Text
kāma, prema,—doṅhākāra vibhinna lakṣaṇa
lauha āra hema yaiche svarūpe vilakṣaṇa
Synonyms
kama—lust; prema—love; doṅhākāra—of the two; vibhinna—separate; laksana—symptoms; lauha—iron; ara—and; hema—gold; yaiche—just as; svarūpe—in nature; vilakṣaṇa—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. ¶