Verse 2.2.188

Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration, Word-for-word and English translation of verse 2.2.188:

मुक्तौ स्व-तत्त्व-ज्ञानेन मायापगमतो हि सः ।
निवर्तते घनानन्द-ब्रह्मांशानुभवो भवेत् ॥ २.१८८ ॥

muktau sva-tattva-jñānena māyāpagamato hi saḥ |
nivartate ghanānanda-brahmāṃśānubhavo bhavet || 2.188 ||

muktau–in the liberated state; sva–of his identity; tattva–of the truth; jñānena–through knowledge māyā–of the illusory potency; apagamataḥ–because of the departure; hi–indeed; saḥ–bhrama, or delusion; nivartate–is removed; ghana-ānanda–intensely blissful; brahma–of Brahman; aṃśa–as a part; anubhavaḥ–experience; bhavet–there can be.

When the jīva attains liberation by knowledge of his true identity, his illusion about his connection to the material world is eradicated. At that time, he experiences that he is a particle of the all-blissful Brahman.

Commentary: Dig-darśinī-ṭīkā with Bhāvānuvāda

(By Śrīla Sanātana Gosvāmī himself including a deep purport of that commentary)

The bhakti-śāstras say, “One attains liberation by realizing his true identity as pure spirit. This knowledge puts an end to his delusion–that is, forgetfulness of his real nature–and frees one from the illusion of Māyā. He then experiences, ‘I am a part (aṃśa) of that Supreme Spiritual Entity, Parabrahman or Bhagavān, who is by nature all-blissful.’

“One should understand that the conception expressed here is that Brahman and Bhagavān are one. However, when one attains liberation by just realizing, ‘The identity of the soul (myself) is indeed to be a part of the Lord,’ the happiness he experiences is only partial. Although bhaktas are also parts of Parabrahman or Bhagavān, by their bhajana, or serving the Lord in love, they achieve divine happiness (bhakti-sukha) by experiencing the unlimited sweetness of His lotus feet. This is how devotees of the Lord are distinctly superior to those who are merely liberated.”