श्रीशुक उवाच एवं सम्प्रार्थितो विप्र: स्वचिकीर्षितमेव तत् । चकार नामकरणं गूढो रहसि बालयो: ॥ ११ ॥
śrī-śuka uvāca evaṁ samprārthito vipraḥ sva-cikīrṣitam eva tat cakāra nāma-karaṇaṁ gūḍho rahasi bālayoḥ
- śrī-śukaḥ uvāca
- Śrī Śukadeva Gosvāmī said
- evam
- in this way
- samprārthitaḥ
- being eagerly requested
- vipraḥ
- the brāhmaṇa Garga Muni
- sva-cikīrṣitam eva
- which he already desired to do and for which he had gone there
- tat
- that
- cakāra
- performed
- nāma-karaṇam
- the name-giving ceremony
- gūḍhaḥ
- confidentially
- rahasi
- in a secluded place
- bālayoḥ
- of the two boys (Kṛṣṇa and Balarāma)
Śukadeva Gosvāmī continued: Having thus been especially requested by Nanda Mahārāja to do that which he already desired to do, Garga Muni performed the name-giving ceremony for Kṛṣṇa and Balarāma in a solitary place.