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Aishwarya Kapoor

Raas Leela on Sharad Purnima: Why Krishna Multiplied Rather Than Chose

The Bhagavata Purana does not describe the Raas Leela as a dance. It describes it as an impossibility that happened anyway. Each gopi believed Krishna stood only beside her. Each was right. This is the event Sharad Purnima holds, not a festival of romance, but a record of what happens when the infinite tries to meet the particular without diminishing either.

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