VERSE 5:

vraja kula mahilānāṁ prāṇa bhūtākhilānāṁ
paśupapati gṛhiṇyāḥ kṛṣṇavat prema-pātram
sulalita lalitāntaḥ sneha phullāntarātmā
snapayati nija dāsye rādhikā māṁ kadā nu

When will Śrī Rādhikā, who is the very life of all the Vraja-gopīs, who is loved by the cowherd queen (Yaśodā) as much as Kṛṣṇa is, and whose heart blossoms of the very charming Lalitā’s heart’s affection for Her, bathe me in Her service?

Stavāmṛta Kaṇā Vyākhyā:

When the vision of the last verse disappears from him, Raghunātha becomes very upset with feelings of love in separation. The pastime he perceives in his transcendental vision brings endless sweetness with it, which blossoms in front of his eyes. He has become very impatient out of a strong desire to attain Śrīmatī’s service. It is as if Śrī Rādhārāṇī sees it and says: “Raghunātha! Why are you so anxiously crying for My devotional service? If you so strongly desire to serve some cowherdgirl, there are so many of them here in Vraja! Aren’t your desires fulfilled by attaining the service of any one of them?”

Śrī Raghunātha gives his answer in this verse. With an anxious voice he says: vrajakula mahilānāṁ prāṇabhūtākhilānām – “O Śrīmatī Rādhike! You are the very life-force of all the beautiful gopīs! All the Vraja-sundarīs are serving You, visibly or invisibly, just as the senses and the body are all serving the life-force!”

rādhā saha krīḍā-rasa vṛddhira kāraṇa;
āra sab gopīgaṇa rasopakaraṇa
kṛṣṇera vallabhā rādhā Kṛṣṇa prāṇa-dhana;
tāhā vinu sukha-hetu nahe gopī-gaṇa
(C.C.)

“Rādhā is the direct cause of the increase of Kṛṣṇa’s playful mellows, and all the other gopīs are the secondary causes. Rādhā is Kṛṣṇa’s lover and the treasure of His heart. Without Her, the gopīs cannot please Kṛṣṇa.”

Just as different spices are increasing the taste of a meal, so the gopīs nourish, support, and increase the taste of Kṛṣṇa’s ever-so-sweet transcendental pastimes with Śrī Rādhā, who is the most relishable lover, such as the Rāsa-dance.
Without the presence of neutral gopīs, friendly gopīs, own gopīs and rival gopīs there can be no variety in Kṛṣṇa’s amorous pastimes, but without Rādhā Herself none of these gopī-groups can delight or satisfy Kṛṣṇa. They are serving their prāṇa svarūpinī Śrī Rādhā (who is their very life), directly or indirectly, just as the senses in the body are serving the life-airs.
Therefore Śrī Raghunātha says: Śrī Rādhā is the prāṇa svarūpiṇī of all the Vraja-sundarīs.

“O Īśvari Śrī Rādhike! If all the gopīs are engaged in Your service, then tell me, where else should I go than to Your lotus feet?”

Then Śrī Raghunātha, who has learned through mother Yaśomatī’s experience that Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī is as qualified as Śrī Kṛṣṇa, prays: paśupa-pati gṛhiṇyāḥ Kṛṣṇavat prema-pātram – “O Rādhe! You are as dear to the cowherd-queen Yaśodā is her own son Kṛṣṇa is!”

The recognition of the transcendental principles is like a whetstone to test the love of a devotee. In whatever way or form the transcendental principle may come before the eyes, the loving devotee will detect and experience it. Hence mother Yaśomatī can experience that Śrī Rādhārāṇī is non-different from Śrī Kṛṣṇa, being His greatest potency (śakti) and the crown-jewel of His consorts.
Seeing Śrī Rādhārāṇī being bashful in her home, Yaśomatī says:

na sutāsi kīrtidāyāḥ kintu mamaiveti tathyamākhyāmi
prāṇimi vīkṣya mukhaṁ te Kṛṣṇasyeveti kiṁ trapase (U.N.)

“O girl! Why are You so shy? You are not Kīrtidā’s daughter, You are actually my daughter! I stay alive simply by seeing Your face. To me it’s just like seeing Kṛṣṇa’s face!”

Thus Śrī Yaśodā loves Śrī Rādhā as much as she loves Śrī Kṛṣṇa.
Then Śrī Raghunātha says: sulalita lalitāntaḥ sneha phullāntarātmā – “Rādhikā’s heart is blooming with the charming heart’s affection of Her friend Lalitā.”

One of Rādhikā’s names is sakhī praṇayitāvaśā, She is controlled by the love of Her girlfriends, and Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī gives the following example:

upadiśa sakhi vṛnde ballabendrasya sūnuṁ kim ayam iha sakhīnāṁ mām adhīnāṁ dunoti
apasaratu saśaṅkaṁ maṇirān māninīnāṁ kalayati lalitāyāḥ kiṁ na sauṭīrya dhāṭīm (U.N.)

Śrī Rādhā said: “Sakhi Vṛnde! Tell the prince of the cowherders that I am under the control of My girlfriends! Why is He vainly hurting Me? We are proud girls, He shouldn’t stay in our abodes! Tell Him to flee fearfully; doesn’t He know Lalitā’s power?”

This is how She is controlled by affectionate-hearted Lalitā-sakhī. The sakhīs’ love is called tad bhāvecchātmikā, which means that they just want to witness the sweet moods between Rādhā and Kṛṣṇa, instead of enjoying with Kṛṣṇa themselves.
The heroine is millions of times dearer to them than their own lives. Whose hearts can be more charming and affectionate than theirs? They only want to make the heroine happy:

mithaḥ prema guṇotkīrtis tayor āsakti kāritā;
abhisāra dvayor eva sakhyāḥ kṛṣṇe samarpaṇam
narmāśvāsanaṁ nepathyaṁ hṛdayodghāṭa pāṭavam;
chidra samvṛtir etasyāḥ patyādeḥ parivañcanā
śikṣā saṅgamanaṁ kāle sevanaṁ vyajanādibhiḥ;
tayor dvayor upālambhaḥ sandeśa preṣaṇaṁ tathā
nāyikā prāṇa saṁrakṣā prayatnyādyāḥ sakhī kriyāḥ
(U. N.)

“They sing the glories of the hero’s love to the heroine and of the heroine’s love to the hero, make the hero and the heroine attached to Each other, joke, arrange the rendez-vous, console the hero and heroine, dress Them, and reveal Their thoughts, they hide the faults of the heroine, cheat Her husband, teach Her, arrange for the meeting of the divine Couple at the right time, fan Them with whisks, rebuke Them, convey messages, and save the life of the heroine. These are the activities of the sakhīs.”

Lalitā is the leader of all of Śrī Rādhā’s sakhīs, therefore Śrī Rādhā’s heart is always blossoming due to her lovely and affectionate friendly activities.

Śrīpāda says: “When will this Śrī Rādhikā shower me with Her service?”