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Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrī Caitanya Caritāmṛta Ādi 3.61
bhaktira virodhī karma-dharma vā adharma
tāhāra 'kalmaṣa' nāma, sei mahā-tamaḥ
SYNONYMS
bhaktira — to devotional service; virodhī — averse; karma — activity; dharma — religious; vā — or; adharma — irreligious; tāhāra — of that; kalmaṣa — sin; nāma — the name; sei — this; mahā-tamaḥ — great darkness.
TRANSLATION
The greatest ignorance consists of activities, whether religious or irreligious, that are opposed to devotional service. They are to be known as sins [kalmaṣa].
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His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda, Founder Ācārya of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness