7.97

krsna-name ye ananda-sindhu-asvadana

brahmananda tara age khatodaka-sama

SYNONYMS

krsna-name—in the holy name of the Lord; ye—which; ananda—transcendental bliss; sindhu—ocean; asvadana—tasting; brahma-ananda—the transcendental bliss of impersonal understanding; tara—its; age—in front; khata-udaka—shallow water in the canals; sama—like "Compared to the ocean of transcendental bliss that is tasted by chanting the Hare Krsna mantra, the pleasure derived from impersonal Brahman realization (brahmananda) is like the shallow water in a canal.

PURPORT

In the Bhakti-rasamrta-sindhu (1.1.38) it is stated:

brahmanando bhaved esa

cet parardha-guni-krtah

naiti bhakti-sukhambhodheh