Radha (the Divine consort of Krishna) and Shree Krishna (the Supreme Divine Personality) are one. One is not bigger than the other or less than the other. Radha is Krishna, and Radha is eternal.
She wasn’t created or born 5,000 years ago. She has existed forever. In fact, in the Rig Veda (the oldest of the four Vedas), which people—although there are four Vedas (sacred scriptures) and they’re all equally important—but for some reason, modern-day scholars give the most importance to the Rig Veda.
So people sometimes want to ask, “Okay, but did people just come up with this idea of Radha after some time?” So if you’re giving the most importance to the Rig Veda, why don’t you go and check in the Rig Veda?
According to Sanskrit (the classical sacred language of India) grammar, a noun can be declined in seven different ways according to the grammatical context. And Radha’s name is present in all seven forms at many places in the Rig Veda—Rādhah, Rādhasaḥ, Rādhasā, Rādhasam, Rādhase, Rādhasi, Rādhāṁsi.
This is all from the Rig Veda. So Radha’s name is in the Rig Veda. Radha’s name is in the Atharva Veda (one of the four Vedas).
… न यां पुराणानि विदन्ति सम्यक् तां राधिकां देवधात्रीं नमामः ||
… Nna yāṃ purāṇāi vidanti samyak tāṃ rādhikāṃ devadhātrīṃ namāmaḥ ||- Shree Radhika Tapani Upanishad
“We, the Vedas bow down to Radhika (another name of Radha), who cannot be fully described in the Vedas or Puranas (ancient sacred texts), and who is the source of all godly powers for all the forms of God.”
