CC Madhya 23.53
TEXT 37
pañca-vidha rasa—śānta, dāsya, sakhya, vātsalya madhura-nāma śṛṅgāra-rasa—sabāte prābalya
SYNONYMS
pañca-vidha rasa—five kinds of mellows; śānta—neutrality; dāsya—servitorship; sakhya—friendship; vātsalya—parental affection; madhura—sweet; nāma—named; śṛṅgāra-rasa—the conjugal mellow; sabāte—among all of them; prābalya—predominant.
TRANSLATION
“There are five transcendental mellows—neutrality, servitorship, friendship, parental affection and conjugal love, which is also known as the mellow of sweetness. Conjugal love excels all the others.