Adi-lila, Chapter 7 79

“If brahmananda, the transcendental bliss derived from understanding impersonal
Brahman, were multiplied a million times, such a quantity of brahmananda could
not compare with even an atomic portion of the pleasure relished in pure devo-
tional service.” (B.r.s. 1.1.38)

TEXT 98

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tvat-saksatkaranahlada-
visuddhabdhi-sthitasya me

sukhani gospadayante
brahmany api jagad-guro

SYNONYMS

tvat—Your; saksat—meeting; karana—such action; ah/ada—pleasure; visuddha—
spiritually purified; abdhi—ocean; sthitasya—being situated; me—by me; sukhani—
happiness; gospadayante—a small hole created by the hoof of a calf; brahmani—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 | have directly seen You, my
transcendental bliss has taken the shape of a great ocean. Being situated in that
ocean, | 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 realiza-
tion 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

aga fasatas ef mara ste |
fou fafa’ cola, ScQaya Aba Nl D> II

prabhura mista-vakya Suni’ sannyasira gana
citta phiri’ gela, kahe madhura vacana

SYNONYMS

prabhura—of the Lord; mista-vakya—sweet words; suni’—after hearing; sannyasira
gana—all the groups of sannyasis,; citta—consciousness; phiri’—moved; gela—went;
kahe—said; madhura—pleasing; vacana—words.
