Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 40
The Recitation of the Thousand Names of Rādhā and Kṛṣṇa (Yugala-Sahasranāma) and Śaraṇāgati-Dharma
गोपिकानंदनः कृष्णो गोपानंदः सतां गतिः । बकप्राणहरो विष्णुर्बकमुक्तिप्रदो हरिः ॥ ४० ॥
gopikānaṃdanaḥ kṛṣṇo gopānaṃdaḥ satāṃ gatiḥ | bakaprāṇaharo viṣṇurbakamuktiprado hariḥ || 40 ||
कृष्णो गोपिकानन्दनः, गोपानन्दः, सतां परा गतिः। विष्णुः स बकस्य प्राणान् जहार, हरिः पुनर्बकाय मोक्षं ददौ॥
Narada (in dialogue within the Purva Bhaga context, commonly framed around teachings transmitted among sages such as Narada and the Sanatkumara tradition)
Vrata: none
Primary Rasa: bhakti
Secondary Rasa: adbhuta
FAQs
It presents Viṣṇu-Kṛṣṇa as both intimate (beloved of gopīs and gopas) and absolute (goal of the saintly), highlighting His grace that can grant liberation even to a hostile being like Baka.
By praising the Lord through His līlā-based epithets, the verse models bhakti as loving remembrance: seeing Kṛṣṇa as one’s joy and final refuge, and trusting His compassionate power to remove sin and grant mokṣa.
The verse functions as a stuti using meaningful divine epithets (nāma-artha), aligning with the practical use of correct wording and sense (vyākaraṇa/nirukta-style attention to name-meaning) for devotional recitation.