Rasendracudamani 16.44

16.44

{3. grāsa => jalaukā(bandha?) => ūrdhvapātana => pakṣaccheda}
pariphalaghanayuktas triṃśatā tulyavārair grasati yadi rasendro yo jalaukākṛtiḥ saḥ /
nikhilanihitamūrtiḥ niṣpatedudgato'sau punarapi nijapātre chinnapakṣaḥ sa sūtaḥ //

{Third morsel => leech-bound => upward distillation => clipping of wings}
If the mercury, combined with fruitful mica, swallows it thirty times equally, it takes the form of a leech;
having cast off its entire body, it rises up and falls again into its own vessel; that mercury is [then] one whose wings have been clipped.