Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrī Caitanya Caritāmṛta Madhya 24.36

'ittham-bhūta'-śabdera artha — pūrṇānandamaya

yāńra āge brahmānanda tṛṇa-prāya haya

SYNONYMS

ittham-bhūta-śabdera — of the word ittham-bhūta; artha — the meaning or import; pūrṇa-ānanda-maya — full of transcendental bliss; yāńra āge — in front of which; brahma-ānanda — the transcendental bliss derived from impersonalism; tṛṇa-prāya — just like straw; haya — is.

TRANSLATION

"The word 'ittham-bhūta' is transcendentally exalted because it means 'full of transcendental bliss.' Before this transcendental bliss, the bliss derived from merging into the existence of the Absolute [brahmānanda] becomes like a piece of straw in comparison.

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