Usage of Expression 'kamini kanchana'

Sri Ramakrishna used the Bengali words kamini kanchana very frequently in the original five volumes of Sri Sri Ramakrishna Kathamrita. Because he looked upon all women as the very manifestations of the Divine Mother, we believe he used this phrase to warn his disciples about lust and greed, which are the main obstacles to man's spiritual progress.

Accordingly, we have used the term 'lust and greed,' or 'lust and gold,' instead of 'woman and gold' as a translation of kamini kanchana.