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panca-vidha rasa--santa, dasya, sakhya, vatsalya

madhura-nama srngara-rasa--sabate prabalya

SYNONYMS

panca-vidha rasa—five kinds of mellows; santa—neutrality; dasya—servitorship; sakhya—friendship; vatsalya—paternal affection; madhura—sweet; nama—named; srngara-rasa—the conjugal mellow; sabate—among all of them; prabalya—predominant "There are five transcendental mellows-neutrality, servitorship, friendship, paternal affection and conjugal love, which is also known as the mellow of sweetness.

Conjugal love excels all others.