Ādi-lilā, Chapter 1
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inborn nature;  pracāra —preaching;  ei mata —like this;  dui —two;  bhāi —brothers;  jīvera —of the living being;  ajñāna —of ignorance;  tamaḥ —of the darkness;  nāśa —destruction;  kari —doing;  kaila —made;  tattva-vastu —of the Absolute Truth;  dāna —gift.
TRANSLATION
As the sun and moon drive away darkness by their appearance and reveal the nature of everything, these two brothers dissipate the darkness of the living beings' ignorance and enlighten them with knowledge of the Absolute Truth.
TEXT 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
SYNONYMS
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.
TEXT 91
ধর্মঃ প্রোজ্ঞিতকৈতবোহত্র পরমো নির্মৎসরাণাং সত্যং
বেহুং বাস্তবমত্র বস্তু শিবদং তাপত্রয়োমূলনম্।
শ্রীমদ্ভাগবতে মহামুনিকৃতে কিংবাপরৈরীখরঃ
সহো হৃদ্যবরুধ্যতেহত্র কৃতিভিঃ শুদ্রবৃভিস্তংক্ষণাং ॥ ৯১ ॥
dharmaḥ projjhita-kaitavo 'tra paramo nirmatsarāṇām satām
vedyam vāstavam atra vastu śivadam tāpa-trayonmūlanam
śrīmad-bhāgavate mahāmuni-kṛte kim vā parair īśvaraḥ
sadyo hṛdy avarudhyate 'tra kṛtibhiḥ śuśrūṣubhis tat-kṣaṇāt
SYNONYMS
dharmaḥ —religiosity;  projjhita —completely rejected;  kaitavaḥ —in which fruitive intention;  atra —herein;  paramaḥ —the highest;  nirmatsarāṇām —of the one hundred