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Sanatan Dharma

सनातन धर्म — Hindu Scripture Knowledge Base

The Ananda Mimamsa — Scale of Bliss

Taittiriya Upanishad · Valli 2 · Verse 4

anandabrahmanandabliss-scalegandharvabrahmin

Sanskrit Original

एको मानवानन्द । ते ये शतं मानवानन्दाः — स एको मनुष्यगन्धर्वानन्दः । श्रोत्रियस्य चाकामहतस्य ॥ ४ ॥

eko mānavānanda | te ye śataṃ mānavānandāḥ — sa eko manuṣyagandharv ānandaḥ | śrotriyasya cākāmahatassya || 4 ||

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One unit of human joy (manava-ananda). A hundred of those equals one joy of the human gandharvas. This is also the joy of a learned brahmin free from desires.