śivānanda - Śivānanda Sena; bālakere - unto the boy; bahu - much; yatna - endeavor; karilā - did; tabu - still; sei bālaka - that boy; kṛṣṇa-nāma - the name of Kṛṣṇa; nā kahilā - did not utter.

Although Śivānanda Sena tried with much endeavor to get his boy to speak Kṛṣṇa’s holy name, the boy would not utter it.