one in heart with Balabhadra
Of one heart with Balabhadra (Balarāma) — the brothers' inseparability is a constant in the Bhāgavata; even at the very end at Prabhāsa, Balarāma's death precedes Kṛṣṇa's.
बलभद्रैकहृदयो नामाकारितगोकुलः ।गोपालबालको भव्यो रज्जुयज्ञोपवीतवान्॥
balabhadraikahṛdayo nāmākāritagokulaḥ ·gopālabālako bhavyo rajjuyajñopavītavān
one in heart with Balabhadra
Of one heart with Balabhadra (Balarāma) — the brothers' inseparability is a constant in the Bhāgavata; even at the very end at Prabhāsa, Balarāma's death precedes Kṛṣṇa's.
who called the folk of Gokula each by name
Who calls Gokula's beings by name — Kṛṣṇa knows each cow, each calf, each friend by name; his calling them is itself a form of grace.
the cowherd boy
'The cowherd boy' — the Bhāgavata uses this simple epithet to set the scene of forest games; the cosmic Lord as a boy among cowherd boys is the central image of Vraja-līlā.
the gracious, the auspicious
who wore a cowherd's rope for a sacred thread
Wearing a rope as his sacred thread — when Kṛṣṇa goes to play in the forest, he uses a piece of rope as a substitute for the proper yajñopavīta; the cowherd-style sacred thread is touching in its simplicity.