CC Madhya 6.279

Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta - Madhya-līlā - Chapter 6: The Liberation of Sārvabhauma Bhaṭṭācārya

Madhya-līlā 6.278 - Madhya-līlā 6.280

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His Divine Grace
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

TEXT 279

lohāke yāvat sparśi’ hema nāhi kare

tāvat sparśa-maṇi keha cinite nā pāre

SYNONYMS

lohāke — iron; yāvat — as long as; sparśi’ — touching; hema — gold; nāhi — not; kare — transforms; tāvat — until then; sparśa-maṇi — the touchstone; keha — someone; cinite — to recognize; nā — not; pāre — is able.

TRANSLATION

As long as it does not turn iron into gold by its touch, no one can recognize an unknown stone to be a touchstone.

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