CC Adi 7.97 (1975)

Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta (1975) - Ādi-līlā - Chapter 7: Lord Caitanya in Five Features

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His Divine Grace
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

TEXT 97

kṛṣṇa-nāme ye ānanda-sindhu-āsvādana

brahmānanda tāra āge khātodaka-sama

SYNONYMS

kṛṣṇa-nāme—in the holy name of the Lord; ye—which; ānanda—transcendental bliss; sindhu—ocean; āsvādana—tasting; brahma-ānanda—the transcendental bliss of impersonal understanding; tāra—its; āge—in front; khāta-udaka—shallow water in the canals; sama—like.

TRANSLATION

"Compared to the ocean of transcendental bliss that is tasted by chanting the Hare Kṛṣṇa mantra, the pleasure derived from impersonal Brahman realization [brahmānanda] is like the shallow water in a canal.

PURPORT

In the Bhakti-rasāmṛta-sindhu (1.1.38) it is stated:

brahmānando bhaved eṣa

cet parārdha-guṇī-kṛtaḥ

naiti bhakti-sukhāmbhodheḥ

paramāṇu-tulām api

"If brahmānanda, the transcendental bliss derived from understanding impersonal Brahman, were multiplied a million times, such a quantity of brahmānanda could not compare with even an atomic portion of the pleasure relished in pure devotional service."

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