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Śrī Caitanya Caritāmṛta, Ādi-līlā, Chapter 4: The Confidential Reasons for the Appearance of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu

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His Divine Grace
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

TEXT 171

ataeva kāma-preme bahuta antara
kāma—andha-tamaḥ, prema—nirmala bhāskara

SYNONYMS

ataeva—therefore; kāma-preme—in lust and love; bahuta—much; antara—space between; kāma—lust; andha-tamaḥ—blind darkness; prema—love; nirmala—pure; bhāskara—sun.

TRANSLATION

Therefore lust and love are quite different. Lust is like dense darkness, but love is like the bright sun.