Rasadhyaya 223_261

223_261

Then, into the midst of that powder, one gadyāṇaka of sulphur / and one gadyāṇaka of natron is to be thrown. / Then one gadyāṇaka of filtered lead, two gadyāṇakas of mercury, and one gadyāṇaka of sulphur—combining thus four gadyāṇakas, grinding them thoroughly, reducing [them] to powder, stirring with water, and drying again, then putting [it] into an earthen saucer-casing and applying cloth-and-clay over the seam of the casing; then putting cow-dung cakes into a pit one cubit in measure, placing the saucer-casing on top, leaving it, and having broken cow-dung cakes on the sides and top, the fire is to be ignited. / And if, having flared up, it does not stand of itself, then taking the medicinal preparation from the midst of the casing, making it a fine powder, one should cast into the filtered mercury processed by projection four gadyāṇakas of fine powder to the measure of a mustard seed. / And here, the measure of the medicine to be cast into the mercury is stated, / but not that of the penetrated mercury. / Likewise, its measure was not stated even by the gurus; / therefore, it is known by inference: / afterwards, sixty-four palas of mercury are proclaimed everywhere. / Therefore, with so much mercury, as much medicine as is produced when the refinement process of projection is being performed, into that much medicinal mercury the four gadyāṇakas full, to the measure of a mustard seed, is to be cast. / Or by the command of the venerable guru, he knows as much as the measure is. / In this way, when the powder to the measure of a mustard seed is cast, the unveiling of the penetrated mercury takes place. / 'Unveiling' means [its empowerment] in the projection into all metals and in the removal of all diseases. / Thus is the eighteenth refinement process.