You can understand Radha only if you can fathom the depth of that thirst. Radha believed that Krishna is the Adhar (basis); she did Aradh (worship) to Krishna in a continuous dhara (stream); in fact, she is Dhara or Prakruthi, which is another form of the Lord or Purusha Himself. How can those who are full of evil tendencies and impulses grasp that relationship?

The Gopis had that one-pointed Prema (love); unwavering, clear and pure. The relationship between the Gopis and Krishna as depicted in the Bhaagavatha has been unfortunately judged by persons who have not regulated and controlled their Vriththis. This subject is beyond the comprehension of such people. Only Brahmacharis (celibates) of the most ardent and ascetic type like Shukha Maharishi who described it to King Pareekshith and in recent years, Ramakrishna Paramahamsa, can appreciate that relationship and pronounce upon its uniqueness. All the rest are apt to see in it only the reflection of their own failings and their own feelings.