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Read one verse of Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta with its Bengali, transliteration, word meanings, translation and study points.
Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 1.90
অজ্ঞান–তমের নাম কহিয়ে ‘কৈতব’ ।
ধর্ম–অর্থ–কাম–মোক্ষ–বাঞ্ছা আদি সব ॥ ৯০ ॥
ajñāna-tamera nāma kahiye ‘kaitava’
dharma-artha-kāma-mokṣa-vāñchā ādi saba
The darkness of ignorance is called kaitava, the way of cheating, which begins with religiosity, economic development, sense gratification and liberation.
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The darkness of ignorance is called kaitava, the way of cheating.
This cheating begins with religiosity, economic development and sense gratification.
Liberation is also included among these cheating aims.
Reverence and gratitude. The narrator takes shelter of the guru-paramparā; receptivity begins with humility.
The mood of Ādi 1 as a whole, an editorial reading, not the text itself. See the emotional atlas
From Śrīla Prabhupāda's chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:
The first chapter of Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta begins with fourteen Sanskrit verses that describe the Absolute Truth. Then the next three Sanskrit verses describe the principal Deities of Vṛndāvana, namely, Śrī Rādhā-Madana-mohana, Śrī Rādhā-Govindadeva and Śrī Rādhā-Gopīnāthajī.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Ādi 1
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His recorded lectures on this verse, and the talks where he quotes it.
Quoted in 7 lectures. Recordings and transcripts on prabhupada.io.
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