CC Ādi 1.90
Adi-līlā, Chapter 1, Text 90
অজ্ঞান–তমের নাম কহিয়ে ‘কৈতব’ ।
ধর্ম–অর্থ–কাম–মোক্ষ–বাঞ্ছা আদি সব ॥ ৯০ ॥
ধর্ম–অর্থ–কাম–মোক্ষ–বাঞ্ছা আদি সব ॥ ৯০ ॥
ajñāna-tamera nāma kahiye ‘kaitava’
dharma-artha-kāma-mokṣa-vāñchā ādi saba
dharma-artha-kāma-mokṣa-vāñchā ādi saba
Word by word
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.