Ādi 7.97

TEXT 97
 
TEXT
কৃষ্ণনামে যে আনন্দসিন্ধু-আস্বাদন ।
ব্রহ্মানন্দ তার আগে খাতোদক-সম ॥ ৯৭ ॥
krsna-name ye ananda-sindhu-asvadana
brahmananda tara age khatodaka-sama
SYNONYMS
krsna-name-in the holy name of the Lord; ye-which; ananda-transcendental bliss; sindhu-ocean; asvadana-tasting; brahmananda-the transcendental bliss of impersonal understanding; tara-its; age-in front; khata-udaka-shallow water in the canals; sama-like.
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.
PURPORT
In the Bhakti-rasamrta-sindhu it is stated:
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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