Bhaktivedanta Narayana Gosvami
From the book “Sri Vraja-maṇḍala-parikramā”:
Gargācārya performed Kṛṣṇa’s and Baladeva’s name-giving ceremony in this solitary cowshed. During the ceremony, Gargācārya predicted that Śrī Balarāma and Śrī Kṛṣṇa would possess astonishing prowess, annihilate demons‚ and perform other divine pastimes. Nanda Mahārāja performed the name- giving ceremony without any festivities because he feared Kaṁsa’s atrocities.
Rajashekhara Dasa
From the book “Chaurasi-kosa Vraja Mandala Parikrama”:
It was here at Nanda’s goshala that the name giving ceremony of Krishna and Balarama was performed in secret by Gargamuni. It was kept a secret due to the fear of further reprisals by King Kamsa if he got some idea that the eighth child of Devaki was still alive and living in Gokula. The Bhakti-ratnakara says, “It was here that Nanda performed all the rituals to celebrate the birth of Krishna. Nanda divulged his mind to Gargacharya and admitted his fear of Kamsa. Garga performed the name giving ceremony of Rama and Krishna very secretly in the goshala.” It was here in Nanda’s goshala that Gargamuni made his prophesies regarding Krishna’s present and past lives and also revealed before Nanda Baba, that his extraordinary son was in fact the Supreme Personality of Godhead, as well as the eternal consort of Shrimati Radharani. Due to the yogamaya potency, Nanda Maharaja forgot what Gargamuni had said, that his son was in fact the Supreme Lord.
