कृष्णाय वासुदेवाय देवकीनन्दनाय च ।
नन्दगोपकुमाराय गोविन्दाय नमो नमः ॥२१॥

kṛṣṇÄya vÄsudevÄya
devakÄ«-nandanÄya ca
nanda-gopa-kumÄrÄya
govindÄya namo namaḥ

14 times this text was mentioned in purports to other texts: LSB(13) , TQK(1)

 kṛṣṇÄya - the Supreme Lord; vÄsudevÄya - unto the son of Vasudeva; devakÄ«-nandanÄya - unto the son of DevakÄ«; ca - and; nanda-gopa - Nanda and the cowherd men; kumÄrÄya - unto their son; govindÄya - unto the Personality of Godhead, who enlivens the cows and the senses; namaḥ - respectful obeisances; namaḥ - obeisances.


Text

Let me therefore offer my respectful obeisances unto the Lord, who has become the son of Vasudeva, the pleasure of DevakÄ«, the boy of Nanda and the other cowherd men of Vá¹›ndÄvana, and the enlivener of the cows and the senses.

Purport

The Lord, being thus unapproachable by any material assets, out of unbounded and causeless mercy descends to the earth as He is in order to show His special mercy upon His unalloyed devotees and to diminish the upsurges of the demoniac persons. Queen KuntÄ« specifically adores the incarnation or descent of Lord Kṛṣṇa above all other incarnations because in this particular incarnation He is more approachable. In the RÄma incarnation He remained a king’s son from His very childhood, but in the incarnation of Kṛṣṇa, although He was the son of a king, He at once left the shelter of His real father and mother (King Vasudeva and Queen DevakÄ«) just after His appearance and went to the lap of YaÅ›odÄmÄyÄ« to play the part of an ordinary cowherd boy in the blessed VrajabhÅ«mi, which is very sanctified because of His childhood pastimes. Therefore Lord Kṛṣṇa is more merciful than Lord RÄma. He was undoubtedly very kind to Kuntī’s brother Vasudeva and the family. Had He not become the son of Vasudeva and DevakÄ«, Queen KuntÄ« could not claim Him to be her nephew and thus address Kṛṣṇa in parental affection. But Nanda and YaÅ›odÄ are more fortunate because they could relish the Lord’s childhood pastimes, which are more attractive than all other pastimes. There is no parallel to His childhood pastimes as exhibited at VrajabhÅ«mi, which are replicas of His eternal affairs in the original Kṛṣṇaloka, described as the cintÄmaṇi-dhÄma in the Brahma-saá¹hitÄ. Lord ÅšrÄ« Kṛṣṇa descended Himself at VrajabhÅ«mi with all His transcendental entourage and paraphernalia. ÅšrÄ« Caitanya MahÄprabhu therefore confirmed that no one is as fortunate as the residents of VrajabhÅ«mi, and specifically the cowherd girls, who dedicated their everything for the satisfaction of the Lord. His pastimes with Nanda and YaÅ›odÄ and His pastimes with the cowherd men and especially with the cowherd boys and the cows have caused Him to be known as Govinda. Lord Kṛṣṇa as Govinda is more inclined to the brÄhmaṇas and the cows, indicating thereby that human prosperity depends more on these two items, namely brahminical culture and cow protection. Lord Kṛṣṇa is never satisfied where these are lacking.