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CC Madhya 6.279



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; — 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.