Raasleela of Shri Krishna and Radha

It was autumn night of full moon having reddish complexion, wind was blowing slowly playing with hair of Shri Krishna. Waves of Jamuna river made Shri Krishna's feet wet. Soil was moisture, jasmine flower was blossoming into full disc, beautiful fragrance of flower all over the place. Shri Krishna, supreme god had no desire but through his Yogmaya energy , he decided to have rasa with his beloved gopis. He picked the flute by big beautiful fingers, placed his red soft lips and played flute.

Hearing the sweet sound of the flute of their beloved, the one who had stolen their heart, the manamohana, who had eyes like big blue lotus, whose body was more smooth than Makhan, who had “Srivastava chinha”, portraying beautiful Mahalakshmi in his chest, who wore vajyanti mala, whose beauty is incomparable to Kamadeva- the god of love, whose hair string was always kissing his beautiful cheeks, who wore Mayur pankh, gopis became irresistible.

Some gopis left while eating, some while making their hair, some got their dresses in disarray, some milking their child, some only had Kajal in one eye. Some gopis were locked up by their respective husband, so they did sadhana to be in rasa. Lord

Shri Krishna opened the eyes with long eyelashes and saw the gopis in front of him in this dense forest, at midnight all very pretty face like bright moon, very slim waist, proportionate body, Kumkum on their breast, big lotus shaped eyes.

He said “All of you, be welcome, oh dear fortunate ladies. What can I do to please you? Please tell Me whether Vraj is all right and for what reason you came here.This night is full of fearsome looking creatures, so please return to Vraja oh slender girls. You women should not hang around here. Your mothers, fathers, sons, brothers and husbands undoubtedly are looking for you and unable to find you. Do not make your families afraid.You have seen Raka [the goddess of the full moon day] resplendent with her moonlight. You have seen the forest full of flowers that is even more pleasurable by the breeze that coming from the Jamuna plays through the leaves of the trees.

Go therefore, without delay, back to the cowherd village. You must serve your husbands, oh chaste ladies, the calves and the children are crying for you to give them milk. Or else, if you have come with your hearts overtaken by your love for Me, that is indeed laudable of you since all living beings have affection for Me. For women it indeed is the highest dharma to be diligently of service to her husband, to be simple and honest towards the relatives and to take good care of her family. Unless he fell down from his belief or being unfaithful husband, even being bad-tempered, unfortunate, old, decrepit, sickly and poor, must not be rejected by women who want to go to heaven. So please go without delay.”

Hearing his unpleasant words by their one and only beloved, and being rejected, it saddend the gopis. They placed their head down , scratching the ground with their feet, tears rolling through their eyes and washing off makeup, they all looked in anxiety. Slowly after wiping their tears, they said, “You, oh Mighty One, oh Goodness should not speak so harshly. Please reciprocate with our devotion at Your feet for which we have denounced everything else, do not play so hard-to-get rejecting us.

Be just like the Godhead, the Original Personality who reciprocates with those who desire liberation.Oh dearest one, You as the Knower of the Dharma thus spoke of the duty of women that would consist of her faithfulness to her husband, children and relatives. So be it, but is it not so that You, oh Lord, You the Godhead, the most appreciated one who as the Soul for all embodied beings is the closest relative, are the real object of this instruction?The experts are constantly of service to You, who always endear them as their very own Self. So, what do our husbands, children and relatives mean to us who give us trouble? Have mercy with us oh Supreme Controller, do not cut down the by us for so long entertained hopes for You oh Lotus-eyed One!You easily stole our minds that were absorbed in our households, as also our hands that were engaged in household duties. Our feet will not move one step away from Your feet.

How can we go back to Vraja, what should we do instead. Please oh Dearest One, pour the flood of the nectar of Your smiling glances and melodious songs that [by the flute] escape from Your lips, over the fire in our hearts. Otherwise we will place our bodies in the fire that burns of separation and by meditation on Your feet attain Your abode oh Friend. Oh You with Your lotus eyes, for the goddess of fortune it is a festival whenever she resides at the base of Your feet, the feet that now are held dear by [us] the people dwelling in the forest. Touching them we, being filled by Your joy, from that moment on will never be able to stand in the direct presence of any other man!

The goddess of fortune, who together with Tulas?-dev? has achieved a position on Your chest, is served by servants and the other gods try to acquire her look of approval. But the same way as even she desires the dust of Your lotus feet, we also have sought the shelter of the dust of Your feet. Therefore be of mercy with us, oh Vanquisher of all Distress. Renouncing our homes we have approached Your feet in the hope to worship You. Please allow us to serve You oh gem of all people, oh You with Your beautiful smiles and glances for which our hearts have burned with an intense desire. Seeing Your face encircled by Your hair, the beauty of Your earrings at Your cheeks, the nectar of Your smiling lips, the glances that make one fearless,

Your two mighty arms and with seeing Your chest, the only source of pleasure for the goddess, we are delivered as Your servants. Which woman within the three worlds, oh dearest, would, completely being bewildered by the melody lines of the songs You draw from Your flute, not deviate in her civil conduct after seeing this grace of the three worlds, this beautiful form because of which [even] the cows, the birds, the trees and the deer experience a shiver of joy? You clearly have taken birth as the Godhead, the remover of the fear and distress of the people of Vraj, as no one else but the Original Personality who protects all the gods and worlds. Therefore, oh Friend of the Distressed, kindly place Your lotus like hand on the burning breasts and heads of Your maidservants.'

After hearing Gopi geet, Yogeswar Lord came, and saw tears in eyes of gopis, some gopis fainted too. He again restarted Rasa dance. Gopis praised Lord's skill prayer playing flute while Lord too praised gopis dancing skills. They danced in rhythmic way. When gopis became tired, Lord kept his arms around gopis to give them energy. After a while , they all went to Jamuna river, and bathed there with Shri Krishna Kanhaiyya. Around 4–5 AM, Lord requested them to go home. First gopis disagreed, but hearing lover's request, they went home.. Actually Rasa dance is totally spiritual. Parikshit Maharaj, listened Rasleela at the end of life. If it was lustful act, than he would not listen it at end of his life. It is dance of Param atman with Jeev atman. It promotes madhurya bhava for Lord. If materialistic person listen this, develops lustful desires while non materialistic person overcome lustful desires. So it should be kept in mind that not even one percent of materialism exist here.