“Although there is no difference between a devotee in śānta-rasa or dāsya-rasa, vātsalya-rasa or mādhurya-rasa, one can still make a comparative study of the intensity of love in these different transcendental positions. For example, it may be said that dāsya-rasa is better than śānta-rasa, yet transcendental love of God is there in both of them.”

—  A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta Madhya-līlā 8.83, Bhaktivedanta Book Trust, 1975. Vanipedia http://vaniquotes.org/wiki/It_may_be_said_that_dasya-rasa_is_better_than_santa-rasa,_yet_transcendental_love_of_God_is_there_in_both_of_them
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