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Śrī Caitanya Caritāmṛta, Madhya-līlā, Chapter 24: The Sixty-One Explanations of the Atmārāma Verse

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His Divine Grace
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.