# Cc. Ādi 4.164 ## Text > kāma, prema,—doṅhākāra vibhinna lakṣaṇa > lauha āra hema yaiche svarūpe vilakṣaṇa ## Synonyms *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. ## 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.