Rasa Dance also known as
Rasalila is the traditional dance custom of Krishna with the Radha and the Gopis. The traditional stories of Krishna are described in Hindu scriptures like the
Bhagavata Purana and literature, the Gita Govinda, where he dances with Radha and her associates or sakhis.
The term, `rasa` means emotion or performance and `lila` is a concept from Hinduism, which roughly translates to `play or lila of the dance or rasa`. Thus, Rasa Dance is known as the Dance of Divine Love.
Rasa Dance or the fabled dance of Krishna with the Gopis is the circle of the dance could not be constructed. Each of the Gopis attempted to keep in one place, close to the side of Krishna. Lord Krishna took each by the hand, and when their eyelids were shut, by the effects of such touch, the circle was formed.
Krishna, in order to form the circle takes each Gopi by the hand and leads her to her place. There he quit her but the effect of the contact is such that it derives her of the power of perception. She contentedly takes the hand of her female neighbor, thinking it to be Krishna`s.
The
Bhagavata Gita further explains that Krishna multiplied himself, and actually stood between each pair of maiden or Gopis.
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