sri-sukah uvaca -- Sri Sukadeva Gosvami said; evam -- thus; krishnam -- Lord Krishna; upamantrya -- requesting; surabhih -- mother Surabhi; payasa -- with milk; atmanah -- her own; jalaih -- with the water; akasa-gangayah -- of the Ganges flowing through the heavenly region (known as the Mandakini); airavata -- of Indra's carrier, the elephant Airavata; kara -- by the trunk; uddhritaih -- carried; indrah -- Lord Indra; sura -- by the demigods; rishibhih -- and the great sages; sakam -- accompanied; coditah -- inspired; deva -- of the demigods; matribhih -- by the mothers (headed by Aditi); abhyasincata -- he bathed; dasarham -- Lord Krishna, the descendant of King Dasarha; govindah iti -- as Govinda; ca -- and; abhyadhat -- he named the Lord.

Sukadeva Gosvami said: Having thus appealed to Lord Krishna, mother Surabhi performed His bathing ceremony with her own milk, and Indra, ordered by Aditi and other mothers of the demigods, anointed the Lord with heavenly Ganga water from the trunk of Indra's elephant carrier, Airavata. Thus, in the company of the demigods and great sages, Indra coronated Lord Krishna, the descendant of Dasarha, and gave Him the name Govinda.