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Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrī Caitanya Caritāmrita Ādi 4.164
kāma, prema, — dońhākāra vibhinna lakshana
lauha āra hema yaiche svarūpe vilakshana
SYNONYMS
kāma — lust; prema — love; dońhākāra — of the two; vibhinna — separate; lakshana — symptoms; lauha — iron; āra — and; hema — gold; yaiche — just as; svarūpe — in nature; vilakshana — 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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