# Cc. Madhya 19.179 > যৈছে বীজ, ইক্ষু, রস, গুড়, খণ্ড-সার । > শর্করা, সিতা, মিছরি, উত্তম-মিছরি আর ॥১৭৯॥ ## Text > yaiche bīja, ikṣu, rasa, guḍa, khaṇḍa-sāra > śarkarā, sitā, michari, uttama-michari āra ## Synonyms *yaiche*—just like; *bīja*—the seed; *ikṣu*—the sugarcane plant; *rasa*—the juice; *guḍa*—molasses; *khaṇḍa-sāra*—dry molasses; *śarkarā*—sugar; *sitā*—candy; *michari*—rock candy; *uttama-michari*—lozenges; *āra*—and. ## Translation **"The gradual development of love may be compared to different states of sugar. First there is the seed of the sugarcane, then sugarcane and then the juice extracted from the cane. When this juice is boiled, it forms a liquid molasses, then a solid molasses, then sugar, candy, rock candy and finally lozenges.**