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# Rasarnava 8.68

Rasārṇava 8.68

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [8.68](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.rasarnava.8.68)

nāgaḥ karoti mṛdutāṃ nirvyūḍhastāṃ ca raktatām  
vāpitaṃ pītatāṃ tīkṣṇaṃ kāntasthāṃ kālikāṃ viṣam //

> Lead produces softness, and when refined it produces redness; / wrought iron when projected gives yellowness, and poison removes the blackness residing in loadstone.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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