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.

“ ‘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.’