CC Ādi 7.97
Bengali
কৃষ্ণনামে যে আনন্দসিন্ধু–আস্বাদন ।
ব্রহ্মানন্দ তার আগে খাতোদক–সম ॥ ৯৭ ॥
ব্রহ্মানন্দ তার আগে খাতোদক–সম ॥ ৯৭ ॥
Verse text
kṛṣṇa-nāme ye ānanda-sindhu-āsvādana
brahmānanda tāra āge khātodaka-sama
brahmānanda tāra āge khātodaka-sama
Synonyms
Translation
“Compared to the ocean of transcendental bliss that one tastes 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
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.”