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Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta
TEXT 44
কৃষ্ণদাস-অভিমানে যে আনন্দসিদ্ধ । কোটি-ব্রহ্মস্থ নহে তার এক বিন্দু ॥ 88 ॥
kṛṣṇa-dāsa-abhimāne ye ānanda-sindhu koṭi-brahma-sukha nahe tāra eka bindu
SYNONYMS
kṛṣṇa-dāsa-abhimāne —under this impression of being a servant of Kṛṣṇa;  ye —that;  ānanda-sindhu —ocean of transcendental bliss;  koṭi-brahma-sukha —ten million times the transcendental bliss of becoming one with the Absolute;  nahe —not;  tāra —of the ocean of transcendental bliss;  eka —one;  bindu —drop.
TRANSLATION
The conception of servitude to Śrī Kṛṣṇa generates such an ocean of joy in the soul that even the joy of oneness with the Absolute, if multiplied ten million times, could not compare to a drop of it.
TEXT 45
মুঞি যে চৈতন্যদাস, আর নিত্যানন্দ । দাস-ভাব-সম নহে অন্যত্র আনন্দ ॥ 86 ॥
muñi ye caitanya-dāsa āra nityānanda dāsa-bhāva-sama nahe anyatra ānanda
SYNONYMS
muñi —I;  ye —that;  caitanya-dāsa —servant of Lord Caitanya;  āra —and;  nityānanda —of Lord Nityānanda;  dāsa-bhāva —the emotion of being a servant;  sama —equal to;  nahe —not;  anyatra —anywhere else;  ānanda —transcendental bliss.
TRANSLATION
He says, “Nityānanda and I are servants of Lord Caitanya.” Nowhere else is there such joy as that which is tasted in this emotion of servitude.
TEXT 46
পরমপ্রেরসী লক্ষ্মী হৃদয়ে বসতি । তেঁহো দাস্য-স্বর্থ মাগে করিয়া মিনতি ॥ 8৬ ॥