Giriraj Swami read and spoke from Sri Caitanya-caritamrita, Adi-lila, Chapter 4.
“Krishna is saying here that He left the gopis to increase their love for Him. But the gopis did not accept His statement, because the gopis’ love for for Krishna is without limit. There is no question of Krishna’s increasing their love or eagerness, because it is already at the highest stage—and it is naturally always increasing. But it may be true in the case of other devotees. For example, if  someone is in the stage of asakti and wants to come to the stage of bhava but he is not quite able, Krishna may give him darsana—as Krishna gave darsana to Narada Muni—and then disappear. Then the devotee will be the mood of intense separation, always crying and lamenting that ‘I had Krishna and I lost Him—Krishna is not coming back.’ Feeling completely heartbroken, free from all lust and pride and full of humility, the devotee can cry for Krishna. With such longing in separation the devotee who is in asakti can come to bhava.”
