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Caitanya-caritāmṛta 7.97

kṛṣṇa-nāme ye ānanda-sindhu-āsvādana brahmānanda tāra āge khātodaka-sama
[krishna-naame ye aananda-sindhu-aasvaadana brahmaananda taara aage khaatodaka-sama]
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
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.

In the Bhakti-rasāmṛta-sindhu (1.1.38) it is stated: brahmānando bhaved eṣa cet parārdha-guṇī-kṛtaḥnaiti bhakti-sukhāmbhodheḥ paramāṇu-tulām api “If brahmānanda, the transcendental bliss derived from understanding impersonal Brahman, were multiplied a million times, such a quantity of brahmānanda could not compare with even an atomic portion of the pleasure relished in pure devotional service.”

— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
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