Lord Krishna Meets Radha When Krishna was a littleboy of four or five, his father, Nanda, took him to the field where the cattlewere grazing.
Krishna wanted to spring a surprise on his father, so he created a severethunderstorm. It began to rain heavily and the trees were tossing wildly Although Krishna was responsible forthe storm, hepretended that he knew nothing. He started crying and screaming, and he clungto his father for protection. Nanda wastrying desperately to protect his child and also the cattle. He found that hecould not manage to do the two things simultaneously, and so he was in aterrible predicament. He hadto save his dearest child and again, he had to save the cattle. Nandacould see no way to bring both the cattle and the child home safely. All of a sudden, a most beautiful womanappeared. Nandawas very relieved to see this unknown woman who had come at such a crucialmoment. “Would you kindly takecare of my child?” he asked. “I must take the cattle home now. Then I will come back. I am sure that youwill be able to protect my son “Do not worry. I will definitely take good care of your child,” the woman assured Nanda. Nanda departed for home with the frightenedcattle. When Krishna and the woman were alone together, Krishnadid something extraordinary. He created a most enchanting scene and tookthe form of a youth.This youth was dark-skinned; he wore an orange cloth and on his forehead therewas a peacock feather. In his hands, he held aflute which he was playing so hauntingly. Krishna looked at the woman and askedher, “Do you remember this incident, when we were in Heaven?” The unknown woman wasRadha, who was Krishna’s dearest beloved. Radha replied, “I do remember thisincident. Itis very vivid to me.” Krishna was showing Radha a scene from their lifetogether in Heaven before they took incarnation on earth. He wanted to remind Radhaof their eternal oneness .The time was fast approaching for Krishna’s father tocome and take his son home. Krishna stopped the performance in Heavenand became a little child again. He started crying pitifully for his father to come and claim him. After some time, Nanda had still not appeared and Radhabecame very worried. She was wondering what to do when she heard a voice telling her totake the child to Nanda’s house. Radha was so sad and miserable that she had toreturn Krishna to his parents after being reunited with him on earth. She was afraid that she would not be able to see him anymore. But the voice told her, “Take the childback to Nanda and Yashoda. If you listen to me, I assure you that you willbe able to go and see your Lord Krishna every evening. You will meet him and hewill play his flute for you. A part of your heart will always remain with him. Atthat moment, there appeared Brahma, the Creator. For 60,000 years he hadbeen praying to the Highest only to have a glimpse of Radha. In his meditation, he had seen Krishna and Radha together on earth and he was deeply moved. So he came personally to see Radha, who was the embodiment of theUniversal Force Radha obeyed the innermessage that she had received from the voice and took the child back to Nanda’shouse. After that, she used tocome and visit Krishna every evening That is one version of how Lord Krishna andRadha met for the first time. There is another version of the story. In this second version, it is believed that Radha’s father was a very rich king.When Radha was still a little girl, hedecided it was time for her to get married. Hemade all the necessary arrangements for her to marry a neighbouring prince. But Radha did not want to get married; she wanted only to be with Krishna. So she took her soul out ofher body and kept only a portion of herself, a shadow of her real existence,inside her body. The prince for whom she was intended married the shadow Radhatransported her soul to Nanda’s family because she knew that Lord Krishna wasbeing brought up there. She took birth in Nanda’s family, and sheand Krishna became brother and sister, closer than the closest. The second story Ihave not heard. This was an information stored inexternal memory. I thought of posting today. R. Gopala Krishnan dated 20-5-2021 -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Thatha_Patty" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/thatha_patty/954156136.1700529.1621492754647%40mail.yahoo.com.
