Sri Caitanya Caritamrita. Madhya-lila

Chapter 24: The Sixty-One Explanations of the Atmarama Verse. Text 36

'ittham-bhÅ«ta'-Å›abdera artha — pÅ«rṇÄnandamaya
yÄá¹…ra Äge brahmÄnanda tṛṇa-prÄya haya

 ittham-bhÅ«ta-Å›abdera - of the word ittham-bhÅ«ta; artha - the meaning or import; pÅ«rṇa-Änanda-maya - full of transcendental bliss; yÄá¹…ra Äge - in front of which; brahma-Änanda - the transcendental bliss derived from impersonalism; tṛṇa-prÄya - just like straw; haya - is.


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“The word ‘ittham-bhÅ«ta’ 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 [brahmÄnanda] becomes like a piece of straw in comparison.

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