In plain words
In human nature there is this thing called Prema. People make that Prema flow in every direction and sully it. So we must make Prema flow towards the Paramātma.
Prema has three qualities. It has three corners. Prema has no fear. It has no craving. It does not want its fruit. That is the principle of Prema. Prema has no fear of any kind. It wants no fruit. More than this, it is filled with divinity. Prema that expects nothing in return. The Gopīs desired nothing. What they desired was Kṛṣṇa alone! We want God alone. We want nothing else. Rādhā's last hour began. In her last hour she set out for the river Yamunā. One grief alone. Will You not grant this chance, even for a single minute? For whom am I living? For You alone.
A life with no shade to stand in, I bear it for Your sake, Kṛṣṇa! My mind will not stay still when Your smiles are far away; will You not come before my eyes even in a dream, Kṛṣṇa? I cannot live apart from You; come and be seen, Kṛṣṇa! In word, the apple of my eye; in heart, my little child; I cannot stay apart from You even half a minute, Kṛṣṇa!
“Just to see You is enough for me. I want nothing at all. It is enough if You appear just once. My life is a life with no shade to stand in. You alone are my shade,” she cried out. With such longings they lived their lives.
The Gopīs went on offering prayers that were divine and full of inner meaning
Today prayer to God is full of endless desires. This is anurāga, not Prema. Prema is a single path; there is no second. Heart to heart, love to love. It has nothing to do with things and objects. The Gopīs and the cowherd boys wanted no principle at all other than the principle of Kṛṣṇa. Yaśodā tried hard to catch Kṛṣṇa, tie Him to the mortar and beat Him with a stick.