কৃষ্ণনামে যে আনন্দসিন্ধুআস্বাদন ব্রহ্মানন্দ তার আগে খাতোদকসম
कृष्णनामे ये आनन्दसिन्धुआस्वादन ब्रह्मानन्द तार आगे खातोदकसम
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; brahmānanda—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 which 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 it is stated:
brahmānando bhaved eṣa
cet parārddha-guṇīkṛtaḥ
naiti bhakti-sukhāmbodheḥ
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." (B.r.s. 1.1.38)