What do these Names of Krishna mean?

Question

I heard them in a bhajan to Krishna:

Natavaralala

Munijana Pala

Goparipal

Thank you!

Wow, I'm so confused by these responses I'm getting. Why do people think I have some "point" other than to understand these names of Krishna? Wow, what the heck?!

Answer 1

The names mentioned by you are some of the other names of Lord Krishna-

Natavaralala - Natwar is derived from Natya means dance. So the full menaing is Young expert of Dance.

Munijana Pala- Muni Jana means Saints or Sages Pala means saviour or wellwisher or care taker- So full meaning is saviouor of Sages and saints

Goparipal - Go means Cows Paripala means minding their wellness. So full meaning is minding the cowherd.


He is addressed with various names in various books and slokas and most popular of them are -

Achala - Still Lord
Achyuta - Infallible Lord
Adbhutah - Wonderful God
Adidev - The Lord Of The Lords
Aditya - The Son Of Aditi
Ajanma - One Who Is Limitless And Endless
Ajaya - The Conqueror Of Life And Death
Akshara - Indestructible Lord
Amrit - elexia
Anaadih - One Who Is The First Cause
Anandsagar - Compassionate Lord
Ananta - The Endless Lord
Anantajit - Ever Victorious Lord
Anaya - One Who Has No Leader
Aniruddha - One Who Cannot Be Obstructed
Aparajeet - The Lord Who Cannot Be Defeated
Avyukta - One Who Is As Clear As Crystal
Balgopal - The Child Krishna, The All Attractive
Bali - The Lord Of Strength
Chaturbhuj - Four-Armed Lord
Danavendra - Granter Of Boons
Dayalu - Repository Of Compassion
Dayanidhi - The Compassionate Lord
Devadidev - The God Of The Gods
Devakinandan - Son Of Mother Devaki
Devesh - Lord Of The Lords
Dharmadhyaksha - The Lord OF Dharma
Dravin - The one who has no Enemies
Dwarkapati - Lord Of Dwarka
Gopal - One Who Plays With The Cowherds, The Gopas
Gopalpriya - Lover Of Cowherds
Govinda - One Who Pleases The Cows, The Land And The Entire Nature
Gyaneshwar - The Lord Of Knowledge
Hari - The Lord Of Nature
Hiranyagarbha - The All Powerful Creator
Hrishikesh - The Lord Of All Senses
Jagadguru - Preceptor Of The Universe
Jagadisha - Protector Of All
Jagannath - Lord Of The Universe
Janardhana - One Who Bestows Boons On One And All
Jayantah - Conqueror Of All Enemies
Jyotiraaditya - The Resplendence Of The Sun
Kamalnath - The Lord Of Goddess Lakshmi
Kamalnayan - The Lord With Lotus Shaped Eyes
Kamsantak - Slayer Of Kamsa
Kanjalochana - The Lotus-Eyed God
Keshava - One Who Has Long, Black Matted Locks
Krishna - Dark-Complexioned Lord
Lakshmikantam - The Lord Of Goddess Lakshmi
Lokadhyaksha - Lord Of All The Three Lokas (Worlds)
Madan - The Lord Of Love
Madhava - Knowledge Filled God
Madhusudan - Slayer Of Demon Madhu
Mahendra - Lord Of Indra
Manmohan - All Pleasing Lord
Manohar - Beautiful Lord
Mayur - The Lord Who Has A Peacock Feathered-Crest
Mohan - All Attractive God
Murali - The Flute Playing Lord
Murlidhar - One Who Holds The Flute
Murlimanohar - The Flute Playing God
Nandakumara - Son of Nanda
Nandgopala - The Son Of Nand
Narayana - The Refuge Of Everyone
Navaneethachora - makan (butter) chor
Niranjana - The Unblemished Lord
Nirguna - Without Any Properties
Padmahasta - One Who Has Hands Like Lotus
Padmanabha - The Lord Who Has A Lotus Shaped Navel
Parabrahmana - The Supreme Absolute Truth
Paramatma - Lord Of All Beings
Parampurush - Supreme Personality
Parthasarthi - Charioteer Of Partha - Arjuna
Prajapati - Lord Of All Creatures
Punyah - Supremely Pure
Purshottam - The Supreme Soul
Ravilochana - One Who Eye Is The Sun
Sahasraakash - Thousand-Eyed Lord
Sahasrajit - One Who Vanquishes Thousands
Sahasrapaat - Thousand-Footed Lord
Sakshi - All Witnessing Lord
Sanatana - The Eternal Lord
Sarvajana - Omniscient Lord
Sarvapalaka - Protector Of All
Sarveshwar - Lord Of All Gods
Satyavachana - One Who Speaks Only The Truth
Satyavrata - The Truth Dedicated Lord
Shantah - Peaceful Lord
Shreshta - The Most Glorious Lord
Shrikanta - Beautiful Lord
Shyam - Dark-Complexioned Lord
Shyamsundara - Lord Of The Beautiful Evenings
Sudarshana - Handsome Lord
Sumedha - Intelligent Lord
Suresham - Lord Of All Demi-Gods
Swargapati - Lord Of Heavens
Thakurji -shri krishna as Shri Vallabhacharya[1]
Trivikrama - Conqueror Of All The Three Worlds
Upendra - Brother Of Indra
Vaikunthanatha - Lord Of Vaikuntha, The Heavenly Abode
Vardhamaanah - The Formless Lord
Vasudev - All Prevailing Lord
Vishnu-All Prevailing Lord
Vishwadakshinah - Skilful And Efficient Lord
Vishwakarma - Creator Of The Universe
Vishwamurti - Of The Form Of The Entire Universe
Vishwarupa - One Who Displays The Universal Form
Vishwatma - Soul Of The Universe
Vrishaparvaa - Lord Of Dharma
Yadavendra - King Of The Yadav Clan
Yogi - The Supreme Master
Yoginampati - Lord Of The Yogis
Yadav - Born in Yadav Clan-

Answer 2

The meaning of the name Krishna is Black:))))

Answer 3

perhaps the pronunciation is not correct

Natvarlala - a child expert in art of dance

Munijanapala - the one who takes care of sages and rishis

Gopala - owner of cows

there are some other names of krishna

Girdhar - the one who picked up the mountain

Braj-rasiya - the lover of Brij (Vrindavan - village of krishna)

Murlidhar - the owner of flute

Ranchhodji - the one who ran away from a war

Chatur-Nayan - the one with cunning eyes

Keshav - the killer of demon Keshi

Makhan-chor - thief of butter

Madhu-sudan: eater of honey / killer of demon Madhu

Kunj-Bihari ; the one who walks in gardens

Yogiraj - the king of Yogis

Mahayogi : the biggest yogi
etc etc etc

Answer 4

If they are legitimate names of Krishna you'll be able to searech them on the net in Google, Y.Search, AltaVista etc.

Ignore the Nicoles of this world if you really are asking about the various names attributed to Krishna or his various avatars. But if you're point is that "god" is different for different religions and therefore an invention then you can see why Nicole saw through you.

Answer 5

The Supreme Personality of Godhead, who is inconceivably opulent, who is devoid of all material names, forms and pastimes, and who is all-pervading, is especially merciful to the devotees who worship His lotus feet. Thus He exhibits transcendental forms and names with His different pastimes. May that Supreme Personality of Godhead, whose form is eternal and full of knowledge and bliss, be merciful to me.
PURPORT
In regard to the significant word anama-rupah, Sri Sridhara Svami says, prakrta-nama-rupa-rahito 'pi. The word anama, which means "having no name," indicates that the Supreme Personality of Godhead has no material name. Simply by chanting the name of Narayana to call his son, Ajamila attained salvation. This means that Narayana is not an ordinary mundane name; it is nonmaterial. The word anama, therefore, indicates that the names of the Supreme Lord do not belong to this material world. The vibration of the Hare Krishna maha-mantra is not a material sound, and similarly the form of the Lord and His appearance and activities are all nonmaterial. To show His causeless mercy to the devotees, as well as to the nondevotees, Krishna, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, appears in this material world with names, forms and pastimes, all of which are transcendental. Unintelligent men who cannot understand this think that these names, forms and pastimes are material, and therefore they deny that He has a name or a form.
Considered with scrutiny, the conclusion of nondevotees, who say that God has no name, and that of devotees, who know that His name is not material, are practically the same. The Supreme Personality of Godhead has no material name, form, birth, appearance or disappearance, but nevertheless, He takes His birth (janma). As stated in Bhagavad-gita (4.6):
ajo 'pi sann avyayatma
bhutanam isvaro 'pi san
prakrtim svam adhisthaya
sambhavamy atma-mayaya
Although the Lord is unborn (aja) and His body never undergoes material changes, He nevertheless appears as an incarnation, maintaining Himself always in the transcendental stage (suddha-sattva). Thus He exhibits His transcendental forms, names and activities. That is His special mercy toward His devotees. Others may continue merely arguing about whether the Absolute Truth has form or not, but when a devotee, by the grace of the Lord, sees the Lord personally, he becomes spiritually ecstatic.
Unintelligent persons say that the Lord does nothing. Actually He has nothing to do, but nevertheless He has to do everything, because without His sanction no one can do anything. The unintelligent, however, cannot see how He is working and how the entire material nature is working under His direction. His different potencies work perfectly.
na tasya karyam karanam ca vidyate
na tat-samas cabhyadhikas ca drsyate
parasya saktir vividhaiva sruyate
svabhaviki jnana-bala-kriya ca
(Svetasvatara Upanisad 6.8) [Cc. Madhya 13.65, purport]
He has nothing to do personally, for since His potencies are perfect, everything is immediately done by His will. Persons to whom the Supreme Personality of Godhead is not revealed cannot see how He is working, and therefore they think that even if there is God, He has nothing to do or has no particular name.
Actually the Lord's name already exists because of His transcendental activities. The Lord is sometimes called guna-karma-nama because He is named according to His transcendental activities. For example, Krishna means "all-attractive." This is the Lord's name because His transcendental qualities make Him very attractive. As a small boy He lifted Govardhana Hill, and in His childhood He killed many demons. Such activities are very attractive, and therefore He is sometimes called Giridhari, Madhusudana, Agha-nisudana and so on. Because He acted as the son of Nanda Maharja, He is called Nanda-tanuja. These names already exist, but since nondevotees cannot understand the names of the Lord, He is sometimes called anama, or nameless. This means that He has no material names. All His activities are spiritual, and therefore He has spiritual names.
Generally, less intelligent men are under the impression that the Lord has no form. Therefore He appears in His original form as Krishna, sac-cid-ananda-vigraha [Bs. 5.1], to carry out His mission of participating in the Battle of Kuruksetra and pastimes to protect the devotees and vanquish the demons (paritranaya sadhunam vinasaya ca duskrtam [Bg. 4.8]). This is His mercy. For those who think that He has no form and no work to do, Krishna comes to show that indeed He works. He works so gloriously that no one else can perform such uncommon acts. Although He appeared as a human being, He married 16,108 wives, which is impossible for a human being to do. The Lord performs such activities to show people how great He is, how affectionate He is and how merciful He is. Although His original name is Krishna (Krishnas tu bhagavan svayam [SB 1.3.28]), He acts in unlimited ways, and therefore according to His work He has many, many thousands of names.
Purport to Srimad Bhagavatam 6.4.33 by A.C.Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, Founder-Acharya of ISKCON
(International Society for Krishna Consciousness)

http://www.e-vedas.com/elib_3.htm

ww.krishna.com

Answer 6

You're welcome.

Nicole just pooped.

Answer 7

atheists grasping at straws to disprove God :)