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Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta
hearing the Lord's  rāsa-līlā  through the proper channel will result in complete abstinence from material sexual pleasure.
TEXT 31
ধর্ম ছাড়ি’ রাগে দু’হে করয়ে মিলেন । কন্দু মিলে, কন্দু না মিলে,—দৈবের যটম ॥ ৩১ ॥
dharma chāḍi’ rāge duṅhe karaye milana kabhu mile, kabhu nā mile,—daivera ghaṭana
SYNONYMS
dharma chāḍi’ —giving up religious customs;  rāge —in love;  duṅhe —both;  karaye —do;  milana —meeting;  kabhu —sometimes;  mile —they meet;  kabhu —sometimes;  nā mile —they do not meet;  daivera —of destiny;  ghaṭana —the happening.
TRANSLATION
“Pure attachment will unite us even at the expense of moral and religious duties [dharma]. Destiny will sometimes bring us together and sometimes separate us.
PURPORT
The  gopīs  came out to meet Kṛṣṇa in the dead of night when they heard the sound of Kṛṣṇa’s flute. Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī has accordingly composed a nice verse that describes the beautiful boy called Govinda standing by the bank of the Yamunā with His flute to His lips in the shining moonlight. Those who want to enjoy life in the materialistic way of society, friendship and love should not go to the Yamunā to see the form of Govinda. The sound of Lord Kṛṣṇa’s flute is so sweet that it has made the  gopīs  forget all about their relationships with their kinsmen and flee to Kṛṣṇa in the dead of night.
By leaving home in that way, the  gopīs  have transgressed the Vedic regulations of household life. This indicates that when natural feelings of love for Kṛṣṇa become fully manifest, a devotee can neglect conventional social rules and regulations. In the material world we are situated in designative positions only, but pure devotional service begins when one is freed from all designations. When love for Kṛṣṇa is awakened, then the designative positions are overcome.
The spontaneous attraction of Śrī Kṛṣṇa for His dearest parts and parcels generates an enthusiasm that obliges Śrī Kṛṣṇa and the  gopīs  to meet together. To celebrate this transcendental enthusiasm, there is need of a sentiment of separation between the lover and beloved. In the condition of material tribulation, no one wants the pangs of separation. But in the transcendental form, the very same separation, being absolute in its nature, strengthens the ties of love and enhances the desire of the lover and beloved to meet. The period of separation, evaluated transcendentally, is