His childhood pastimes. Therefore Lord Krṣṇa is more merciful than Lord Rāma. He was undoubtedly very kind to Kuntī's brother Vasudeva and the family. Had He not become the son of Vasudeva and Devakī, Queen Kuntī could not claim Him to be her nephew and thus address Krṣṇa in parental affection. But Nanda and Yaśodā are more fortunate because they could relish the Lord's childhood pastimes, which are more attractive than all other pastimes. There is no parallel to His childhood pastimes as exhibited at Vrajabhūmi, which are the prototypes of His eternal affairs in the original Krṣṇaloka described as the  cintāmaṇi-dhāma  in the  Brahma-saṁhitā . Lord Śrī Krṣṇa descended Himself at Vrajabhūmi with all His transcendental entourage and paraphernalia. Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu therefore confirmed that no one is as fortunate as the residents of Vrajabhūmi, and specifically the cowherd girls who dedicated their everything for the satisfaction of the Lord. His pastimes with Nanda and Yaśodā and His pastimes with the cowherd men and especially with the cowherd boys and the cows have caused Him to be known as Govinda. Lord Krṣṇa as Govinda is more inclined to the  brāhmaṇas  and the cows, indicating thereby that human prosperity depends more on these two items, namely brahminical culture and cow protection. Lord Krṣṇa is never satisfied where these are lacking.
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नमः पङ्कजनाभाय नमः पङ्कजमालिने । 
  नमः पङ्कजनेत्राय नमस्ते पङ्कजाङ्घ्रये ॥२२॥
namaḥ paṅkaja-nābhāya  
 namaḥ paṅkaja-māline  
 namaḥ paṅkaja-netrāya  
 namaste paṅkajāṅghraye