CC Madhya 24.36
Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta - Madhya-līlā - Chapter 24: The Sixty-One Explanations of the Atmārāma Verse
His Divine Grace
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
TEXT 36
- 'ittham-bhūta'-śabdera artha—pūrṇānandamaya
- yāṅra 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; yāṅra 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.