Krsna is singing, everyone is dancing, but...

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Actually the whole world is full of Krsna's singing, but it is appreciated

in different ways by different kinds of living entities. This is confirmed

in the Bhagavad-gita: ye yatha mam prapadyante tams tathaiva bhajamy aham

[bg. 4.11]. Krsna is dancing, and every living entity is also dancing, but

there is a difference between the dancing in the spiritual world and that in

the material world. This is expressed by the author of the

Caitanya-caritamrta, who says that the master dancer is Krsna and everyone

else is His servant. Everyone is trying to imitate Krsna's dancing. Those

who are actually in Krsna consciousness respond rightly to the dancing of

Krsna: they do not try to dance independently. But those in the material

world try to imitate Krsna as the Supreme Personality of Godhead. The living

entities are dancing under the direction of Krsna's maya and are thinking

that they are equal to Krsna. But this is not a fact. In Krsna

consciousness, this misconception is absent, for a person in Krsna

consciousness knows that Krsna is the supreme master and everyone else is

His servant. One has to dance to please Krsna, not to imitate or attempt to

become equal to the Supreme Personality of Godhead. The gopis wanted to

please Krsna, and therefore as Krsna 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.

 

Krsna Book ch. 33: Description of the Rasa Dance