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# Rasarnava 4.25

Rasārṇava 4.25

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [4.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.rasarnava.4.25)

gandhakasya kṣayo nāsti na rasasya kṣayo bhavet  
kṣayo yantrasya vijñeyaḥ yantre vikriyate kriyā  
alābhe kāntalohasya yantraṃ lohena kārayet //

> There is no loss of sulfur, nor does loss of mercury occur;  
> the loss should be known to be of the apparatus, \[for\] the operation is wrought within the apparatus.  
> If loadstone is not obtained, one should have the apparatus made of iron.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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## Translations (1)

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