136 Sri Caitanya-caritamrta [Madhya-lila, Ch. 8

SYNONYMS

yatha uttaram—one after another; asau—that; svdda-visesa—of particular
tastes; ullasa—pleasing; mayi—empowered with; api—although; ratih—love;
vasanaya—by desire; svadvi—sweet; bhasate—appears; kd 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 Srila Rapa Gosvami’s Bhakti-rasamrta-sindhu (2.5.38), and it
also appears in the Adi-lila, Chapter Four, verse forty-five.

TEXT 85
fh <-ACAA Qt — ITH ATA BH |
QO-fsa tea Me AGE AST I -e

pUrva-plirva-rasera guna——pare pare haya
dui-tina ganane pafica paryanta badaya

SYNONYMS

purva-purva—of each previous; rasera—of the mellow; guna—the qualities;
pare pare—in each subsequent; haya—there are; dui-tina—two and then three;
ganane—in counting; pafica—five; paryanta—up to; badaya—increases.

TRANSLATION

“There is a gradual order of improvement in transcendental mellows from
the initial ones to the later ones. In each subsequent mellow the qualities of
the previous mellows are manifest, counting from two, then three and up to
the point of five complete qualities.

TEXT 86

etifices atatiiss acy aife-acm |
NEA D-AY-NEALTA GI AECATS CATAL

gunadhikye svadadhikya bade prati-rase
santa-dasya-sakhya-vatsalyera guna madhurete vaise
