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