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purva-purva-rasera guna--pare pare haya

dui-tina ganane panca 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; panca—five; paryanta—up to; badaya—increases "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.