Devlok aur dharti par prem ki jab bhi baat hoti hai, toh Radha-Krishna ka naam sabse pehle aata hai. Unka prem koi saandarbhik ya sharirik prem nahi, balki do aatmaon ka ek sanyog tha. Ek aisi hi prem se bhari raat thi Vrindavan mein, jise aaj hum Sharad Purnima kehte hain.

Sharad Ritu ki vo raat behad khas thi. Aasman mein poora chand chamak raha tha, jiski sheetal aur sunehri chandni Yamuna ji ke pani par tair rahi thi. Charo taraf thandi hawa chal rahi thi aur van mein gulab aur kamal ke phool khile huye the. Aisa lag raha tha maano poori prakriti kisi divya utsav ki taiyari kar rahi ho.

Kanha ne apni bansuri hothon se lagayi aur ek aisi dhun chhedi jo seedhe aatma ko chhoo jaye. Us bansuri ki aawaz mein ek aisi kashish thi ki Radha ji aur Vrindavan ki gopiyan apne saare kaam-kaaj chhodkar Yamuna kinare nivedit van ki taraf khinchi chali aayin.

Jab Radha ji vahan pahunchin, toh unhone dekha ki Kanha chandni raat mein unka hi intezar kar rahe the. Chand ki roshni mein Krishna ka neela rang aur Radha ji ka roop maano ek doosre mein samaye huye the. Kanha ne Radha ji ka hath thama aur van mein shuru hua Maha Raas.

Kehte hain us raat Krishna ne jitni gopiyan thin, utne hi roop dharan kar liye taaki har kisi ko lage ki Kanha sirf unke sath hain. Par un sabke beech, Krishna ka mukhya aur sacha roop sirf Radha ji ke sath tha. Radha ji ne prem se Kanha ke kandhe par apna sir rakh diya aur dono is sangeet aur chandni mein kho gaye.

Van ke saare pashu-pakshi, yahan tak ki bageeche ke maut dekh rahe peacocks (mor) bhi apne par phailakar unki dhun par jhoomne lage. Pani mein khile lotus (kamal) ke phool bhi us divya sangeet se khil uthe. Us raat prem ka ek aisa vatavaran bana ki devta bhi aasman se phool barsane lage. Ek katha ke mutabiq, is prem-utsav ko dekhne ke liye bhagwan Shiv bhi ek gopi ka roop dharan karke vahan pahunch gaye the.

Radha-Krishna ka ye roop humein sikhata hai ki sacha prem nishchal hota hai, jisme koi shart nahi hoti, sirf ek doosre ke prati samarpana hota hai.