Could you please explain about Shrimati Radharani?

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Shri Krishna is the divine male manifestation of the Ultimate Reality and Shrimati Radha is its divine female manifestation. The Supreme Lord of lords Shri Krishna is Shaktiman – the Energetic and Shrimati Radha is Shakti – the Energy. Thus, Shrimati Radha is the ‘Counter Whole’ of Shri Krishna as the Vedic literatures describe that energy is non-different from the energetic – shakti shaktimatoh abhedah. They are one. They are the two original features of the Absolute Transcendental Truth. Together, they are the Supreme Truth.

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The Upanishads declare: “Paraasya shakti vividhaiva shruyate – the Lord possesses multifarious energies.” Shrimati Radha is the complete embodiment of all His energies. Basically, Shri Krishna possesses two categories of energy: (i) Antaranga – internal, which is spiritual and (ii) Bahiranga – external, which is material. The spiritual energy is also known as Svarupa-shakti, the personal potency. Shrimati Radha is the very personification of this energy. In other words, the spiritual potency is kaya – the substance and the material energy is merely its chhaya – the shadow.

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The spiritual potency functions in three ways, namely, Sandhini – the ‘existence’ aspect, Samvid – the ‘knowledge’ aspect and Hladini – the ‘bliss’ or ‘pleasure’ aspect. Shrimati Radha totally represents the pleasure potency – Hladini Shakti. Hence, only she can make Shri Krishna experience ecstatic bliss and no one else. This is the most exalted ontological position in which she is situated. No one else can reach that height.

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To please Shri Krishna in His various incarnations, she also serves the Lord through various extensions of her forms. Her immediate expansions are: (i) All the Gopis of Vrindavana, (ii) the 16,108 queens of Dvaraka headed by Shrimati Rukmini and Shrimati Satyabhama and (iii) Shrimati Lakshmi Devi in Vaikuntha. She also, in her aspect as Yogamaya, arranges the Lord’s pastimes in the material world. Her very far removed expansion is Durga Devi.

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Her unalloyed love for Shri Krishna – ekanta bhakti govinde yat tad sarvatra tad ikshnam, is so complete and intense that she sees nothing but Shri Krishna everywhere and in everything. The conclusion is that although a practicing Krishna-conscious devotee aims at reviving his knowledge of Krishner nitya dasa – the eternal servant of Krishna, the real target is Radha dasyam – to become situated in the service of Shrimati Radha. This is the essence of Gaudiya Vaishnava Philosophy.