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gunadhikye svadadhikya bade prati-rase

santa-dasya-sakhya-vatsalyera guna madhurete vaise

SYNONYMS

guna-adhikye—by the increase of transcendental qualities; svada-adhikya—increase of taste; bade—increases; prati-rase—in each mellow; santa—of neutrality; dasya—of servitude; sakhya—of fraternity; vatsalyera—and of paternal affection; guna—the qualities; madhurete—in the conjugal mellow; vaise—appear "As the qualities increase, so the taste also increases in each and every mellow.

Therefore the qualities found in santa-rasa, dasya-rasa, sakhya-rasa and vatsalya-rasa are all manifest in conjugal love (madhurya-rasa).