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Bhakti-rasāmṛta-sindhu .5.43

hāsottarā ratir yā syāt sā hāsa-ratir ucyate |
[haasottaraa ratir yaa syaat saa haasa-ratir uchyate |]
evaṁ vismaya-raty-ādyā vijñeyā ratayaś ca ṣaṭ ||43||
[evam vismaya-raty-aadyaa vijneyaa ratayash cha shat ||43||]
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
hāsottarā ratir yā syāt sā hāsa-ratir ucyate |
evaṁ vismaya-raty-ādyā vijñeyā ratayaś ca ṣaṭ ||43||
When hāsa predominates over a mukhya-rati (which becomes parārtha), it is called hāsa-rati. The other six secondary ratis should be similarly understood.

NoD 33: Indirect Expressions of Ecstatic Love

— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
Jīva Gosvāmī Gauḍīya
Durgama-saṅgamanī
Commentary

Here is the definition of the secondary ratis. They take prominence over the primary ratis which become parārtha-ratis (nourishing to the secondary ratis).

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