Krishna tells Arjuna in Bhagavad Gita about Bliss.
14.27: I am the abode of Brahman, immortal and imperishable, and eternal dharma and absolute bliss.
According to Brhad-aranyaka Upanishad 4.3.33, Bliss has been unitized. He, who is healthy, wealthy, lordly, and opulent, enjoys one unit of the highest bliss of man. From a previous to the succeeding stage, the bliss is greater by 100 times.
The multiplier effect is listed below:
Table:
Highest human bliss is (one). | 1 Unit of Bliss |
Man* who won over his world | 100 Units of Bliss |
Ghandharava’s Bliss,1 Unit = BlissX1X100X100 | 10,000 = ten K |
God’s bliss by action = BlissX1X100X100X100 =1,000,000 | 1 million |
God’s bliss by birth = BlissX1X100X100X100X100 =100,000,000 | 100million |
Prajapati’s bliss = BlissX1X100X100X100X100X100 =10,000,000,000 | 10 billion |
Hiranyagarbha’s bliss = BlissX1X100X100X100X100X100X100(Also Brahma’s bliss Br UP 4.3.33) | 1,000,000,000,000 = 1 Trillion |
Brahman's Bliss | incalculable |
Taittiriya Upanishad (2.8.1) talks about bliss in the following manner. Youth with erudite knowledge of the Vedas, perfect in action, firm in mind, and sturdy in body enjoys one unit of human bliss. Human fairy enjoys one hundred times the human bliss. Divine fairy enjoys one hundred times the bliss of human fairy. Father enjoys one hundred times the bliss of divine fairy. One hundred times the father’s bliss is god’s bliss (by birth). One hundred times the bliss of god by birth is the bliss of god earned by meritorious work Indra’s bliss is one hundred times the bliss of gods. Brhaspati’s bliss is one hundred times Indra’s bliss. Prajapati enjoys one hundred times Indra’s bliss. Bliss of Brahma is one hundred times Prajapati’s bliss. Brahman’s bliss is beyond calculation.
Man* who won over his world is the one who practiced sacrifices, charity and austerity. Br. Upanishad 6.2.16
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