yathottaram asau svÄda-
viÅ›eá¹£ollÄsa-mayy api
ratir vÄsanayÄ svÄdvÄ«
bhÄsate kÄpi kasyacit

 yathÄ uttaram - one after another; asau - that; svÄda-viÅ›eá¹£a - of particular tastes; ullÄsa - pleasing; mayÄ« - empowered with; api - although; ratiḥ - love; vÄsanayÄ - by desire; svÄdvÄ« - sweet; bhÄsate - appears; kÄ api - someone; kasyacit - one of them.


Text

“ ‘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 ÅšrÄ«la RÅ«pa GosvÄmī’s Bhakti-rasÄmá¹›ta-sindhu (2.5.38), and it also appears in Ä€di-lÄ«lÄ, chapter four, verse 45.