What is gold? How did it spring up? When did it come into existence? What is its essence? Who is its presiding god? What are its fruits. Why is it considered as the foremost of all things?
किं सुवर्णं कथं जातं कस्मिन् काले किमात्मकम्। किं दैवं किं फलं चैव कस्माच्च परमुच्यते॥