CC Madhya 8.84 (1975)
Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta (1975) - Madhya-līlā - Chapter 8: Talks Between Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu and Rāmānanda Rāya
His Divine Grace
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
Below is the 1996 edition text, ready to be substituted with the 1975 one using the compile form.
TEXT 84
- yathottaram asau svāda-
- viśeṣollāsa-mayy api
- ratir vāsanayā svādvī
- bhāsate kāpi kasyacit
SYNONYMS
yathā uttaram—one after another; asau—that; svāda-viśeṣa—of particular tastes; ullāsa—pleasing; mayī—empowered with; api—although; ratiḥ—love; vāsanayā—by desire; svādvī—sweet; bhāsate—appears; kā api—someone; kasyacit—one of them.
TRANSLATION
“‘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 Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī’s Bhakti-rasāmṛta-sindhu (2.5.38), and it also appears in Adi-līlā, Chapter Four, verse 45.