Krishna to Gopis on Reciprocation

1. So-called friends who show affection for each other only to benefit themselves are actually selfish. They have no true friendship, nor are they following the true principles of religion. Indeed, if they did not expect benefit for themselves, they would not reciprocate.
2. Some people are genuinely merciful or, like parents, naturally affectionate. Such persons, who devotedly serve even those who fail to reciprocate with them, are following the true, faultless path of religion, and they are true well-wishers.
3. Some people, being spiritually self-satisfied, do not reciprocate others' affection because they want to avoid entanglement in mundane dealings.
4. Other persons do not reciprocate simply out of envy or arrogance.
5. And still others fail to reciprocate because they are materially satisfied and thus uninterested in new material opportunities.