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Text 164

Text 164

Text

Texto

kāma, prema, — doṅhākāra vibhinna lakṣaṇa
lauha āra hema yaiche svarūpe vilakṣaṇa
kāma, prema, — doṅhākāra vibhinna lakṣaṇa
lauha āra hema yaiche svarūpe vilakṣaṇa

Synonyms

Palabra por palabra

kāma — lust; prema — love; doṅhākāra — of the two; vibhinna — separate; lakṣaṇa — symptoms; lauha — iron; āra — and; hema — gold; yaiche — just as; svarūpe — in nature; vilakṣaṇa — different.

kāma—lujuria; prema—amor; doṅhākāra—de los dos; vibhinna—separados; lakṣaṇa—síntomas; lauha—hierro; āra—y; hema—oro; yaiche—así como; svarūpe—por naturaleza; vilakṣaṇa—diferente.

Translation

Traducción

Lust and love have different characteristics, just as iron and gold have different natures.

La lujuria y el amor tienen características diferentes, igual que el hierro y el oro tienen naturalezas diferentes.

Purport

Significado

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.

Hay que tratar de discriminar entre el amor sexual y el amor puro, porque pertenecen a categorías diferentes, con un abismo de diferencia entre ellos. Son tan diferentes uno de otro como el hierro del oro.