Madhya 6.279

TEXT 279
 
TEXT
লোহাকে যাবৎ স্পর্শি' হেম নাহি করে ।
তাবৎ স্পর্শমণি কেহ চিনিতে না পারে ॥ ২৭৯ ॥
lohake yavat sparsi' hema nahi kare
tavat sparsa-mani keha cinite na pare
SYNONYMS
lohake-iron; yavat-as long as; sparsi'-touching; hema-gold; nahi-not; kare-transforms; tavat-until then; sparsa-mani-the touchstone; keha-someone; cinite-to recognize; na-not; pare-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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