4.45
yathottaram asau svada-
visesollasamayy api
ratir vasanaya svadvi
bhasate kapi kasyacit
SYNONYMS
yatha-uttaram—one after another; asau—that; svada-visesa—of particular tastes; ullasa-mayi—consisting of the increase; api—although; ratih—love; vasanaya—by the different desire; svadvi—sweet; bhasate—exists; ka api—any; kasyacit—of someone (the devotee) “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 Srila Rupa Gosvami’s Bhakti-rasamrta-sindhu (2.5.38).