TRANSLATION
TRANSLATION
"Compared to the ocean of transcendental bliss which is tasted by chanting the Hare Krsna mantra, the pleasure derived from impersonal Brahman realization [brahmananda] is like the shallow water in a canal.
In the Bhakti-rasamrta-sindhu it is stated:
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brahmanando bhaved esa
cet pararddha-gunikrtah naiti bhakti-sukhambodheh paramanu-tulam api "If brahmananda, the transcendental bliss derived from understanding impersonal Brahman, were multiplied a million times, such a quantity of brahmananda could not compare with even an atomic portion of the pleasure relished in pure devotional service." (B.r.s. 1.1.38)
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