Ādi 4.164

TEXT 164
 
TEXT
কাম, প্রেম,-দোঁহাকার বিভিন্ন লক্ষণ ।
লৌহ আর হেম যৈছে স্বরূপে বিলক্ষণ ॥ ১৬৪ ॥
kama, prema,-dohhakara vibhinna laksana
lauha ara hema yaiche svarūpe vilaksana
SYNONYMS
kama-lust; prema-love; dohhakara-of the two; vibhinna-separate; laksana-symptoms; lauha-iron; ara-and; hema-gold; yaiche-just as; svarūpe-in nature; vilaksana-different.
TRANSLATION
Lust and love have different characteristics, just as iron and gold have different natures.
PURPORT
One should try to discriminate between sexual love and pure love, for they belong to different categories, with a gulf of difference between them. They are as different from one another as iron is from gold.

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