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who she was. Narada expressed her inability to introduce herself.
Then Radhadevi imparted to Narada a fourteen-syllable Mantra
of Lord Krsna and Narada at once found herself equal in beauty
and grace, to other ladies of the locality.2 She then accompanied
them to Sri.Krsna who was existence consciousness and Bliss
sorrounded by women.3 The Lord offered Narada an affectionate
embraces and Narada enjoyed the Divine communion for a year.4
Thereafter Lord said to Radha, This was my Prkriti in the
form of Narada. Let her now have another dip in the Ananta pool.
At this, Radha initiated Narada into the esoteric dectrine of
oneness of Lalita and Krsnal, and thereafter her to bathe in the
pool. Narada did so, and assume her previous masculine form of
Narada.
Lord Siva also said to have assumed the form of a Gopi in
order to be allowed to participate in the Rasa dance at Vrandavana.
The philosophic impart of these description lies probably in
the fact that all timite selves are so many phases of the Divine
Prakrti. The Gita teaches that individual souls are the Lord's Para
Prakriti, His apara Prakriti being the five elements mind, ego,
and intellect. It is therefore figuratively said that Lord Krsna alone
is the Purusa, and all other beings including Brahma are women.
The pools of the above stories seem to be representative of
devotional doctrines which teach that all finite soul depend for
eternal bliss upon the Lord. Narada's divine, commuion for a year