Description of the Rāsa Dance
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forced to accept a certain type of body by his previous actions. But when Krṣṇa appears, He always appears in a body; it is not forced upon Him by the action of His past deeds. His body is a vehicle for His transcendental pleasure which is enacted by His internal potency. He has no obligation to the laws of  karma . The Māyāvādī monist must accept a certain type of body, being forced by the laws of nature; therefore, his claim to be one with Krṣṇa or God is only theoretical. Such persons who claim to be equal with Krṣṇa and indulge in  rāsa-līlā  create a dangerous situation for the people in general. Krṣṇa, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, is already present as Supersoul within the bodies of the  gopīs  and their husbands. He is the guide of all living entities, as is confirmed in the  Kaṭha Upaniṣad ,  nityo nityānām cetanaś cetanānām . The Supersoul directs the individual soul to act, and the Supersoul is the actor and witness of all action.
It is confirmed in the  Bhagavad-gītā  that Krṣṇa is present in everyone's heart, and from Him come all action, remembrance and forgetfulness. He is the original person to be known by Vedic knowledge. He is the author of  Vedānta  philosophy, and He knows the  Vedānta  philosophy perfectly well. The so-called Vedāntists and Māyāvādīs cannot understand Krṣṇa as He is; they simply mislead followers by imitating the actions of Krṣṇa in an unauthorized way. Krṣṇa, the Supersoul of everyone, is already within the body of everyone; therefore if He sees someone or embraces someone there is no question of propriety.
Some ask that if Krṣṇa is self-sufficient, why should He at all manifest pastimes with the  gopīs  which are disturbing to the so-called moralists of the world? The answer is that such activities show special mercy to the fallen, conditioned souls. The  gopīs  are also expansions of His internal energy, but because Krṣṇa wanted to exhibit the  rāsa-līlā , they also appeared as ordinary human beings. In the material world, pleasure is ultimately manifested in the sex attraction between man and woman. The man lives simply to be attracted by women, and the woman lives simply to be attracted by men. That is the basic principle of material life. As soon as these attractions are combined, people become more and more implicated in material existence. In order to show them special favor, Krṣṇa exhibited this  rāsa-līlā  dance. It is just to captivate the conditioned soul. Since they are very much attracted by sexology, they can enjoy the same life with Krṣṇa and thus become liberated from the material condition. In the Second Canto of  Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam , Mahārāja Parīkṣit also explains that the pastimes and activities of Lord Krṣṇa are medicine for the conditioned souls. If they simply hear about Krṣṇa they become relieved from the material disease. They are addicted to material enjoyment and