Rasadhyaya 16_45

16_45

The triad of verses is clear. .. 1.14-16:1 ..
Merely, 'and two each arise from tin and lead' .. 1.14-16:2 ..
means two defects born of tin and two born of lead. .. 1.14-16:3 ..
Kapālī and kālikā are the fourth and fifth .. 1.14-16:4 ..
defects born of tin; śyāmakapālikā [and kapālikā] are the sixth and seventh, born of lead. He states the characteristics of these four: .. 1.14-16:5 ..
When milk is boiled, whatever film forms on top, .. 1.14-16:6 ..
such also in mercury is that born of tin; .. 1.14-16:7 ..
and that born of lead, kapālikā, appears on top. .. 1.14-16:8 ..
Śyāmā, the sixth defect, is five-coloured, and kālikā, the fifth defect, is black-coloured. .. 1.14-16:9 ..
Now he states the five defects of mercury: .. 1.14-16:10 ..