Acharya Prashant explains that ideally and truly, the relationship between Shri Krishna and Radha should be much the same as that between Shiv and Shakti; this is the ideal relationship. However, he states that unfortunately, in popular culture, this relationship has been totally distorted. They have been presented as symbols of the usual carnal love between a man and a woman, which is something that should not be acceptable at all. He finds it unfortunate that even road Romeos love to call their sweethearts Radha, and teenagers justify their relationships by citing Shri Krishna and Radha. The speaker contrasts this with the relationship of Shiv and Shakti. He points out that a lot of liberty could not be taken with Shakti because she has been very properly documented in the scriptures. There is an entire stream, the Shakta Marg, that has its own scriptures, adherents, and even its own Upanishads. Because this scriptural base, rigidity, and discipline are present, the common imagination could not take much liberty with Shakti. Therefore, Shakti, fortunately, retains her dignity. In contrast, regarding Radha, he explains that there is not much scriptural basis. The character of Radha is not present in any of the Upanishads or the Vedas. She is not even sufficiently present in the Puranas, such as the Shrimad Bhagavat Puran and the Harivansh Puran, which are dedicated to Shri Krishna; Radha is scarcely mentioned. This lack of scriptural documentation has meant that later on, all kinds of people could simply expand their imagination and say whatever they wanted about Radha. All kinds of imaginative stories have come up, and because people don't read the scriptures, they believe in these stories. The character of Radha Devi deserves a lot of dignity and respect, but the way their relationship is depicted in popular culture is not dignified or spiritually edifying. The Krishna-Radha relationship should be depicted in the same way as the Shiv-Shakti relationship—nothing short of that, nothing lower than that.