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Chapter 8: Talks Between Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu and Rāmānanda Rāya

Verse 86 of 309
Cc Madhya 8.86

গুণাধিক্যে স্বাদাধিক্য বাডে প্রতিরসে শান্তদাস্যসখ্যবাত্সল্যের গুণ মধুরেতে বৈসে

गुणाधिक्ये स्वादाधिक्य बाडे प्रतिरसे शान्तदास्यसख्यवात्सल्येर गुण मधुरेते वैसे

guṇādhikye svādādhikya bāḍe prati-rase śānta-dāsya-sakhya-vātsalyera guṇa madhurete vaise

Synonyms

guṇa-ādhikye—by the increase of transcendental qualities; svāda-ādhikya—increase of taste; bāḍe—increases; prati-rase—in each mellow; śānta—of neutrality; dāsya—of servitude; sakhya—of fraternity; vātsalyera—and of paternal affection; guṇa—the qualities; madhurete—in the conjugal mellow; vaise—appear..

Translation

"As the qualities increase, so the taste also increases in each and every mellow. Therefore the qualities found in śānta-rasa, dāsya-rasa, sakhya-rasa and vātsalya-rasa are all manifest in conjugal love [mādhurya-rasa].

Verse 86 of 309