Rasadhyaya 137_149

137_149

Here is the traditional instruction: .. 1.121-137:1 ..
First, having filled a strong, unfrayed cloth pouch with sheets of mica and unbroken paddy grains, or with smooth stone gravel, and having tied its opening firmly with a cord, and having placed it in a wooden bowl filled with water, it must be rubbed so vigorously that the mica turns into powder and issues slightly to the outside. .. 1.121-137:2 ..
And having dried that, the smooth powder is collected. .. 1.121-137:3 ..
And when this is thrown upon the ground, on account of its fineness it adheres there. .. 1.121-137:4 ..
Now knowers of mercury call this dhānyābhraka. .. 1.121-137:5 ..
Likewise, when twice the amount of dhānyābhraka relative to the mercury has been digested, one should heat the fire; then the mercury, turned into smoke, flies away. .. 1.121-137:6 ..
When four times the amount of dhānyābhraka has been digested, it does not escape in the form of smoke; .. 1.121-137:7 ..
nevertheless, under the application of a violent fire, it leaps up and falls outside the crucible. .. 1.121-137:8 ..
When six times the amount of dhānyābhraka has been digested, it does not fly outside; .. 1.121-137:9 ..
nevertheless, it trembles inside the crucible. .. 1.121-137:10 ..
When eight times has been digested, blown indeed by violent [fire], it becomes stable like gold and does not tremble again even the slightest bit. .. 1.121-137:11 ..
Then, after smearing a silver gadyāṇaka leaf with that mercury capable of enduring intense fire, it is melted. .. 1.121-137:12 ..
Then it becomes ten-varnish gold. .. 1.121-137:13 ..
Thus, when the mouth has been opened, this is the first calcination-digestion of the mica mouthful for mercury. .. 1.121-137:14 ..