VERSE 2:

yasyah kanta-tanullasat-parimalenakrishṭa uccaih sphurad-
gopi-vrinda-mukharavinda-madhu tat pritya dhayann apy adah
muncan vartmani bambhramiti madato govinda-bhringah satam
vrindaranya-varenya-kalpa-latikam radham kadaham bhaje

Although the Govinda-bee very much loves to drink the honey (of love) that oozes from the beautiful lotus faces of the gopīs, He suddenly leaves them and wanders here and there over the pathways searching for the best of wish yielding vines of Vṛndāvana, being attracted to the superexcellent fragrance of Her blissful body.
When will I worship that Rādhā?”

Stavāmṛta Kaṇā Vyākhyā:

In this verse Śrīla Raghunatha dāsa Gosvāmī gradually reveals the unrivalled sweetness of the love of Śrī Rādhārānī, which is far superior to the love of the other Vraja-sundarīs, although they are also endowed with mahā bhāva. Śrī Kṛṣṇa is like a bumblebee who is very thirsty after the relish of the love-honey that appears in the lotus-like gopīs.

The gopīs’ bodies have the beauty of mahā-bhāva, and therefore the king of aesthetes, Rasarāja Śrī Kṛṣṇa, covets them so much, for beauty and sweetness that is caused by other factors than prema can never attract or subdue Kṛṣṇa. And again, although Kṛṣṇa may drink the honey of the lotus-like faces of the gopīs, when He catches the fragrance of the Rādhā-lotus even from afar He suddenly leaves all these gopīs and constantly wanders down the kuñja-pathways like mad, attracted by Her exquisite bodily fragrance. In fact the gopīs are innumerable expansions of the body of mahābhāvamayī Śrīmatī Rādhārānī, that are displayed by Her to make Kṛṣṇa, who is śṛṅgāra-rasa personified, relish the honey of śṛṅgāra rasa, the erotic flavor.

bahu kāntā vinā nahe rasera ullāsa; līlāra sahāya lāgi bahuta prakāśa……..
kṛṣṇera vallabhā rādhā-Kṛṣṇa prāna-dhana; tāhā vinu sukha hetu nahe gopīgaṇa (C.C.)

“Without the presence of many lovers there is no joy in the rasa. Therefore, to support the līlā there are many consorts manifest. Rādhā is Kṛṣṇa’s beloved and the treasure of His heart, and without Her, the gopīs can not make Him happy.”

The best proof of that is Śrīla Jayadeva’s description of the Vasanta Rāsa (the vernal Rāsa-līlā). Here also Kṛṣṇa left all the gopīs to run after Śrī Rādhā in the forest:

kaṁsārir api saṁsāra vāsanābaddha śṛṅkhalām
rādhām ādhāya hṛdaye tatyāja vraja-sundarīh
itas tatas tām anusṛtya rādhikām anaṅga bāṇa braṇa khinna mānasah
kṛtānutāpah sa kalinda-nandinī taṭānta kuñje viṣasāda mādhavah
(Śrī Gīta Govindam 3/1-3)

“Taking Rādhā, who was the binding link to His sexual desires, in His heart, Kaṁsa’s enemy Kṛṣṇa relinquished all the Vraja-sundarīs. He wandered here and there in the forest looking for Rādhikā, His mind bruised by Cupid’s arrows. Entering a kuñja on the bank of the Yamunā, Mādhava began to lament with great repentance.”

We are now quoting the beautiful reply Śrīla Rāmānanda Rāya gave Śrīman Mahāprabhu (In Śrī Caitanya Caritāmṛta Madhya-līlā Chapter 8) when He inquired about the purport of these verses, that glorify Śrī Rādhārānī’s unrivalled love:

śata koṭi gopī-saṅge rāsa vilāsa; tāra madhye eka mūrti rahe rādhā pāśa
sādhāraṇa prema dekhi sarvatra samatā; rādhāra kuṭila prema hoilo vāmatā
krodha kori rāsa chāḍi gelā māna kori; tāre nā dekhiyā vyākula hoilā śrī hari
samyak sāra vāsanā kṛṣṇera icchā rāsa līlā; rāsa līlā vāsanāte rādhikā śṛṅkhalā
tāhā vinu rāsa līlā nāhi bhāya cite; maṇḍalī chāḍiyā gelā rādhā anveṣite
itas tatah bhrami kāhā rādhā nā pāiyā; viṣāda korena kāma-bāṇe khinna hoiyā
śata koṭi gopīte nahe kāma nirvāpaṇa; ihātei anumāni śrī rādhikāra guṇa

“Kṛṣṇa enjoyed the Rāsa-dance with billions of gopīs, staying in the middle next to Rādhā in one form. I see Kṛṣṇa is generally equal-minded when He is loved in an ordinary way, but before Rādhā’s crooked love He takes a stance of (loving) opposition. Rādhikā became angry and proudly left the Rāsa-dance, and when Śrī Hari did not see Her anymore He became very upset. Śrī Rādhikā is the binding chain in Kṛṣṇa’s desire to enjoy the Rāsa-līlā, which is complete and essential. Without Rādhā, Kṛṣṇa does not care about the Rāsa-līlā, so He left the Rāsa-circle to go out and look for Her. He wandered here and there, but could not find Her, so He became morose, being pierced by Cupid’s arrows. Even billions of gopīs cannot fulfill His desires; from this I can understand Śrī Rādhikā’s glories.”

Śrīmatī Rādhārānī’s extraordinary mādanākhya mahā bhāva awakens a strong desire within Śrī Kṛṣṇa’s heart to accept Her mādana-rasa-devotional service. This mādana bhāva is not present (to the full extent) in any of the other billions of gopīkās, hence all these gopīs cannot fulfill Kṛṣṇa’s desires. This is the confidential meaning of the line śata koṭi gopīte nahe kāma nirvāpana.
Śrīla Raghunātha dāsa Gosvāmī calls Śrī Rādhārāṇī vṛndāranya varenya kalpalatikā, the best wishyielding vine of Vṛndāvana, in this verse because She can fulfill all of Kṛṣṇa’s desires for love. Only the nectar-stream of Her love can quench the thirst for śṛṅgāra-rasa (erotic flavors) in the heart of Kṛṣṇa, who is Himself śṛṅgāra rasa personified.

Śrī Kavirāja Gosvāmīpāda has written: śrī rādhāra svarūpa – Kṛṣṇa prema kalpalatā (C.C.) “Śrī Rādhā is factually a wishyielding vine of love for Kṛṣṇa”.

Śrī Raghunātha dāsa actually means to say: “May this super-excellent wishyiel¬ding vine of Vṛndāvana also constantly appear in my heart and fulfill my desires to worship and serve Her.”

Śrīpāda wishes to be blessed with Premamayī Rādhārāṇī’s devotional service when She meets Śyāmasundara after attracting and maddening Him with Her exquisite bodily fragrance.

bhṛṅga prāya śrī govinda, pāna kore rasakanda
gopī mukha padma makaranda
kintu rāi aṅga-gandha, pāya yadi nāsā randhra,
sei kṣaṇe chāḍi gopīvṛnda

“Like a bumblebee Śrī Govinda, the source of all rasa, drinks the honey of the gopīs’ lotus-like faces, but when His nostrils catch Rāi’s bodily fragrance He leaves these gopīs at once!”

kuñja pathe chuṭe tathā, yathā gāndharvikā rādhā,
vṛndāvana prema kalpalatā.
rādhākuṇḍa tīre vāsa, kohe raghunātha dāsa,
kobe bhajibo se vṛṣabhānu-sutā

“He then runs down the kuñja-paths where Gāndharvikā Rādhā, Vṛndāvana’s wishyielding vine of love is.

Living on the bank of Rādhākuṇḍa Raghunātha dāsa says: “When will I worship that daughter of Vṛṣabhānu Mahārāja?”