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life. Unfortunately, because of the living entity’s little independence, the
living entity wants to “deprogram” the program of Krsna. This is the
material disease. Nonetheless, because Krsna wants to give transcenden-
tal bliss to the living entities, He appears in various forms. Therefore He
is called Krsna. Because Gargamuni was an astrologer, he knew what
others did not know. Yet Krsna has so many names that even Gargamuni
did not know them all. It is to be concluded that Krsna, according to His
transcendental activities, has many names and many forms.
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esa vah sreya ddhasyad
gopa-gokula-nandanah
anena sarva-durgani
yityam afyas tarisyatha

esah—this child; vah—for all of you people; sreyah—the most
auspicious; dGdhdsyat—will act all-auspiciously; gopa-gokula-nan-
danah—just like a cowherd boy, born in a family of cowherd men as the
son of the estate of Gokula; anena—by Him; sarva-durgani—all kinds
of miserable conditions; yiiyam—all of you; afjah—easily; taris-
yatha—will overcome.

TRANSLATION

To increase the transcendental bliss of the cowherd men of
Gokula, this child will always act auspiciously for you. And by His
grace only, you will surpass all difficulties.

PURPORT

For the cowherd men and the cows, Krsna is the supreme friend.
Therefore He is worshiped by the prayer namo brahmanya-devaya go-
braéhmana-hitaya ca. His pastimes in Gokula, His dhadma, are always
favorable to the brahmanas and the cows. His first business is to give all
comfort to the cows and the brdhmanas. In fact, comfort for the
