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Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta
PURPORT
No one is higher or lower than anyone else in transcendental relationships with the Lord, for in the absolute realm everything is equal. But although these relationships are absolute, there are also transcendental differences between them. Thus the transcendental relationship of conjugal love is considered the highest perfection.
TEXT 45
যথোত্তরমসৌ স্বাদবিশেষোল্লাসময্যপি । রতির্বাসনয়া স্বাদ্বী ভাসতে কাপি কস্তচিৎ ॥ ৪৫ ॥
yathottaram asau svāda- viśeṣollāsamayy api ratir vāsanayā svādvī bhāsate kāpi kasyacit
SYNONYMS
yathā-uttaram —one after another;  asau —that;  svāda-viśeṣa —of particular tastes;  ullāsa-mayī —consisting of the increase;  api —although;  ratiḥ —love;  vāsanayā —by the different desire;  svādvī —sweet;  bhāsate —exists;  kā api —any;  kasyacit —of someone (the devotee).
TRANSLATION
“Increasing love is experienced in various tastes, one above another. But that love which has the highest taste in the gradual succession of desire manifests itself in the form of conjugal love.”
PURPORT
This is a verse from Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī's  Bhakti-rasāmṛta-sindhu  (2.5.38).
TEXT 46
অতএব মধুর রস কহি তার নাম । স্বকীয়া-পরকীয়া-ভাবে দ্বিবিধ সংস্থান ॥ ৪৬ ॥
ataeva madhura rasa kahi tāra nāma svakīyā-parakīyā-bhāve dvi-vidha saṁsthāna
SYNONYMS
ataeva —therefore;  madhura —sweet;  rasa —mellow;  kahi —I say;  tāra —of that;  nāma —the name;  svakīyā — svakīyā  (own);  parakīyā —and named  parakīyā  (another's);  bhāve —in the moods;  dvi-vidha —two types;  saṁsthāna —positions.