Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Sri Caitanya Caritamrta Adi 7.97

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; brahma-ananda -- 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 that one tastes 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 (1.1.38) it is stated:

brahmanando bhaved esa cet parardha-guni-krtah

naiti bhakti-sukhambhodheh 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."

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