Rasleela is an ocean of divine love and nectar. It has two streams. Come from two sides. Collide and become one. The first wave becomes the second. The second wave becomes the first. In this way, this infinite stream of other union of lover-beloved, beloved-lover continues. New meeting, new form, new taste, new passion and new satisfaction. This is the non-dual form of love interest. Its name is Raas. Rasleela is the dance of the Gopis in the form of a stream of Shyam-Brahm and Tadakaar Vrittis situated at the junction on the stage of a heart filled with the non-dual essence of one Krishna, one Vritti.
There is coordination of literature, music and art (dance) in Raas. This is the identity of Satyam Shivam Sundaram. There is not even an iota of lust in this Raasleela. Dev, Gandharva, Kinnar and Narad etc. also come from the sky and Shri Mahadev ji himself disguised himself as Gopi and enters the Raasleela in Vrindavan on Vanshivat in the form of Gopishwar Mahadev and looks at Maharas with his three eyes. Even today Shri Gopeshwar is looking at us in the form of Mahadev.-Dr. Pradeep Dwivedi ‘Raman’ Spiritual Writer
One thing should be understood clearly that Raasleela has nothing to do with Gopi’s body. This is not the union of ordinary man and woman, but of Jiva and Brahma. The pure soul’s pleasure is to enjoy the company of Brahma. Pure living being means a living being without the cover of Maya. Only such a living being meets Brahma. That is why Shri Krishna had performed Chirharan Leela with the Gopis before Maharas. When the outer covering of the title got destroyed in Chirharan Leela, Raas Leela took place. The identity of the living being and Brahma took place. Just as clothes cover the body, similarly lust and ignorance cover the soul and keep God away. Unless the veil of ignorance and lust is removed, one cannot meet Shiva. The leela of snatching clothes is the leela of taking away intellectual lust and intellectual ignorance. The clothes of lust and ignorance are hindrances in meeting God. It is easy to remove the work of the senses, but it is very difficult to remove the work of the intellect. Shri Krishna removed the veil of lust from the Gopis. Pure Buddha performed Maharasa with the Gopis.
According to Sridharaswami, Panchchadhyayi (5 chapters of Ras in Bhagwat) Rasleela is the ultimate fruit of Nivritti Dharma. The 5 chapters of Rasleela seem to be indicative of the five lives. The pleasure of the five souls with God is the only pleasure. The flute of Venugeet is heard not only by animals and birds but by everyone. But the flute of Raasleela can be heard only by officer Jeeva Gopi who is in touch with God.
Raasleela is not the story of an ordinary woman, it is the story of a woman who has forgotten her body esteem and is free from any attachment to the body. When Dehadhyas is destroyed, one gets entry into the divine play of the Lord. When a living being approaches God by looking introvertly, then he asks – Why has he come to me? He had also asked the Gopis – Why have you come to me? Serve your husband and children, meeting at night is not appropriate. A living being does not find God easily. The living being is confused. Stay busy in the world, only there you will find happiness. I cannot give happiness, I can only give happiness.
Brahma returns the soul to the world and tempts it. Traps you in the trap of illusion. Natwar Nagar On Shri Krishna saying this, the gopis say – ‘Padau padam na chaltastav padamulad yamah katham vrajmadho karvaam ki va’. (Shrimad Bhagwat 10/29/34). That is, O Govind! Our feet are not ready to step back even a single step from your lotus feet. How can we return to Braj? And even if we return, what should we do there without the mind? Our mind is engrossed in you. We also want to be like you. The Lord thought that the love of these Gopis was true. The creature has come to meet me with pure intentions, so I accepted it. Shri Krishna took many forms simultaneously. We made as many forms as there were Gopis and started Raasleela by placing one form with each Gopi. A soul separated from thousands of births has been able to appear before the Lord today. The living being has become divine today. Both of them became one. This union brought immense joy to both the living beings and God. The Gopis became like Shri Krishna and like God. Everyone joined hands and started dancing. This is the union of the living being with Brahma. In this way, Acharya Shri Shukdevji of Advaita Siddhanta has described Advaita in Raasleela.
While watching Maharas, Brahmaji started thinking that although Krishna and the Gopis are selfless, yet forgetting their body consciousness, playing with a stranger woman in this way is a violation of the scriptures. Brahmaji became suspicious. Brahmaji did not know that this Raasleela was the result of religion and not religion. Shri Krishna created another game – he gave his form to all the Gopis. Now Krishna was visible everywhere. There were no Gopis. All Pitambari are Krishna and are playing Raas with each other. Brahmaji accepted that this was not the union of a man and a woman. Shri Krishna has become Gopirupa. Brahmaji prostrated before Shri Krishna. This is not the union of femininity and masculinity of different elements, but the union of part and part. The Gopis became like Shri Krishna, became the form of God. After becoming Brahma, where is the existence of the living being?
The scripture says that Lord Krishna himself. Then it automatically becomes clear that Krishna is not lustful, not an enjoyer, but is the presiding deity of selfless action and Yogeshwar himself. Just as he destroyed the pride of Lord Brahma by performing the leela of abducting cows, the pride of Agni by performing the leela of burning paan and the pride of Indra by performing the leela of taking Govardhan, in the same way he also destroyed the pride of Kamadeva by performing Raasleela. In these Leela incidents it becomes clear that Raasleela is Mahaleela. It is the expressed form of non-duality. There is ultimate union of part in part. The form of discrimination is the glorified form of spiritual reality by canceling the worldly vision.
