The Supreme Perfection
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in his book  Ujjal Nilmoni  in the Second Canto, 2nd Sloka. It is stated there, that although there were two competitors in love of Krishna, Radharani and Chandravali; still, by comparison, it appears that Radharani is the best, and She is possessed of the  Mahabhava Svarupa . Therefore, this Mahabhava Svarupa, or personification, is applicable to Radharani only, and no one else.
Mahabhava is full of the pleasure potency, and is an exhibition of the highest attitude of love towards Krishna. She is therefore known throughout the world as the Most Beloved of Krishna. And Her name is always associated with Krishna, as  Radha Krishna .
Brahma Samhita  also confirms this: Krishna expands Himself by His pleasure potency in the Spiritual World, and the potencies are all non-different from Krishna in the Absolute. Krishna, although He is always enjoying the company of His expansions of the pleasure potency, is All-pervading. Therefore, Brahma offers his respectful obeisances to Govinda, the Cause of all causes.
As Krishna is the highest emblem of spiritual perfection, so Radharani is the highest emblem of the spiritual pleasure potency meant for satisfying Krishna. Krishna is unlimited, and so Radharani is also unlimited, for His satisfaction. Krishna is satisfied by seeing Radharani, but Radharani also expands Herself in such a way that Krishna still wants to enjoy more. And, because Krishna was unable to estimate the pleasure potency of Radharani, He wanted to accept the role of Radharani. That combination is called  Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu .
Ramananda Roy then began to explain that Radharani is therefore the supreme emblem of the pleasure potency of Krishna. And Radharani expands Herself into different forms, known as  Lalita Visakha  and Her confidential associates. The Characteristics of Srimati Radharani are explained by Rupa Goswami in his book  Ujjal Nilmoni , and they can be understood as follows: The body of Radharani is an evolution of transcendental pleasure. That body is decorated with flowers and fragrant aromas, complete with transcendental love for Krishna. That is the personification. That transcendental body takes birth three times: first in the water of mercy, second in the water of useful beauty, and third in the water of youthful luster. After taking birth three times in that way, covered with shining garments and decorated with His Personal beauty, which is compared with cosmetics (Her beauty being the highest artistry) Her body is decorated with ornaments of the ecstasies of spiritual emotion—trembling, tears, checking of the body in transcendental pleasure, stopping of all functions of the body, perspiration, choking of the voice, blood pressure, madness, and stumbling.
There are nine symptoms of decorative transcendental pleasure potency.