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# Rasarnava 11.217

Rasārṇava 11.217

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [11.217](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.rasarnava.11.217)

tasya tu krāmaṇaṃ jñātvā tato vaidyairupācaret  
krāmaṇena vinā sūto na kramet na ca vedhayet  
dehalohāmayān sarvān vṛthā syāt kevalaṃ śramaḥ //

> Having understood its penetration, physicians should then administer it;  
> without penetration, mercury neither penetrates nor transmutes  
> all bodily and metallic afflictions: the labor would be entirely in vain.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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## Translations (1)

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