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# Rasendracudamani 16.9

Rasendracūḍāmaṇi 16.9

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [16.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.rasendracudamani.16.9)

{mercury:: verzehrt kein reines abhrasattva}  
kevalābhrakasattvaṃ hi grasatyeva na pāradaḥ /  
grastamapyatiduḥkhena sarvāṅgavyāpi no bhavet //

> Indeed, mercury does not swallow pure mica essence alone;  
> even if swallowed with great difficulty, it would not become all-pervading in its body.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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## Translations (1)

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