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CC Adi 3.61



His Divine Grace
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada



TEXT 61

bhaktira virodhī karma-dharma vā adharma
tāhāra ‘kalmaṣa’ nāma, sei mahā-tamaḥ


SYNONYMS

bhaktira — to devotional service; virodhī — averse; karma — activity; dharma — religious; — 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].