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kama, prema,--donhakara vibhinna laksana
lauha ara hema yaiche svarupe vilaksana
SYNONYMS
kama—lust; prema—love; donhakara—of the two; vibhinna—separate; laksana—symptoms; lauha—iron; ara—and; hema—gold; yaiche—just as; svarupe—in nature; vilaksana—different.
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.