Sri Krishna, who is known as Kana, is Yasoda's darling son, Vraja's paramour,
Gokula's delight, the gopis' life and wealth, the enchanter of Cupid, and the
conqueror of Kaliya.
amala hari-nama amiya-vilasa
vipina-purandara
navina nagara-vara
vamsi-vadanasuvasa [2]
His Names and nectarean Pastimes are all transcendental. He is the king of
Vraja's forests and the best of young paramours. He beautifully plays the
flute.
vraja-jana-palana
asura-kula-nasana
nanda-godhana-rakhoyala
govinda madhava
navanita-taskara
sundara nanda-gopala [3]
He is the guardian of Vraja's residents, the destroyer of the demons, and the
keeper of Nanda's cows. He is known as 'Govinda'—He who nourishes the cows,
senses, Vedas, and world—and 'Madhava'—Sri Radha's consort. He is Nanda's
beautiful cowherd boy and a butter thief.
yamuna-tata-chara
gopi-vasana-hara
rasa-rasika krpamaya
sri-radha-vallabha
vrndavana-nata-vara
bhakativinoda-asraya [4]
He is a spy on the Yamuna's banks and the stealer of the gopis' garments. He
is the relisher of the rasa-lila and the embodiment of mercy. He is Sri
Radha's beloved, Vrndavan's great dancer, and Bhakti Vinod's shelter.
'In India, some devotees are worshipping Radha-Krishna's Jhulan Yatra today,
but we are making a programme for Baladev, who is nondifferent from Gurudev
and Nityananda Prabhu. This is our line, the line of Rupanuga
Guru-varga.'