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
L-A-ACAA Gt — ICT ATA SAI
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
ertifeces atathiss acy afs-acH |
NT S-ETI-AAI-TNeACTA GI AYCATS CACM
gunadhikye svadadhikya bade prati-rase
santa-dasya-sakhya-vatsalyera guna madhurete vaise
