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CC Antya 3.197



His Divine Grace
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada



TEXT 197

tvat-sākṣāt-karaṇāhlāda-
viśuddhābdhi-sthitasya me
sukhāni goṣ-padāyante
brāhmāṇy api jagad-guro


SYNONYMS

tvat — You; sākṣāt-karaṇa — by meeting; āhlāda — of pleasure; viśuddha — spiritually purified; abdhi — in an ocean; sthitasya — situated; me — of me; sukhāni — happiness; goṣ-padāyante — is like a calf 's hoofprint; brāhmāṇi — derived from the understanding of impersonal Brahman; api — also; jagat-guro — O master of the universe.


TRANSLATION

" 'My dear Lord, O master of the universe, since I have directly seen You, my transcendental bliss has taken the shape of a great ocean. Being situated in that ocean, I now realize all other so-called happiness, including even brahmānanda, to be like the water contained in the hoofprint of a calf.' "


PURPORT

This verse is quoted from the Hari-bhakti-sudhodaya (14.36).