[You always told that practical devotion is always better than theoretical devotion and theoretical knowledge. In such case, why do You say that the theoretical sweet devotion is better than practical sweet devotion in the case of God? Since females have the facility to love God through sweet devotion, whereas males have no facility to love the Goddess through sweet devotion, how can we find homogenous path for both males and females?]

Śrī Kṛṣṇa Bhagavān Uvāca:-
[God Shri Krishna spoke:-]

[Sweet devotion is not the only path of devotion. Apart from sweet devotion, there are several ways of devotion to God, which are in fact far better than sweet devotion and such ways are followed by male devotees. By controlling lust, even the female devotees can follow such ways of devotion of very high value. A hunter plucked his eyes to donate to God Śiva in the forest. Monkeys surrendered their bodies in war standing on the side of God Rāma and they were prepared for horrible torture and even death. This path is far far higher than the female devotees surrendering their bodies to God for sex in sweet devotion.]

[In any path of devotion, aspiration for any selfish fruit in return from God should not be there. In the case of true love, there is only sacrifice without any selfish benefit. In the path of sweet devotion, certainly, there is selfish enjoyment since sexual union gives inevitable enjoyment to any soul of any gender. Hence, sweet devotion is not true total sacrifice if you compare with the above examples. In the climax spiritual path, the devotee is said to be like a slave without any selfish desire and he/she always concentrates to sacrifice anything to please God at His desire and this is called as total surrender (Tameva śaraṇaṃ gaccha…– Gita).]

[In sweet devotion, there shall not be any force on God as we see in the case of 16,000 daughters of kings, who are ordinary devotees forcing this Krishna to marry them. Gopikās also forced Krishna to dance with them and this is not real force since such dance was already planned by this Krishna only. God is said to be the husband of all souls since husband means maintainer (Bibharti) and wife means maintained (Bhriyate). Hence, soul acting as husband while God acting as wife is impossible and totally meaningless. How is this possible at all?]

[The bond between a male and female with worship is possible in two ways only:- i) Male as husband and female as wife and ii) Male as son and female as mother. Just like you (Rādhā) are the mother of this entire creation including souls, I (Krishna) am the Father of this entire creation including souls. All these Gopikās are daughters of Rādhā and Krishna. I never touched these Gopikas with My body, My words and My mind. I am the purest divine celibate. My romance with you cannot be counted as romance between two different items since both of us are one and the same Parabrahman or unimaginable God.]

[The soul has no gender and the gender comes only with the body after birth. The omniscient God knows the nature of every soul. The soul, which has more lust and less ego, will be born as female. The soul, which has more ego and less lust, will be born as male. This arrangement is part of the Karma Cakra of every soul not only among humans, but also among animals, birds etc. After birth also, the souls are indulged in the corresponding qualitative activities increasing their nature. For example, the scripture says that females take double quantity of food (Strīṇāṃ dviguṇa māhāram) and possess eight times more lust than males (Strīṇāṃ aṣṭaguṇaḥ kāmaḥ). Due to this previous precaution taken by God before giving gender to the soul, there is no possibility of the statement of your question.]

[When a soul enters the world, it gets fascinated to various people, things and habits in the world, thus forming strong bonds of love with them. The single love of soul gets divided for the sake of various bonds in the world. The climax true love on God is like the pure white light of sun. When this purest love of single white colour enters the black cloud or world, it divides into a semi-circle (rainbow called as the bow of god Indra) of seven colours, which are the different worldly bonds. When all these seven colours or worldly bonds disappear, the salvation is obtained from the world and again the same purest true love on God appears as single white colour. In this purest love for God, we cannot find any one of the seven colours separately. If any colour exists separately meaning any worldly bond is imposed on God, it is not the purest single true love for God or white colour. This means that you cannot find sweet devotion (lust or a specific type of romantic love on spouse-bond) in the climax devotion for God.]

[If sweet devotion or lust on God exists, it is only a spouse-bond-colour and it is neither a climax bond with God nor such a soul is a liberated soul. Just like a single colour among the seven VIBGYOR colours cannot become the single white colour, you cannot call a single worldly bond as God-bond. The sweet devotion, which is lust towards God, is an encouraging white lie (arthavāda) told in the beginning stage of conversion of souls from unjust worldly life (Duṣpravṛtti) to justified worldly life (Pravṛtti) and this sweet devotion is not referred in the conversion of souls from Pravṛtti to Nivṛtti (spiritual life). A male may be attracted by a smart female spiritual preacher or a female may be attracted to a smart male spiritual preacher in the first conversion from Duṣpravṛtti to Pravṛtti, but on hearing the excellent spiritual knowledge from the preacher, the lust disappears and the soul will be converted into Nivṛtti. In the final liberation, even the bond with romance and sex disappears for the sake of propagation service of God.]

[The three upper worlds called Maharloka, Janaloka and Tapoloka contain special divine preachers to correct subtle mistakes in the spiritual knowledge of the soul. The sages thought that lust is the strongest worldly bond and requested God Rāma for a hug by turning themselves into females. But, when they were born as Gopikās, the joint bond of wealth and children was realised as the strongest worldly bond.]

[In the initial conversion stage of a devotee from Duṣpravṛtti to Pravṛtti, the lust for God exists as feeling only and since it has not entered into practical phase, such theoretical sin of showing lust towards God is not practically punished in the hell. Hence, it is said that the theoretical sweet devotion is justified from the side of the devotees. Here, the word ‘justified’ does not mean that it is liked by God and does not mean that it should be followed by all the souls. It only means that the theoretical sweet devotion is not practically punished in hell. Such subtle mistakes are corrected by warnings and counselling through the divine preachers in the upper worlds like Hell, Maharloka, Janaloka and Tapoloka. Depending on the state of deservingness, these sweet devotees go to corresponding upper worlds.]

[God guides souls to first confront the more difficult challenge of breaking the bond with children and wealth, before addressing the comparatively easier task of breaking the bond with spouse. Some female devotees imagine that they can begin by breaking the spouse-bond through sweet devotion, and later attempt to detach from the joint bond with wealth and child. But, such an approach inevitably fails because the devotee becomes entangled in the comfort zone of self-pleasure derived from sweet devotion to God and feels lazy to put efforts in conquering the two main strongest fascinations of child and wealth. In fact, the spouse-bond is not broken by detaching from spouse and seeking romance with God. The genuine breaking of the spouse-bond occurs only when the soul overcomes its fascination with romance and sex. Whether male or female, every devotee must conquer this strongest attraction for lust, because it is one of the three strongest worldly bonds that binds the soul to the world.]

[Gopikas were sages and they have burnt lust in penance fire. Hence, they have broken the strongest bond with spouse very long ago. Through this divine drama of Rāsa-dance, the female devotees are encouraged to divert their existing uncontrollable theoretical lust towards God and start following the preachings of God for their upliftment. The female devotees, who misunderstand this purpose, will fall from the path of spirituality by forcing God to give pleasure to them. The basic definition of spirituality is to sacrifice the self for the pleasure of God and not for attaining self-pleasure from God. Forcing God for attainment of self-pleasure is the worst blunder in the path of devotion. Hence, the subject of sweet devotion must be understood from all angles thoroughly so that the devotee doesn't get a bad impression in the mind of God. In fact, you have given all this plan of Rāsa-dance as Goddess Sarasvatī, implementing and running the play as Goddess Lakṣmī and Goddess Pārvatī respectively (Svābhāvikī jñāna bala kriyā ca - Veda). I am simply acting My role in this play as sincere actor-husband following you, the producer-cum-director-wife! If anybody blames Me for this plan of creating My illusory forms for the sake of sweet devotees, the entire blame goes to you only!! In fact, this is the most best plan.]

[For any soul, the lust can be eliminated while being with the human body, but, the male ego cannot be eliminated as long as the male body exists. We can get a group of ordinary females having the equal possibility of eliminating both strong lust and weak ego while existing in the female bodies, which is called as ‘Jīvan Mukti’ (liberation while alive). A liberated soul while alive continues to be liberated after death also, which is called as ‘Videha Mukti.’ Once the Videha Mukti is attained, the liberated soul can come to the earth in human body of any gender to serve God because gender has no effect on the liberated soul. But, if we take a group of ordinary males, it is not possible for any male to eradicate male-ego while existing in the male body even though every male soul may be liberated from the weak lust compared to females. This opposes any male to attain liberation while alive. Unless Jīvan Mukti is attained, Videha Mukti is not possible. Hence, getting salvation while alive and continuing it after death is possible only for a soul in female body and not in male body. Therefore, every male has to get a female birth as the last birth in which alone the male ego disappears spontaneously even before the birth.]

[Rādhā, the Mahā Māyā (yourself), knows everything due to her omniscience. She has asked all these questions only to give spiritual knowledge to the human beings on this earth. She is well aware of the purest celibacy of herself and Myself (Parabrahman) since we both appear as couple externally, while we both are one unimaginable God internally.]

Śrī Rādhā Devī Uvāca:-
[Shri Radha Devi spoke:-]

[Your spiritual knowledge and Your physical beauty are wonderful. You are shining internally as well as externally. Let all auspiciousness be to You, who is the Lord of three worlds and is the holder of flute in the hand.]