The Vision of Śiva· 3.49 / 99

The Vision of Śiva3.49

3.49
हेमपिण्डे हेमतैव स्याच्चेन्न मुकुटादिके ॥४९॥
hemapiṇḍe hemataiva syāccenna mukuṭādike
— in a lump of gold ; — goldness itself ; — would be ; — if ; — not ; — in a crown and the like

If (you say) goldness exists (only) in a lump of gold, not in a crown and the like (— that is absurd, for it is one and the same gold throughout).