CC Madhya 24.36 (1975)

Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta (1975) - Madhya-līlā - Chapter 24: The Sixty-One Explanations of the Atmārāma Verse

Madhya-līlā 24.35 - Madhya-līlā 24.37

His Divine Grace
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

Below is the 1996 edition text, ready to be substituted with the 1975 one using the compile form.

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.

Madhya-līlā 24.35 - Madhya-līlā 24.37