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# Anandakanda 1.1.40

Ānandakanda 1.1.40

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [1.1.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.1.40)

dhūme dhūmagatiḥ sūtaḥ staraṇe haṃsavadgatiḥ /  
kiṭṭe kiṭṭanibhā devi pañcamo jīvavadgatiḥ //

> in smoke, quicksilver has the loss of smoke; when spread out, it has the loss like a swan; / in dross, it resembles dross, O Goddess; the fifth is the loss like a living soul.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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