Ādi-līlā, Chapter 7
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“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)
TEXT 98
অসাকাংকরণাহলাদ-বিশুদ্ধাক্বিস্থিতস্ত মে ।
স্বর্থানি গোষ্পদায়স্তে ত্রাহ্মাণ্যপি জগদ্গুরো ॥ ৯৮ ॥
tvat-sākṣātkaraṇāhlāda- viśuddhābdhi-sthitasya me sukhāni goṣpadāyante brāhmāṇy api jagad-guro
SYNONYMS
tvat —Your;  sākṣāt —meeting;  karaṇa —such action;  āhlāda —pleasure;  viśuddha —spiritually purified;  abdhi —ocean;  sthitasya —being situated;  me —by me;  sukhāni —happiness;  goṣpadāyante —a small hole created by the hoof of a calf;  brāhmāṇi —the pleasure derived from impersonal Brahman understanding;  api —also;  jagat-guro —O master of the universe.
TRANSLATION
“My dear Lord, O master of the universe, since I have directly seen You, my transcendental bliss has taken the shape of a great ocean. Being situated in that ocean, I now realize all other so-called happiness to be like the water contained in the hoofprint of a calf.”
PURPORT
The transcendental bliss enjoyed in pure devotional service is like an ocean, whereas material happiness and even the happiness to be derived from the realization of impersonal Brahman are just like the water in the hoofprint of a calf. This is a verse from the  Hari-bhakti-sudhodaya  (14.36).
TEXT 99
প্রভুর গিষ্টবাক্য শুনি’ সন্ন্যাসীর গণ ।
চিত্ত ফিরি’ গেল, কহোমধুর বচন ॥ ৯৯ ॥
prabhura miṣṭa-vākya śuni’ sannyāsīra gaṇa citta phiri’ gela, kahe madhura vacana
SYNONYMS
prabhura —of the Lord;  miṣṭa-vākya —sweet words;  śuni —after hearing;  sannyāsīra gaṇa —all the groups of  sannyāsīs ;  citta —consciousness;  phiri —moved;  gela —went;  kahe —said;  madhura —pleasing;  vacana —words.