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Bhakti-rasāmṛta-sindhu .1.37

sāndrā, yathā –
[saandraa, yathaa –]
sarvāvidyā-dhvaṁsato yaḥ samastād
[sarvaavidyaa-dhvamsato yah samastaad]
āvirbhūto nirvikalpe samādhau |
[aavirbhooto nirvikalpe samaadhau |]
jāte sākṣād yādavendre sa vindan
[jaate saakshaad yaadavendre sa vindan]
mayy ānandaḥ sāndratāṁ koṭidhāsīt ||37||
[mayy aanandah saandrataam kotidhaaseet ||37||]
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
sāndrā, yathā –
sarvāvidyā-dhvaṁsato yaḥ samastād
āvirbhūto nirvikalpe samādhau |
jāte sākṣād yādavendre sa vindan
mayy ānandaḥ sāndratāṁ koṭidhāsīt ||37||
Sāndra-śānta-rati: In nirvikalpa-samādhi, after destroying all ignorance, I experienced complete bliss. But when I saw Kṛṣṇa directly, the bliss became thousands of times more concentrated.

When a Brahman-realized devotee who has come to the stage of steady trance comes into contact with the eternal form of Kṛṣṇa, his transcendental pleasure increases millions of times.

— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
Jīva Gosvāmī Gauḍīya
Durgama-saṅgamanī
Commentary

The superiority of the deep bliss in realizing the Lord over the previous realization as a jñānī which was temporary is made clear with a personal statement. When Kṛṣṇa Himself directly appeared (yādavendre sākśād jāte) the bliss (sa ānandaḥ) multiplied in intensity by millions of times--because of realizing His form, qualities and pastimes.

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