कृषिर्भूवाचकः शब्दो णश्च निर्वृतिवाचकः ।
तयोरैक्यं परं ब्रह्म कृष्ण इत्यभिधीयते ॥
kṛṣi-śabdaś ca sattārtho ṇaś cānanda-svarūpakaḥ |
sukha-rūpo bhaved ātmā bhāvānanda-mayatvataḥ ||
(Gautamīya Tantra; cited in Jīva Gosvāmī’s ṭīkā to Brahma-saṁhitā: 5.1)
“The word kṛṣ means existence, and [the word] ṇa means that which is of the nature of bliss. The Ātmā is the very form of joy because he is constituted of the bliss of bhāva [i.e., existence, alt., prema].”
[Alternate translation:] “The word kṛṣ means existence, and [the word] ṇa means that which is of the nature of bliss [i.e., that which has the power to attract and rule all]. [Thus,] The ātmā [i.e., the jīva] becomes a form of joy because of becoming filled with the bliss of bhāva [i.e., prema for that being who is bliss itself and manifests bliss in all others].”