On Srimati Radharani, like Sherlock described so beautifully, is the Hladini Shakti of Sri Krishna.
She is the Supreme Shakti and the Great Goddess. In the Devi Bhagavata, she is the Highest of the Five Shaktis of the Supreme Prakriti (which, as a Devi devotee, you might understand).
The five Shaktis are Durga, Lakshmi, Sarasvati, Radha and Savitri. Out of these, Radha is described as the Highest, being the consort of Krishna, the Eternal Parabrahma, Lord of Kalpas, who is non-different from Mula Prakriti Bhagavati. He is Bhagavan, and Radha is his shakti. I believe this is what you meant when you asked about Radha's relation to Adi Shakti?
This is about Durga Devi:
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This Bhagavati Durga Devi, (when She gets pleased) destroys all the sorrows, pains and troubles of the Bhaktas that have taken Her refuge, and gives them Dharma, everlasting name and fame, all auspicious things and bliss and all the happiness, nay, the Final Liberation! She is the Greatest Refuge of these Bhaktas that come to Her wholly for protection and are in great distress, whom She saves from all their dangers and calamities. In fact, know this Durga Devi as, verily, the Presiding Deity of the heart of Krisna and as His Highest S'akti, of the nature of the Holy Fire and the Holy Light. She is Omnipotent and resides always with Krisna, the Great God. She is worshipped by all the Siddha Purusas (those that have attained success); the (eighteen) Siddhis all go to Her and when pleased She gives whatever Siddhis (success) that Her Bhaktas want. This Great Devi is the intelligence, sleep, hunger, thirst, shadow, drowsiness, fatigue, kindness, memory, caste, forbearance, errors, peace, beauty, and consciousness, contentment, nourishment, prosperity, and fortitude. She is sung in the Vedas and in other Sa'stras as the Maha Maya, of the nature of the Universe. In reality, She is the All-S'akti of the Universe and She is the S'akti of Krisna. All these qualities are also mentioned in the Vedas. What is mentioned here is a tithe merely, in comparison to that of the Vedas. She has infinite qualities. [/quote]
And this is about Radha:
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Now I will describe to you about the Fifth S'akti, the Dev Radhika. Hear. She is the Presiding Deity of the five Pranas; She Herself is the Life of all; dearer than life even to S'r Krisna; and She is highly more beautiful and superior to all the other Prakriti Devis. She dwells in everything; She is very proud of Her good fortune (Saubhagyam); Her glory is infinite; and She is the wife, the left body, as it were, of S'r Krisna and She is not in any way inferior to Him, either in quality or in the Tejas (Fiery Spirit) or in any other thing. She is higher than the Highest; the Essence of all, infinitely superior, the First of all, Eternal, of the nature of the Highest Bliss, fortunate, highly respected, and worshipped by all. She is, the Presiding Devi of the Rasa Lila of S'r Krisna. From Her has sprung the Rasa mandalam and She is the Grace and the Ornament of the Rasa mandalam (the dance in a circle in Rasa).She is the Lady of the Rasa Lila, the Foremost of the Jovial, humorous (witty) persons and dwells always in Rasa. Her abode is in Goloka and from Her have come out all the Gopikas. Rsa - the circular dance of Krisna and the cow-herdesses of Vrindavana. Her nature is the Highest Bliss, the Highest Contentment, and Excessive Joy; She transcends the three Sattva, Rajo and Tamo Gunas and is Nirakara (without any particular form); but She dwells everywhere but unconnected with any. She is the soul of all. She is without any effort to do anything and void of Ahamkara. She assumes forms only to show Her favour to Her Bhaktas. The intelligent learned men (Pundits) read Her Mahima (glories) in meditating on Her according to the Vedas. The chief of the Devas and the Munis could never see Her; Her clothings are fire-proof and She is decorated with many ornaments all over Her body. Her body looks as if the crores of moons have risen all at once; She is the Giver of Bhakti (devotion) towards Krisna, services towards Krisna; and She bestows all wealth and prosperity. In Varaha Kalpa, i.e., when the Varaha incarnation took place, She incarnated Herself as the daughter of one Gopa (cow-herd), named Vrisabhanu. And Earth was blessed by the touch of Her feet. She is such as Brahma and the other Devas could never perceive Her by any of their senses, yet everyone at Vrindavana saw Her very easily. She is the Gem amongst women. And when She is seen on the breast of Krisna, it seems that lightnings flash in the blue mass of clouds in the sky. In days gone by, Brahma practised several austerities for sixty thousand years to purify Himself by seeing the nails of Her toe; but far from seeing that, He could not have that even in his dreams. At last He succeeded in seeing Her at Vrindavana and became blessed. O Child Narada! This is the fifth Prakriti and She is denominated as Radha. Every female in every Universe is sprung from a part of S'ri Radha or part of a part.[/quote]
I hope I have answered your query satisfactorily!😊
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