Question on a touchstone

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On 10 Feb 1999, Damodara das wrote:

 

> Dear Maharajas and Prabhus,

> Please accept my most humble obeisances.

> All glories to Srila Prabhupada.

>

> Srimad Bhagavatam (1.6.29 purport) says,

>

> > A devotee's body becomes at once surcharged with

> > the transcendental qualities as soon as he is engaged

> > in the devotional service of the Lord. It acts like

> > the magnetic influence of a touchstone upon iron. The

> > influence of transcendental devotional service is like

> > that.

>

> Here Srila Prabhupada means a cintamani by this "touchstone "?

> If so, I am wondering if a touchstone has the magnetic influence

> when put on iron.

>

> It's such a trivial thing but now I am trying to translate

> SB into Japanese and don't want to make a mistake here.

>

> Your servant,

> Damodara Dasa

Dear Prabhu

PAMHO

AGTSP

I just remebered the Siva worshipper that got a touchstone from Sanatana

Goswami,you may know that one??

Also in the introduction to the SB first canto it is explained that the

"touchstone" transforms metal into gold(maybe it is specifically iron,I don't

know).SB 1.6.28 mentions magnetic influence on iron,so it seems it

is so ,it works magnetic and transforms the iron into gold.So it seems it

only works on iron.

SB 1.8.27 mentions the story of Sanatana Goswami and the touchstone.

SB 1.11.26 mentions that the houses in Goloka Vrindavan are made of

"touchstones",Cintamani.

SB2.9.35 explains as it is difficult to know the potency of a "touchstone",it

is similar difficualt to understand a pure devotees potency and both are rare.

SB.3.15.21 explains the ground in Vauikuntha are made of Cintamani and thus

does not neet dusting,but its inhabitants are polishing the cintamanis none

the less.

SB 4.7.6 explains the story of Sanatana Goswami in a detailed fashion.

YS

Payonidhi das