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Bhakti-rasāmṛta-sindhu .2.78

eṣā tu sambhrama-prītiḥ prāpnuvaty uttarottaram |
[eshaa tu sambhrama-preetih praapnuvaty uttarottaram |]
vṛddhiṁ premā tataḥ snehas tato rāga iti tridhā ||78||
[vriddhim premaa tatah snehas tato raaga iti tridhaa ||78||]
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
eṣā tu sambhrama-prītiḥ prāpnuvaty uttarottaram |
vṛddhiṁ premā tataḥ snehas tato rāga iti tridhā ||78||
Sambhrama-prīti gradually increases in three stages to prema, sneha and finally rāga.

Reverential devotion for the Lord gradually increases and transforms itself into ecstatic love, then affection and then attachment.

— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
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