Verse 2.518

Sanskrit text and transliteration:

आनन्दानन्दिनोश्चात्र न भेदः स्यान्मनागपि ।
श्रुत्यैवापोदितो यस्मच्छिद्रं कुर्वन्मनागपि ॥ ५१८ ॥

ānandānandinoścātra na bhedaḥ syānmanāgapi |
śrutyaivāpodito yasmacchidraṃ kurvanmanāgapi || 518 ||

English translation of verse 2.518:

Here (in Brahman) there cannot be even the slightest difference between bliss and that which has bliss, since it has been stated by śruti itself that one who makes a little difference (in Brahman is struck with fear).

Notes:

The happiness which arises as a result of karma is different from the person who enjoys that happiness. The same thing, the critic argues, must hold good between the unsurpassable bliss and Brahman which has that bliss. If so, it is wrong to say, according to him, that the unsurpassable bliss is Brahman.

This argument is untenable. The unsurpassable bliss constitutes the very nature of Brahman which is non-dual, which is free from sajātīya-vijātīya-svagata-bheda. Brahman is bliss, and bliss is Brahman. It is, therefore, wrong to think of any difference between bliss and that which has bliss. That is why śruti itself has warned that he who makes even a little difference in Brahman is tormented by fear (yadā hyevaiṣa etasminnudaramantaraṃ kurute, atha tasya bhayaṃ bhavati).