Padanamaskaram Swami, what is the difference between Anando brahma and Raso vai sah?

[A question by Ms. Laxmi Thrylokya]

Swāmi replied:- Ānanda means bliss and Rasa means love. Both are divine and belong to God in their purest quality as well as in their infinite quantity. Pure bliss means the continuous happiness and pure love means the attachment to one bond without sharing with any other bond. Both these are possible in the bond between God and pure devotee. For every category, there is an upper limit of bliss and bliss shall not cross that upper quantitative limit. If it crosses, the possessor of that bliss can’t withstand and dies immediately. Hence, in the case of bliss, the upper limit itself is the infinite quantity. If such upper limit of bliss continues forever it is called ‘Ānanda’. Raising the quantity of bliss after certain fixed upper limit is not possible. This happiness in the level of the possible upper limit is called bliss. Love is also an emotional force and has an upper limit beyond which it can’t be increased. The pure love is the love without aspiration of any fruit in return. Love in return can be aspired, but, if love in return is not attained, your love shall not be affected in anyway and shall remain as one way traffic. Aspiration of return love is not wrong, but, if the love in return is absent, your love to the other side shall not change in anyway.

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