Description of the Rāsa Dance
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eyebrows, their smiling, the movements of the breasts of the  gopīs  and their clothes, their earrings, their cheeks, their hair with flowers—as they sang and danced these combined together to appear like clouds, thunder, snow and lightning. Krṣṇa's bodily features appeared just like a group of clouds, their songs were like thunder, the beauty of the  gopīs  appeared to be just like lightning in the sky, and the drops of perspiration visible on their faces appeared like falling snow. In this way, both the  gopīs  and Krṣṇa fully engaged in dancing.
The necks of the  gopīs  became tinted with red due to their desire to enjoy Krṣṇa more and more. To satisfy them, Krṣṇa began to clap His hands in time with their singing. Actually the whole world is full of Krṣṇa's singing, but it is appreciated in different ways by different kinds of living entities. This is confirmed in the  Bhagavad-gītā :  ye yathā mām prapadyante . Krṣṇa is dancing, and every living entity is also dancing, but there is a difference in the dancing in the spiritual world and in the material world. This is expressed by the author of  Caitanya-caritāmṛta , who says that the master dancer is Krṣṇa and everyone is His servant. Everyone is trying to imitate Krṣṇa's dancing. Those who are actually in Krṣṇa consciousness respond rightly to the dancing of Krṣṇa: they do not try to dance independently. But those in the material world try to imitate Krṣṇa as the Supreme Personality of Godhead. The living entities are dancing under the direction of Krṣṇa's  māyā  and are thinking that they are equal to Krṣṇa. But this is not a fact. In Krṣṇa consciousness, this misconception is absent, for a person in Krṣṇa consciousness knows that Krṣṇa is the supreme master and everyone is His servant. One has to dance to please Krṣṇa, not to imitate or to become equal to the Supreme Personality of Godhead. The  gopīs  wanted to please Krṣṇa, and therefore as Krṣṇa sang, they responded and encouraged Him by saying, "Well done, well done." Sometimes they presented beautiful music for His pleasure, and He responded by praising their singing.
When some of the  gopīs  became very tired from dancing and moving their bodies, they placed their hands on the shoulders of Śrī Krṣṇa. Then their hair loosened and flowers fell to the ground. When they placed their hands on Krṣṇa's shoulder, they became overwhelmed by the fragrance of His body which emanated from the lotus, other aromatic flowers, and the pulp of sandalwood. They became filled with attraction for Him, and they began to kiss one another. Some  gopīs  touched Krṣṇa cheek to cheek, and Krṣṇa began to offer them chewed betel nuts from His mouth, which they exchanged with great pleasure by kissing. And by accepting those betel nuts, the  gopīs  spiritually advanced.