-V.] © BENGALI LANGUAGE & LITERATURE. 485 ‘I quote below a small passage from Chaitanya Charitamrita in which the author points out the distinction between the love of God and earthly passions.
- « Kama—earthly passion (lit. desire) and Prema Kama and
(love) are two different things. One is pure gold পা and the other—iron. When a man seeks an object for the satisfaction of his own desire, he 1s said to be prompted by Kama, but one inspired by a desire to fulfil the will of God, acts under Prema or love. Kama makes a man seek his own pleasure but Prema makes him do things in which God, delights. The idea of satisfying people by pandering to their wishes (Cal? 4%), the ministering to the passions that have their origin in one’s own body ( c#z 49), the fulfilling of the commands enjoined in the vedas (¢a# 4%), wordly pursuits ( $f), feel- ings of shame, of physical pleasure and of personal gratification,—attention to inviolable custom and attachment for one’s kith and kin—all these should be given up, and God alone should be adored. Friends and relations will be against such a man, but he should forsake all for the sake of God.
- “কাম প্রেম দৌহাকার বিভিন্ন লক্ষণ।
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