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# Rasarnava 10.15

Rasārṇava 10.15

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [10.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.rasarnava.10.15)

anyā jīvagatirdevi jīvo 'ṇḍādiva niṣkramet  
sa tāvajjīvayejjīvaṃ tena jīvo rasaḥ smṛtaḥ //

> There is another, the departure of the life-force, O Devī, as the life-force emerges from an egg;  
> it enlivens the soul for as long \[as it lasts\]; therefore mercury is called jīva ("life").  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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## Translations (1)

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