Taking His refuge means merging one’s egotistic vanity in Him. The attainment of Brahma is difficult for those who want to work out the profit and loss of “what shall I get out of this attainment.” If a person, while going to surrender himself or herself to Him, is conscious of his or her petty ego’s profit and loss, then how can he or she dedicate his or her petty ego to Him? His or her worm-eaten mental flower shall not be worthy of worshiping the Lord. Entertaining no desire for sensuous happiness one has to surrender oneself to the waves of the essential flow of that inscrutable Supreme Fountainhead, Brahma. This total dedication – this self-surrender is the sentiment of Shrii Rádhá (the personified Love Sublime), her sole world.

“Gopiigań kare yabe krśńa-darshan;
Sukha-váiṋcá náhi sukh páy kot́ii guń.”
“Gopii darshane Krśńer ye ánanda hay;
Tadapekśá kotii guń gopii ásvádaya.”

–Caetanya Caritámrta

[Endless joy unsought-for lies
When Krśńa’s sight fills Gopii’s eyes.
The sight of milkmaids, Krśńa’s joy,
Multifold more do they enjoy.]

A selfless devotee, bathed in the purity of devotion, wants nothing for himself or herself. He or she wants only Parama Puruśa in exchange of his or her own self. At the time of merger as he or she identifies himself or herself with Him, he or she tastes of the boundless bliss. The pleasant waves of sensation take place in the psychic body of the Supreme Entity on getting back His devotee in His own state of Consciousness, are a lot more in evidence in that of the self-immolating sádhaka.