bhaktira virodhÄ« karma-dharma vÄ adharma
tÄhÄra 'kalmaá¹£a' nÄma, sei mahÄ-tamaḥ

 bhaktira - to devotional service; virodhÄ« - averse; karma - activity; dharma - religious;  - or; adharma - irreligious; tÄhÄra - of that; kalmaá¹£a - sin; nÄma - the name; sei - this; mahÄ-tamaḥ - great darkness.


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The greatest ignorance consists of activities, whether religious or irreligious, that are opposed to devotional service. They are to be known as sins [kalmaá¹£a].

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