The Gopis' position is always transcendental. They are above karmis, yogis and jnanis. They did not even try to understand Krishna whether He was God or not, but their love for Krishna was unparalleled. So one can love Krishna without any inquiry; that is the highest perfection. To know Krishna as God is not so exalted a position as to love Krishna without knowing. There is no comparison of worshiping of Krishna as conceived by the gopis that is only to love Krishna without any purpose.
Letter to Shekhar Prasad Shrestha, 24 April 1971