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represents Narada's prolonged meditation on devotional lines.
The Puranas have identified Krsna with Visnu and Narayana
while explaining the term Narayana. The Purana says, "The water
are called Nara, because they were the offspring of Nara (The
supreme spirit); and as in them is first (Ayana) progress (in the
character of Brahma), took place, he is thence named Narayana
(he whose place of moving was the water) (V.P.I.4.6). Manu also
supports the same view. Bhandarkar opines that idea of Narayana
was developed in the period of the Brahmanas and Aranyakas.
(Collected works of Bhandarkar Vol.IV pp.43) In the Mahabharata
and Puranas, Narayana figures as the supreme god, especially in
connection with the creation. He is represented as lying on the
body of a huge serpent in the ocean of milk. Narayana, thus became
an object of worship. Bhandarkar opines, "Narayana being thus
evolved as the supreme being in the later Brahmanic period, was
of course prior to Vasudeva was identified with Narayana." (P-
45). The Mahabharata also recognises the identificatioin of
Narayana with Vasudeva. The whole Narayaniya section seems to
prove the identity between the gods.
The Purana also identifies Krsna with Visnu, Krsna is always
represented with four arms holding Sankha, Chakra Gada,
(V.P.V.3.10.18.39-41) etc. He used the Sudarsana Chakra in the
battle against Indra (Ibid: V.30.67-69). Garuda the vehicle of
Visnu, as also used by Krsna is represented as the supreme