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Śrī Caitanya Caritāmṛta, Ādi-līlā, Chapter 1: The Spiritual Masters

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His Divine Grace
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

TEXT 90

ajñāna-tamera nāma kahiye ‘kaitava’
dharma-artha-kāma-mokṣa-vāñchā ādi saba

SYNONYMS

ajñāna-tamera—of the darkness of ignorance; nāma—name; kahiye—I call; kaitava—cheating process; dharma—religiosity; artha—economic development; kāma—sense gratification; mokṣa—liberation; vāñchā—desire for; ādi—and so on; saba—all.

TRANSLATION

The darkness of ignorance is called kaitava, the way of cheating, which begins with religiosity, economic development, sense gratification and liberation.