In English
From ephemeral pleasures to divine bliss
Our ancients have categorised the various types of joy and happiness that can be experienced. The lowest type is , that refers to the pleasure that humans experience in the course of their normal life, and which is connected with worldly objects, entities, and matters. Thousand times greater is or the happiness experienced by celestial beings. is the next higher level of happiness, and is a thousand times greater than . It refers to the joy experienced by the or the demi-gods. Far greater than is , or the bliss experienced by , the preceptor of the . A thousand times greater is or the joy experienced by (in ancient Indian scriptures, is the one associated with the practical aspects of Creation). is a thousand times greater than , the highest joy that can be measured on a finite scale. You can see what an immense gulf separates that man hungers and normally settles for and that he really ought to seek.