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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 7.97
কৃষ্ণনামে যে আনন্দসিন্ধু–আস্বাদন ।
ব্রহ্মানন্দ তার আগে খাতোদক–সম ॥ ৯৭ ॥
kṛṣṇa-nāme ye ānanda-sindhu-āsvādana
brahmānanda tāra āge khātodaka-sama
“Compared to the ocean of transcendental bliss that one tastes by chanting the Hare Kṛṣṇa mantra, the pleasure derived from impersonal Brahman realization [brahmānanda] is like the shallow water in a canal.
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Chanting the Hare Kṛṣṇa mantra gives a taste of transcendental bliss.
That bliss is compared to an ocean.
Compared with this ocean, the pleasure of impersonal Brahman realization, brahmānanda, is like shallow water in a canal.
Collective delight. The Pañca-tattva gives divine love a relational and communal form.
The mood of Ādi 7 as a whole, an editorial reading, not the text itself. See the emotional atlas
Learn the words of the verse.
The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.
Nāma-saṅkīrtana · The holy name shared together
Chanting the holy names as the yuga-dharma, the Lord’s public movement, and the opening prayer of Śikṣāṣṭaka. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “chanting”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How does the comparison of an ocean and a shallow canal shape my appreciation of chanting?
Chant the Hare Kṛṣṇa mantra for a few minutes, remembering the ocean of bliss described here.
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