Text 15] Lord Krsna Shows the Universal Form 99

PURPORT

Gargamuni indirectly disclosed, “This child was originally born as the
son of Vasudeva, although He is acting as your child. Generally He is
your child, but sometimes He is the son of Vasudeva.”

TEXT 15

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bahini santi namani

ripGni ca sutasya te
guna-karmanuriipani

tany aham veda no janah

bahiini—various; santi—there are; nd@mdni—names; ripdadni—
forms; ca—also; sutasya—of the son; te—your; guna-karma-anu-
répani—according to His attributes and activities; tani—them; aham—
I; veda—know; no jandh—not ordinary persons.

TRANSLATION

For this son of yours there are many forms and names according
to His transcendental qualities and activities. These are known to
me, but people in general do not understand them.

PURPORT

Bahini: the Lord has many names. Advaitam acyutam anddim
ananta-ripam ddyam purdna-purusam nava-yauvanam ca. As stated in
the Brahma-samhita (5.33), the Lord is one, but He has many forms and
many names. It was not that because Gargamuni gave the child the name
Krsna, that was His only name. He has other names, such as Bhakta-
vatsala, Giridhari, Govinda and Gopala. If we analyze the nirukti, or se-
mantic derivation, of the word “‘Krsna,”’ we find that na signifies that He
stops the repetition of birth and death, and krs means sattartha, or
“existence.” (Krsna is the whole of existence.) Also, krs means
“attraction,” and na means dnanda, or “bliss.” Krsna is known as
Mukunda because He wants to give everyone spiritual, eternal, blissful
