kṛṣṇa-nÄme ye Änanda-sindhu-ÄsvÄdana
brahmÄnanda tÄra Äge khÄtodaka-sama
1 times this text was mentioned in purports to other texts: NBS(1)
kṛṣṇa-nÄme - in the holy name of the Lord; ye - which; Änanda - transcendental bliss; sindhu - ocean; ÄsvÄdana - tasting; brahma-Änanda - the transcendental bliss of impersonal understanding; tÄra - its; Äge - in front; khÄta-udaka - shallow water in the canals; sama - like.
“Compared to the ocean of transcendental bliss that one tastes by chanting the Hare Kṛṣṇa mantra, the pleasure derived from impersonal Brahman realization [brahmÄnanda] is like the shallow water in a canal.
In the Bhakti-rasÄmá¹›ta-sindhu (1.1.38) it is stated:
brahmÄnando bhaved eá¹£a cet parÄrdha-guṇī-ká¹›taḥ
naiti bhakti-sukhÄmbhodheḥ paramÄṇu-tulÄm api
“If brahmÄnanda, the transcendental bliss derived from understanding impersonal Brahman, were multiplied a million times, such a quantity of brahmÄnanda could not compare with even an atomic portion of the pleasure relished in pure devotional service.â€
