যথোত্তরমসৌ স্বাদ বিশেষোল্লাসময্যপি রতির্বাসনযা স্বাদ্বী ভাসতে কাপি কস্যচিত্
यथोत्तरमसौ स्वाद विशेषोल्लासमय्यपि रतिर्वासनया स्वाद्वी भासते कापि कस्यचित्
yathottaram asau svāda- viśeṣollāsa-mayy api ratir vāsanayā svādvī bhāsate kāpi kasyacit
Synonyms
yathā uttaram—one after another; asau—that; svāda-viśeṣa—of particular tastes; ullāsa—pleasing; mayī—empowered with; api—although; ratiḥ—love; vāsanayā—by desire; svādvī—sweet; bhāsate—appears; kā api—someone; kasyacit—one of them..
Translation
" 'Increasing love is experienced in various tastes, one above another. But that love which has the highest taste in the gradual succession of desires manifests itself in the form of conjugal love.'
Purport
This verse is from Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī's Bhakti-rasāmṛta-sindhu (2.5.38), and it also appears in the Ādi-līlā, Chapter Four, verse forty-five.