1 kṛṣṇaḥ
the dark-hued, all-attractive one
from kṛṣ, to draw all hearts to himself
S.B.G 10.8.15
Garga Muni gives this name at the naming ceremony in Nanda's home, explaining it was borne in prior yugas and carries every auspiciousness.
Verse 1
कृष्णः श्रीवल्लभः शार्ङ्गी विष्वक्सेनः स्वसिद्धिदः ।क्षीरोदधामा व्यूहेशः शेषशायी जगन्मयः॥
kṛṣṇaḥ śrīvallabhaḥ śārṅgī viṣvaksenaḥ svasiddhidaḥ ·kṣīrodadhāmā vyūheśaḥ śeṣaśāyī jaganmayaḥ
The Names in This Verse (9)
2 śrīvallabhaḥ
beloved of Śrī (Lakṣmī)
S.B.G 10.2.1-9
The goddess Śrī vows to accompany the avatāra; she will be born as Rukmiṇī, while Kṛṣṇa bears the Śrīvatsa mark as her permanent abode on his chest.
3 śārṅgī
wielder of the Śārṅga bow
S.B.G 10.43.9
Entering the Mathurā wrestling arena, Kṛṣṇa picks up the divine Śārṅga bow placed there for worship, strings it instantly, and plays a warrior's tune before the match.
4 viṣvaksenaḥ
he whose forces (senā) move in every direction
the all-pervading power; a Pāñcarātra epithet
S.B.G 11.27.27
In the Pāñcarātra section of the Uddhava Gītā, Viṣvaksena is named commander of the divine retinue; worshipping this form is said to guard all doorways.
5 svasiddhidaḥ
granter of self-realization and of one's own fulfilment
S.B.G 11.14.1-5
Kṛṣṇa opens the Uddhava Gītā declaring that among all paths he is the direct giver of one's final perfection (siddhi); Uddhava then requests the highest teaching.
6 kṣīrodadhāmā
whose abode is the ocean of milk
S.B.G 10.2.1-5
Brahmā leads the gods to the shore of the Milk Ocean to hymn Viṣṇu, who rests there on Ananta Śeṣa; it is from this cosmic abode that the avatāra is dispatched.
7 vyūheśaḥ
lord of the vyūhas
the four emanations: Vāsudeva, Saṅkarṣaṇa, Pradyumna, Aniruddha
S.B.G 11.27.6-16
Kṛṣṇa explains the four-fold vyūha emanation—Vāsudeva, Saṅkarṣaṇa, Pradyumna, Aniruddha—as the foundational framework of Pāñcarātra worship and successive creation.
8 śeṣaśāyī
who reclines upon Śeṣa (Ananta)
S.B.G 10.2.1-3
Viṣṇu reclines on Ananta Śeṣa in yoga-nidrā in the Milk Ocean; it is from this posture that he directs the avatāra's descent while appearing to sleep.
9 jaganmayaḥ
who comprises and pervades the world
S.B.G 11.9.18-26
In the avadhūta's teaching within the Uddhava Gītā, Kṛṣṇa demonstrates that the entire jagat is his body and movement; the cosmos is saturated by his presence.