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the east side of the tank. I shall give thee the Mantra of Radhika.
Arjuna worshipped Radhika with that Mantra and she appeared
before him. She then gave him the Mantra of Krishna. With that
Mantra, Arjuna succeeded in getting the favor of Krishna. He call-
ed Arjuna, in his female form, and gave him the privilege of his
company. Arjuna was then made to bathe on the west side of the
tank and he then regained his former form.
THE BRAHMA VAIVARTA PURANA follows the ideal of Pad ma
Purana. This ideal was further worked out and further revelations
were made by Chaitanya, who is believed to be an Avatara of
Krishna Himself. A full discussion of these revelations will be made
when we come to study the teachings of Chaitanya. No reference
is therefore made in this book to the works which appeared and
some of which preceded, but were connected with, the great move-
ment of Chaitanya.
Such is the study of the Vrindavana Lila as authoritatively
given in standard religious books. It gives us a clue to the mysteries,
which should be worked out by each esoteric student for himself.
The mysteries are partly allegorical and partly historical. We shall
first take the allegoiical representation of the Lila, which has reference
to the spiritual development of every individual Bhakta and is there-
fore of the most abiding interest to all Bhaktas.
The Puri of Mathura is in every man, the kingdom of his own
mind, where the personal self is to be put down. Mathura is from
math, to put down. Lavana (Salt), the demon of materialism (for
salt is an emblem of materialism; cf. the salt ocean) had hold of
this Puri during the time of R ??ma, and Satrughna killed the demon.
But materialism regained its lost ground and the forces
of descent gathered strong round Kansa. Kansa was Kala-nemi, or
the mark left by the wheel of time. Each one of us has inherited
through countless ages a strong element of materiality, which tries
to reign over each one of us. This is the Kansa in each of us.
There was also king Kansa of the period when Krishna appeared.
He was brought down from his high platform and killed by Krishna,
and the spiritual evolution of humanity became assured.
There are eight Prakritic principles in man, corresponding to
eight senses. Earth or smell, water or taste, fire or form, air or
touch, and akasa or sound, these enable Jivas to acquire experiences
from the outside. Ahankara, or the sense of egoism, enables man
to assimilate those experiences to his personal self, and to make a
small world of his own self.
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