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Krṣṇa, the Supreme Personality of Godhead
in India, especially in those days, girls were married at a very early age. There are even many instances of a girl giving birth to a child at the age of twelve. Under the circumstances, all the  gopīs  who wanted to have Krṣṇa as their husband were already married. At the same time, they continued to hope that Krṣṇa would be their husband. Their attitude toward Krṣṇa was that of paramour love. Therefore, the loving affairs of Krṣṇa with the  gopīs  is called  parakīya-rasa . A married man or a wife who desires another wife or husband is called  parakīya-rasa .
Actually, Krṣṇa is the husband of everyone because He is the supreme enjoyer. The  gopīs  wanted Krṣṇa to be their husband, but factually there was no possibility of His marrying all the  gopīs . But because they had that natural tendency to accept Krṣṇa as their supreme husband, the relationship between the  gopīs  and Krṣṇa is called  parakīya-rasa . This  parakīya-rasa  is ever-existent in Goloka Vṛndāvana in the spiritual sky where there is no possibility of the inebriety which characterizes  parakīya-rasa  in the material world. In the material world,  parakīya-rasa  is abominable, whereas in the spiritual world it is present in the superexcellent relationship of Krṣṇa and the  gopīs . There are many other relationships with Krṣṇa: master and servant, friends and friend, parent and son, and lover and beloved. Out of all these  rasas , the  parakīya-rasa  is considered to be the topmost.
This material world is the perverted reflection of the spiritual world; it is just like the reflection of a tree on the bank of a reservoir of water: the topmost part of the tree is seen as the lowest part. Similarly,  parakīya-rasa , when pervertedly reflected in this material world, is abominable. When people, therefore, imitate the  rāsa  dance of Krṣṇa with the  gopīs , they simply enjoy the perverted, abominable reflection of the transcendental  parakīya-rasa . There is no possibility of enjoying this transcendental  parakīya-rasa  within the material world. It is stated in the  Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam  that one should not imitate this  parakīya-rasa  even in dream or imagination. Those who do so drink the most deadly poison.
When Krṣṇa, the supreme enjoyer, desired to enjoy the company of the  gopīs  on that full moon night of the  śarat  season, exactly at that very moment, the moon, the lord of the stars, appeared in the sky, displaying its most beautiful features. The full moon night of the  śarat  season is the most beautiful night in the year. In India there is a great monument called Taj Mahal in Agra, a city in the Uttar Pradesh province, and the tomb is made of first-class marble stone. During the night of the full moon of the  śarat  season, many foreigners go to see the beautiful reflections of the moon on the tomb. Thus this full moon night is celebrated even today for its beauty.