कृष्णप्रियाख्यव्याख्योपेतं: मेल्पुत्तूर् नारायणभट्टपादविरचितं: श्रीमन्नारायणीयम्- Sriman Narayaniyam of Melputtur Narayanabhattapada with the Sanskrit Commentary Krsnapriya

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Kṛṣṇapriya is an ideal commentary on Narayaṇiyam of Sri Melputtur Narayaṇabhatta, which is one of the best treatise for nurturing devotion in our hearts. This book is penned by Sri. Krishnakumar, a retired professor, and an author of many Sanskrit commentaries. In the book, each verse is followed by the prose order and a paragraph giving the word-by-word meaning of the verse with essential grammar for easy understanding. The author also provides citations from Kosa and other reference texts which are used to explain the verses. The author's style is simple and elegant, and helps to understand the text in depth.
Since a long time, the author wanted to pen down a simple commentary in Sanskrit which would be beneficial for serious seekers and devotees of the Lord, with a little or no knowledge of the Sanskrit language. The present edition of Srimannarayaṇiyam, published by Chinmaya International Foundation, with the commentary Kṛṣṇapriya, amply fulfills this need.

Sri. Krishnakumar (b. 1957) is the son of Late Sastraratnam K.N. M. Divakaran Nampoothiri and Late Smt. Kavu Thampuran of the Cochin Royal family. As a first rank holder in M. A. Vyakarana and a gold medalist, he is gifted with tradition and talent. Even as a boy he accompanied his father, who himself was a scholar of renown, to several congregation of scholars (Vidvatsadas) and imbibed the finesse of the classical language, Sanskrit. Sri. Krishnakumar has travelled across India participating in many Vidvatsadas, and has been honoured by Swami Bharatitirtha of Sringeri Mutt, Swami Srimad Sudheendratirtha of Kashi Mutt, and Swami Jayendra Sarasvati of Kanchi Mutt. He received 'Suvarnahara' from Swami Bharatitirtha in 2007 and 'Kaliyat Parameswarabharati Memorial Suvarnamudra in 2013. He was awarded 'Sri. C. M. Vishnu Nampoothiri Memorial Award' in 2016, Visva Samskrta Pratisthân, Kerala Kendra, honoured him with the title Panditaratnam' in 2018. Tantra Vidyapitam, Aluva also honoured him with the title 'Acarya' in 2019.
He wrote and published Krsniyam, a Sanskrit commentary on the first two chapters of Laghusabdendusekhara, a higher text on Sanskrit grammar, written by Sri. NägeSa Bhatta, the famous Sanskrit grammarian, in 1992. He has also authored Mahabhaṣyarthadipika, a Sanskrit commentary on the nine chapters from the beginning on Mahabhasya of Patanjali. Sri. Krishnakumar retired as Head of the Department of Vyakarana from Govt Sanskrit College, Tripunithura in 2013. His wife is Smt. Shyamala Varma and his son, Dr. Sreehari Varma, is working as Guest Lecturer in Sanskrit Vyakarana, Sree Sankaracharya University of Sanskrit.