“The merciful glance of Śrī Rādhā showers the quintessence of all human goals of life”.

That quintessence is love of Kṛṣṇa and Śrī Rādhikā showers it all around.

Caitanya Caritāmṛta says (Ādi 7):

kṛṣṇa viṣayaka prema pañcama puruṣārtha;  yāra āge tṛṇa tulya cāri puruṣārtha
pañcama puruṣārtha premanāndāmṛta sindhu;  mokṣādi ānanda yāra nahe eka bindu
pañcama puruṣārtha ei prema mahā-dhana;  kṛṣṇera mādhurya rasa korāya āsvādana
prema hoite hoy kṛṣṇa nija bhakta vaśa;   prema hoite pāi kṛṣṇera sevā sukha rasa

“Love  of  Kṛṣṇa  is the fifth and highest  goal  of  human  life compared  to which  religiosity, economical development, sense enjoyment and liberation (the other four goals)   are as insignificant as blades of grass. Prema, the fifth goal of life, is like an ocean of nectarean loving bliss, compared to which the bliss of liberation and other goals of life are  not  even  one drop.  The  great  treasure of love of God is the fifth  goal  of human  life which makes the devotee relish Kṛṣṇa’s sweet  taste. Through prema Kṛṣṇa becomes controlled by  His  devotees  and through  prema the devotees relish the blissful taste of  Kṛṣṇa’s service.”

When  Śrī Rādhā simply casts  Her  merciful  glance,  this  love-rasa  is attained without any further endeavour,  and flows in innumerable directions.  What to speak of Her merciful  glance, simply  by seeing  Śrī Rādhārāṇī one attains the treasure of love of Kṛṣṇa without any separate endeavour!  In the  Padma Purāṇa, Pātāla khaṇḍa, chapter forty, it is described how Śrī Nārada attained the audience of Śrī Rādhā and how he spoke from his own experience: asyāḥ sandarśanād eva  govinda caraṇāmbuje; ya premābdhir abhūt sā me bhūtapūrva na karhicit – “I  have  never  tasted such an ocean of love for Govinda’s lotus-feet as after seeing Her (Rādhikā).”

Śrīmad Sanātana Gosvāmī wrote in his Bṛhad Bhāgavatāmṛta (2.5.233):

sā  rādhikā  bhagavatī  kvacid  īkṣyate cet prema tadānubhavam ṛcchati mūrtimān saḥ – “When goddess Rādhikā is ever seen,  one sees prema in very  person and one gains experience of that love.”

Especially in this present age of Kali (quarrel) the day has come to directly experience this, for now Śrī  Gaurasundara  has descended, accepting the mood and lustre of  Śrī  Rādhikā  and blessing  the  people of the world who see His  brilliant  golden aura  with prema.  Such is the prowess of Śrī Rādhā’s  aura!  The following verse (234) of Bṛhad Bhāgavatāmṛta says:

cet kṛṣṇacandrasya mahāvatāras tādṛg nija prema vitānakārī
syād vā kadācid yadi rādhikāyāḥ premānubhūtiṁ tad upaityathāpi

“When  there is such a great descent of Śrī Kṛṣṇacandra that can distribute love of Himself, or when Śrī Rādhikā manifests some descent, then (through His or Her audience) that prema must  be experienced.” This verse speaks about Śrīman Mahāprabhu.

Śrī Rādhā’s merciful glance showers the nectar of love of Kṛṣṇa, which is the quintessence of all human goals.  This  means  that love  of  Kṛṣṇa  is  sweetened by  love  of  Śrī  Rādhā. She is Vṛndāvana’s personified sweetness and She is the all-in-all of the  Vṛndāvana-pastimes. In the 80th verse of this book Śrīpada explains that the worship of Kṛṣṇa without the worship of  Rādhā is only a drop of the nectar-ocean of divine love.  Therefore, the very  life of love of Kṛṣṇacandra is love of Śrī  Rādhā’s lotus-feet.  I offer my obeisances unto the greatness of She whose merciful glance showers the nectar of love of Kṛṣṇa, through which we can attain His lotus-feet! Śrīman Mahadeva has said:

gaura tejo vinā yas tu śyāmatejaḥ samarcayet
japed vā dhyāyate vāpi sa bhavet pātakī śive

“O Śive (Pārvati)! Anyone who meditates on Kṛṣṇa, worships Him or does japa of His holy name without worshipping Rādhā is a sinner!”

tika to verse 3 of Sri Sri Radha Rasa Sudhanidhi