# Cc. Ādi 4.217 > রাধাসহ ক্রীড়া রস-বৃদ্ধির কারণ । > আর সব গোপীগণ রসোপকরণ ॥২১৭॥ ## Text > rādhā-saha krīḍā rasa-vṛddhira kāraṇa > āra saba gopī-gaṇa rasopakaraṇa ## Synonyms *rādhā-saha*—with Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī; *krīḍā*—pastimes; *rasa*—of mellow; *vṛddhira*—of the increase; *kāraṇa*—the cause; *āra*—the other; *saba*—all; *gopī-gaṇa*—*gopīs*; *rasa-upakaraṇa*—accessories of mellow. ## Translation **All the other gopīs help increase the joy of Kṛṣṇa's pastimes with Rādhārāṇī. The gopīs act as the instruments of Their mutual enjoyment.** ## Purport It is said that the *gopīs* are divided into five groups, namely the *sakhīs, nitya-sakhīs, prāṇa-sakhīs, priya-sakhīs* and *parama-preṣṭha-sakhīs.* All these fair-complexioned associates of Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī, the Queen of Vṛndāvana-dhāma, are expert artists in evoking erotic sentiments in Kṛṣṇa. The *parama-preṣṭha-sakhīs* are eight in number, and in the ecstatic dealings of Kṛṣṇa and Rādhā they side sometimes with Kṛṣṇa and at other times with Rādhārāṇī, just to create a situation in which it appears that they favor one against the other. That makes the exchange of mellows more palatable.