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Be pleased, O supreme lord! / The secrets of the divine scriptures, the traditions of the Kula and Kaula, and the rest > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.1.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.1.4) jāne tava prasādena māyāmaṅgalavigraha / śrotumicchāmi sarveśa tava divyarasāyanam // > I know by your grace, O you whose illusory form is auspicious! / I wish to hear, O Lord of all, your divine rejuvenation therapy, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.1.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.1.5) jarājanmāmayaghnaṃ ca khecaratvādisiddhidam / dāridryaduḥkhaśamanaṃ brahmatvādivarapradam // > which destroys senescence, birth, and disease, which grants alchemical perfections such as aerial locomotion, / which pacifies poverty and misery, and bestows supreme boons such as the status of Brahmā.” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.1.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.1.6) īśvara uvāca / sādhu sādhu mahābhāge sarvalokopakāriṇi / tatsarvaṃ jāyate sūtācchuddhātmaprāṇavallabhe // > Īśvara said: / “Well said, well said, O highly fortunate one, benefactress of all the worlds! / All that is produced from quicksilver, O beloved of my pure soul and breath of life! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.1.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.1.7) sarvalokopakārārthaṃ guhyāt guhyatamaṃ hitam / rasendrasya samutpattiṃ lakṣaṇaṃ ca surārcite // > For the benefit of all the worlds, the most secret of secrets, wholesome, / the origin and characteristics of the lord of mercury, O you who are worshiped by the gods, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.1.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.1.8) tatsarvaṃ sampravakṣyāmi śṛṇu bhairavi samprati / \ surendrair munibhir divyaiḥ gandharvoragakiṃnaraiḥ // > all of that I will proclaim fully. Listen now, O Bhairavī! > \ > When beseeched by the chiefs of gods, celestial sages, Gandharvas, serpents, and Kiṃnaras, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.1.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.1.9) prārthito bhavatyāṃ tu kumārotpattim icchadbhiḥ / tārakāsuranāśāya lokānāṃ rakṣaṇāya ca // > who desired the birth of Kumāra from you, / for the destruction of the demon Tāraka and for the protection of the worlds, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.1.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.1.10) tadā himālayagireḥ guhāyāṃ suciraṃ priye / saṃkrīḍamānayoḥ kālo gato naḥ putralipsayā // > then in a cave of the Himālaya mountain for a long time, O beloved, / our time passed sporting intimately together out of a desire for a son. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.1.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.1.11) trijagatkṣobhi surataṃ tyajituṃ preṣitaḥ suraiḥ / kapotarūpamāsthāya vahniḥ prāgād gavākṣataḥ // > Sent by the gods to interrupt our lovemaking which shook the three worlds, / Agni, assuming the form of a dove, approached through a window-vent. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.1.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.1.12) taṃ dṛṣṭvā lajjayā devi visṛṣṭaṃ surataṃ mayā / nikṣiptaṃ vadane vahnerāvayosteja ujjvalam // > Seeing him, out of shame, O Goddess, our lovemaking was abandoned by me, / and our radiant energy was cast into the mouth of Agni. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.1.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.1.13) tena dandahyamāno'gnirgaṅgāyāṃ tannyamajjayat / tena gaṅgāpi saṃtaptā tadbahir visasarja ca // > Burning intensely with that, Agni submerged it into the Gaṅgā; / and greatly heated by it, the Gaṅgā also cast it out. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.1.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.1.14) tat dvidhābhūdbahiḥ prāpya caikaṃ skandaprasūtaye / anyacchuddharaso jāto hyāpadaṃbudhipāradaḥ // > Having reached the outside, that divided into two parts: one for the birth of Skanda, / while the other became pure mercury, which carries \[beings\] across the ocean of misfortunes. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.1.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.1.15) śatayojananimneṣu pañcakūpeṣu saṃsthitaḥ / tanmalā dhātavo jātā maṇayo divyavastu ca // > It settled into five wells that were a hundred yojanas deep; / from its impurities were born base metals, gems, and divine substances. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.1.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.1.16) tattatkṣetraviśeṣeṇa nāmavarṇādikān guṇān / bhinnaḥ prāpto rasendro'yaṃ janmadāridryabhañjanaḥ // > According to each specific region, differing in qualities such as name and color, / this lord of mercury, the destroyer of the poverty of birth, came to be divided. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.1.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.1.17) te kūpāḥ pralaye pañca saṃjñā jātādi vai mukhāḥ / sasaṃcavarṇāṃ nivṛttyā nikṣiptā niyutāni hi // > At the dissolution, those five wells are known to have had mouths producing \[the classes\], / by withdrawing the five colors, hundreds of thousands were deposited. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.1.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.1.18) pañcavarṇāni deveśi sarvasattvayutāni ca / pūrvasyāṃ pāradaḥ śveto nānāvarṇairgadāpahaḥ // > They possess the five colors, O Queen of the gods, and are endowed with all essence. / In the east, the mercury is white; with various colors it destroys disease. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.1.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.1.19) cañcalo dakṣiṇasyāṃ tu rasendro nīlavarṇavān / doṣahīno'tirūkṣaśca sutarāṃ capalaḥ priye // > In the south, the lord of mercury is unsteady and blue in color; / free of defect, exceedingly dry, and extremely volatile, O beloved. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.1.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.1.20) tena jātā bhujaṅgendrā jarājanmagadoṣojjhitāḥ / paścimasyāṃ tu sūtākhyaḥ pītavarṇo 'tirūkṣakaḥ // > From that, the serpent kings were born, freed from senescence, birth, and defects of disease. / In the west, however, quicksilver is yellow in color and exceedingly dry. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.1.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.1.21) sarvadoṣayuto'sau tu śuddho'ṣṭādaśakarmabhiḥ / sarvasiddhiprado devi dehalohādisiddhidaḥ // > Endowed with all defects, it becomes pure through the eighteen alchemical operations; / it grants all alchemical perfections, O Goddess, bestowing perfection of the body, transmutation of base metals, and the rest. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.1.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.1.22) uttarasyāṃ diśo raktaḥ sarvadoṣavivarjitaḥ / rasāyanaṃ tu tenaiva devā janmajarojkṣitāḥ // > In the northern quarter, it is red and completely devoid of defects; / through that very rejuvenation therapy, the gods are free from birth and senescence. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.1.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.1.23) madhye tu miśrako jñeyaḥ sarvavarṇasamanvitaḥ / bahiścandrārkācchāyo raso doṣasamanvitaḥ // > In the center, however, it should be known as mixed mercury, endowed with all colors; / externally having the luster of the moon and sun, the mercury is endowed with defects. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.1.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.1.24) sa cāṣṭādaśasaṃskāraiḥ śuddhaḥ siddhiprado bhavet / amarāṇāṃ svarūpaṃ tu rasendro hi maheśvaraḥ // > Purified through the eighteen alchemical processes, it bestows alchemical perfection. / For the lord of mercury is Maheśvara himself, the true nature of the immortals. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.1.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.1.25) pūrayāmāsatustau ca stokato hyatidurlabhau / anyeṣu sarvakāryeṣu siddhado'pi hi karmabhiḥ // > Those two filled \[them\], and because of their scarcity they are exceedingly rare; / yet it bestows perfection in all other operations through \[purificatory\] procedures. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.1.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.1.26) aṣṭādaśabhiratyantaṃ śuddhaḥ siddhiprado drutam / rasāvatāraṃ yo vetti sa tu dhārmikasattamaḥ // > Completely purified through the eighteen \[processes\], it swiftly grants alchemical perfection. / He who knows the descent of mercury is the best among the righteous; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.1.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.1.27) āyuṣyasukhasaṃtānadhanārogyamavāpnuyāt / \ janmarogajarāmṛtyudāridryāṃbhonidheḥ param // > he will attain longevity, happiness, progeny, wealth, and health. > \ > Because it conveys \[beings\] across to the further shore > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.1.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.1.28) pāraṃ dadāti tenaiva pāradaḥ parikīrtitaḥ / rasoparasalohādikartṛtvācca rasendrakaḥ // > of the ocean of birth, disease, senescence, death, and poverty, it is proclaimed as pārada. / And because it acts as the master over mercury, secondary minerals, metals, and the like, it is rasendra. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.1.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.1.29) mama pratyaṅgasūtatvāt sūta ityabhidhīyate / sūte yasmātsarvasiddhiṃ tasmātsūta iti smṛtaḥ // > Because it was generated from each of my limbs, it is designated as sūta; / and because it engenders all alchemical perfections, it is therefore called sūta. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.1.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.1.30) mama deharaso yasmāt rasastasmātprakīrtitaḥ / jarāmaraṇadāridryaroganāśāya śasyate // > Because it is the fluid essence of my body, it is celebrated as rasa; / it is praised for destroying senescence, death, poverty, and disease. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.1.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.1.31) tasmāśrasa iti prokto dhātutvācca varānane / sarvadhātūnrasatyeṣaḥ tasmācca rasa īritaḥ // > Therefore it is called rasa; and because of being a mineral essence, O lovely-faced one, / \[and because\] it assimilates all metals, it is therefore spoken of as rasa. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.1.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.1.32) mitrakārī savarṇatvātsarvasiddhipradāyakaḥ / pārado vyādhisaṃhartā rasendro rasakarmaṇi // > It acts as a friend, and having the same color, it bestows all alchemical perfections; / pārada destroys diseases; rasendra is used in alchemical operations; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.1.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.1.33) dhātukarmasu sūtaḥ syād rasendro rasasādhane / sarvakarmārhatatayā sarvatayā priye // > in metallic operations it is sūta, and rasendra in mercurial mastery; / on account of its fitness for all operations and being all-encompassing, O beloved, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.1.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.1.34) sarvasiddhiprado devi miśrako'yamudāhṛtaḥ / \ amoghasiddhimamalaṃ sarvasiddhipradaṃ rasam // > bestowing all alchemical perfections, O Goddess, it is called mixed mercury. > \ > Seeing this mercury, which grants infallible success, is spotless, and confers all alchemical perfections, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.1.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.1.35) ālokya tridaśāḥ sarve brahmaviṣṇupuregamāḥ / māmabhiprārthayāmāsuḥ stotraiśca vividhaiḥ priye // > all the thirty gods, led by Brahmā and Viṣṇu, / petitioned me with various hymns, O beloved: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.1.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.1.36) rasendradarśanādeva narapakṣimṛgādayaḥ / siddhiṃ nānāvidhāṃ yānti tannivāraya śaṃkara // > ‘Merely by seeing the lord of mercury, men, birds, animals, and the rest / attain manifold alchemical perfection; therefore restrain it, O Śaṅkara!’ > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.1.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.1.37) tasmāt tridhā kañcukābhirdoṣaiścāsau niyojitaḥ / tadā prabhṛti doṣaiśca kañcukābhiśca varjitaḥ // > Therefore it was joined with defects in the form of three layers of sheath defects; / from that time onward, quicksilver, freed from defects and sheath defects, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.1.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.1.38) śuddho'ṣṭādaśasaṃskāraiḥ sūto bhavati siddhidaḥ / \ dhūmaściṭiciṭiścaiva maṇḍūkaplutireva ca // > and purified through the eighteen alchemical processes, becomes the bestower of alchemical perfection. > \ > Smoke, popping sound, frog-leap, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.1.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.1.39) sakaṃpaśca vikaṃpaśca pañcāvasthā rasasya tu / \ rasasya gatayaḥ pañca jale syājjalavadgatiḥ // > trembling, and violent shaking are the five states of mercury. > \ > The losses of mercury are five: in water, its loss is like that of water; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.1.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.1.40) dhūme dhūmagatiḥ sūtaḥ staraṇe haṃsavadgatiḥ / kiṭṭe kiṭṭanibhā devi pañcamo jīvavadgatiḥ // > in smoke, quicksilver has the loss of smoke; when spread out, it has the loss like a swan; / in dross, it resembles dross, O Goddess; the fifth is the loss like a living soul. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.1.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.1.41) catasro gatayo dṛśyāḥ adṛśyā paṃcamī gatiḥ / yantrauṣadhādyai roddhavyāścatasro gatayaḥ priye // > Four losses are visible; the fifth loss is invisible. / The four losses are to be checked by apparatuses, medicinal herbs, and so forth, O beloved; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.1.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.1.42) dhyānamantrauṣadhādyaiśca roddhavyā pañcamī gatiḥ / \ pārthivaśca tathaivāpya āgneyaścānilastathā // > the fifth loss is to be checked by meditation, mantras, medicinal herbs, and the like. > \ > Earthy, watery, fiery, and airy; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.1.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.1.43) nābhaso gajacarmākhyaḥ puṇḍarīko visarpakṛt / hāridro raktacarmākhyo nāraṅgo raktabindukaḥ // > etheric, elephant-skin, white-lotus-like, producing erysipelas, / turmeric-yellow, red-skin, orange, red-droplet-like, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.1.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.1.44) asahyāgniśca maṇḍūko malā naisargikāḥ smṛtāḥ / \ kālikā malinī caiva kapotī raktakañcukā // > intolerant of fire, and frog-like—these are traditional innate impurities. > \ > Kālikā defect, malinī defect, kapotī defect, red sheath, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.1.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.1.45) salomī girijā caiva piṅgalī sapta kañcukāḥ / aupādhikā imā jñeyāḥ pārade kīrtitāḥ priye // > hairy, mountain-born, and piṅgalī defect are the seven sheath defects. / These are to be known as adventitious defects celebrated in mercury, O beloved. > \ > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.1.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.1.46) \ viṣaṃ nāgaśca vaṅgaśca yaugikaśca trayaḥ smṛtāḥ / \ bhaumaḥ kuṣṭhakaraścāpyo doṣodrekaṃ karoti saḥ // > Poison, lead, and tin are remembered as the three compound defects. > \ > The earthy produces leprosy; the watery causes an aggravation of the humors; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.1.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.1.47) āgneyaḥ kurute dāhaṃ vāyavyaḥ śūlakṛdbhavet / bādhiryaṃ nābhaso doṣo gajatvaggajacarmakṛt // > The fiery \[defect\] causes burning; the airy produces colic; / deafness is caused by the ethereal defect; and the elephant-skin defect causes elephantiasis. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.1.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.1.48) puṇḍarīko dadrukaro visarpaśca visarpakṛt / hāridraḥ pāḍukṛtprokto raktacarmākṣipāṭalam // > The lotus defect causes ringworm, and the erysipelatous causes erysipelas; / the turmeric defect is said to cause jaundice, \[and produces\] red skin and pale-red eyes. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.1.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.1.49) nāraṅgo dumbaraṃ kuṣṭhaṃ raktabījo masūrikāḥ / asahyāgnir mohakārī maṇḍūkaścarmakīlakṛt // > The orange defect produces udumbara-leprosy; the red-seed defect produces smallpox; / the intolerable-fire defect causes stupefaction; the frog defect produces warts. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.1.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.1.50) malo mūrcchākaro devi khyātā doṣodbhavāstathā / kālikā kṛṣṇavarṇaṃ ca malinī malasagraham // > Impurity causes fainting, O goddess. Likewise, those arising from the sheath defects are well known: / the kālikā defect causes a black complexion, and the malinī defect causes retention of impurities. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.1.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.1.51) kapotī svarasādaṃ ca visphoṭaṃ raktakañcukā / salomī vamanaṃ kuryāt girijā jāḍyakāriṇī // > The kapotī defect produces hoarseness; the red sheath defect causes eruptions; / the hairy defect causes vomiting; the mountain-born defect produces torpor. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.1.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.1.52) piṅgalī netraghnī doṣāḥ kacukajāḥ smṛtāḥ / viṣaṃ mṛtyuprado nāgo jāḍyaṃ vaṅgassurārcite // > The piṅgalī defect destroys the eyes: these are known as the defects born of the sheaths. / Poison brings death; lead \[causes\] torpor; and tin, O you who are worshipped by the gods, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.1.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.1.53) kurute pūtigandhatvaṃ gadā yaugikasambhavāḥ / \ prathamārtavasusnātā surūpā śubhalakṣaṇā // > causes a foul odor: such are the diseases arising from compound defects. / \ / A beautiful woman of auspicious marks, who has bathed after her first menses, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.1.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.1.54) śuddhāmbaradharā mālyagandhanliptā subhūṣitā / uttamāśvasamārūḍhā ratisaṅgavivarjitā // > wearing clean clothes, anointed with garlands and fragrances, well-adorned, / mounted on an excellent horse, and refraining from sexual intercourse, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.1.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.1.55) abhyarcya gaṇanāthaṃ ca bhairavaṃ ca guruṃ purā / rasendrabhairavaṃ dhyātvā kūpasthaṃ pāradaṃ priye // > having first worshipped Gaṇanātha, Bhairava, and the guru, / and having meditated upon Rasendra-Bhairava, O dear one, should look upon the mercury > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.1.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.1.56) paśyecchīghraṃ tato gacchet na punaḥ pṛṣṭhamīkṣayet / eṣā yojanamātroā kumārī hayasādhanā // > standing in the well; then she should depart swiftly, and not look back again. / This maiden, equipped with a horse, \[travels\] the distance of a yojana. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.1.57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.1.57) tadānīm āharettatu kumārāsaṃjighṛkṣayā / kūpamadhyāt samutpatya so'nudhāvati tāṃ prati // > Then, wishing to catch the maiden, / leaping up from the middle of the well, that \[mercury\] pursues her. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.1.58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.1.58) yāvadyojanamāgatya punaḥ kūpe viśetkṣaṇāt / paritaḥ kṛtagarteṣu teṣu teṣu ca saṃsthitam // > Having travelled as far as a yojana, it immediately re-enters the well. / Situated in those various pits made all around, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.1.59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.1.59) taṃ rasendraṃ śucirbhūtvā gṛhṇīyādrasadeśikaḥ / gauravādagnivadanāt patito daradāhvaye // > the master of alchemical practice, having purified himself, should collect that lord of mercury. / Because of its heaviness, it fell from the mouth of Agni into the country called Darada; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.1.60](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.1.60) deśe sa sūto bhūlīnaḥ tantrajñai rasakovidaḥ / nikṣipya mṛttikāyantre pātanākhye samāgataḥ // > that quicksilver absorbed into the earth is gathered by experts in alchemy who know the Tantras. / Being placed into the earthen apparatus named pātanā, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.1.61](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.1.61) pārado gṛhyate devi doṣahīnassa ucyate / evameva tatra tatra siddhavidyādharaissadā // > the gathered mercury, O goddess, is declared to be free of defects. / In this very manner, here and there, the lord of mercury is always deposited > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.1.62](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.1.62) nikṣepitaḥ pāradendro vidyate devi siddhidaḥ // > by perfected beings and Vidyādharas, O goddess, and bestows alchemical perfections. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda~en-mt.1.1.1) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (2) - [Śivatattvaratnākara](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.rajadharma.sivatattvaratnakara.76.11) — Basappa Nāyaka 1684, Sanskrit - [Śivattvaratnākara](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.pasu.sivattvaratnakara.76.11) — Basava, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.1) · Pramāṇa