8.84
yathottaram asau svada-
visesollasa-mayy api
ratir vasanaya svadvi
bhasate kapi kasyacit
SYNONYMS
yatha uttaram—one after another; asau—that; svada-visesa—of particular tastes; ullasa—pleasing; mayi—empowered with; api—although; ratih—love; vasanaya—by desire; svadvi—sweet; bhasate—appears; ka api—someone; kasyacit—one of them " ’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 Rupa Gosvami’s Bhakti-rasamrta-sindhu (2.5.38), and it also appears in the Adi-lila, Chapter Four, verse 45.