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Since you are the mother of the worlds, / therefore the welfare of the world has been asked; I shall declare that, O Īśvarī! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.23.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.23.6) rasādisaṃskāravidhiṃ sarvaroganibarhaṇam / yathākramaṃ pravakṣyāmi śrūyatāmavadhānataḥ // > The ritual rule for the refinement processes of quicksilver and the like, which destroys all diseases, / I will declare in proper sequence; let it be heard with attention. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.23.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.23.7) rasendro rasarājaśca rasaḥ sūtaśca pāradaḥ / śivabījaṃ śivo jaitro rasaloho mahārasaḥ // > Rasendra, Rasarāja, Rasa, Sūta, and Pārada, / Śivabīja, Śiva, Jaitra, Rasaloha, Mahārasa, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.23.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.23.8) rasottamo mahātejāḥ sūtarāṭ capalo'mṛtaḥ / dhutturo lokanāthaśca prabhurindro bhavastathā // > Rasottama, Mahātejas, Sūtarāj, Capala, Amṛta, / Dhuttura, Lokanātha, Prabhu, Indra, and also Bhava, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.23.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.23.9) rudratejāḥ khecaraśca rasadhāturacintyajaḥ / amaro dehadaḥ skandaḥ skandeśo mṛtyunāśanaḥ // > Rudratejas, Khecara, Rasadhātu, Acintyaja, / Amara, Dehada, Skanda, Skandeśa, Mṛtyunāśana, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.23.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.23.10) devo rasāyanaḥ śreṣṭho yaśodaḥ pāvanaḥ smṛtaḥ / proktā divyarasāścaiva trayastriṃśacca nāma ca // > Deva, Rasāyana, Śreṣṭha, Yaśoda, \[and\] Pāvana are considered \[the names\]. / These thirty-three names of divine mercury have thus been spoken. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.23.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.23.11) doṣayuktaḥ sūtarājo viṣameva varānane / doṣahīno rasaḥ sākṣādamṛtaṃ nātra saṃśayaḥ // > Possessed of defects, the king of quicksilver is poison indeed, O fair-faced woman; / devoid of defects, mercury is visibly nectar, there is no doubt in this. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.23.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.23.12) tasmātpāradasaṃskāraṃ doṣaghnaṃ śṛṇu pārvati / rasācāryo bhiṣakśreṣṭho yatātmāghoramantravit // > Therefore hear, O Pārvatī, the refinement process of mercury that destroys defects. / The master of alchemy, an excellent physician, self-controlled, knowing the Aghora mantra, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.23.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.23.13) \ śubharkṣe śubhalagneṣu sumuhūrte suvāsare / pūrvoktavatsūtapūjāṃ kuryādādau śucisthale // > \ > under an auspicious constellation, at auspicious ascendants, in an auspicious hour, on an auspicious day, / should first perform worship of quicksilver in a pure place as previously stated. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.23.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.23.14) śataṃ palānāṃ pañcāśatpañcaviṃśati vā punaḥ / daśa vā pañca vā devi naitasmādūnamiṣyate // > A hundred palas, or fifty, or twenty-five, / or ten, or five, O goddess; less than this is not desired. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.23.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.23.15) lohaje vā śilotthe vā khalve sūtaṃ vinikṣipet / kalāṃśaṃ sūtarājasya cūrṇeṣṭakaniśārajaḥ // > One should throw quicksilver into a mortar made of iron or made of stone; / a sixteenth part of the king of quicksilver \[each\] of powder of brick and turmeric dust, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.23.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.23.16) jambīrāmlena saṃmardya taptakhalve dinaṃ priye / kṣālayed uṣṇasauvīrair nāgadoṣo vinaśyati // > having ground with lime juice in a heated mortar for a day, my dear, / one should wash with hot sauvīra vinegar; the lead defect is destroyed. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.23.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.23.17) aṅkolenendravāruṇyā vaṅgadoṣo vinaśyati / āragvadhena ca malaṃ citrake nāgadūṣaṇam // > With aṅkola and indravāruṇī, the tin defect is destroyed; / and with āragvadha, impurity \[is destroyed\]; with citraka, the taint of lead \[is destroyed\]. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.23.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.23.18) kṛṣṇadhūrtena cāñcalyaṃ triphalābhirviṣaṃ haret / giridoṣaṃ trikaṭukairasahyāgnistu gokṣuraiḥ // > With black thorn-apple, one should remove mobility; with the three myrobalans, poison; / the mountain defect with the three pungents; and intolerance of fire with gokṣura. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.23.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.23.19) vaṅgādisaptadoṣāṇāṃ nāśārthaṃ saptavāsaram / tattaccūrṇaiḥ kalāṃśaiśca kumāryā rasasaṃyutaiḥ // > For seven days, for the destruction of the seven defects such as tin, / with those respective powders in sixteenth parts, combined with juice of kumārī, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.23.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.23.20) mardayitvā rasaṃ paścātkṣālayeduṣṇakāṃjikaiḥ / pāradaḥ sakalairdoṣairmucyate saptakañcukaiḥ // > having ground mercury, one should then wash it with hot sour gruels. / Quicksilver is freed from all defects \[and\] from the seven sheath defects. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.23.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.23.21) vaidyakarmaṇi yojyaścedrasaḥ syātsarvarogahā / \ devadārumalayajajayāvāyasatuṇḍikā // > If applied in medical practice, mercury removes all diseases. / \ > With devadāru, sandalwood, jayā, and vāyasatuṇḍikā, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.23.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.23.22) kumārīmusalīvandhyākarkoṭīrasasaṃyutam / sūtaṃ dinaṃ mardayecca punaḥ pātanayantrake // > combined with juices of kumārī, musalī, and sterile kārkoṭakī, / one should grind quicksilver for a day, and further in a distillation apparatus > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.23.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.23.23) pātayedyojayetsūtaṃ śuddhaṃ vaidyasya karmaṇi / \ dagdhaṃ pāṣāṇacūrṇaṃ ca niśākanyārasai rasam // > one should distill it; one should employ the purified quicksilver in medical practice. / \ > Powder of burnt limestone, and with juices of turmeric and kumārī, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.23.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.23.24) mardayeddinamekaṃ ca pūrvayantre ca pātayet / evaṃ saṃskārasaṃśuddhaṃ yojayedvaidyakarmaṇi // > one should grind mercury for one day, and distill it in the aforementioned apparatus; / thus thoroughly purified by refinement processes, one should employ it in medical practice. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.23.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.23.25) \ daradaṃ yāmamātraṃ tu pāribhadradravaiḥ priye / athavā jambīrarasairmardayitvā tu pācayet // > \ > Cinnabar, indeed for just one watch, with liquids of pāribhadra, my dear, / or having ground it with lime juices, one should cook it > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.23.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.23.26) yantre pātanake devi doṣakañcukavarjitaḥ / \ punarnavārasaiḥ peṣyaṃ dhānyābhraṃ pāradaṃ samam // > in a distillation apparatus, O goddess; it is freed from defects and sheath defects. / \ > Equal parts of quicksilver and mica prepared with grain are to be ground with juices of punarnavā, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.23.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.23.27) taptakhalve dinaṃ kṛtvā vajramūṣāgataṃ rasam / pacedbhūdharayantre ca punaḥ saṃmardayecca tam // > having done so for a day in a heated mortar, the mercury placed into a vajra crucible / one should cook in a bhūdhara apparatus, and again one should thoroughly grind it. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.23.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.23.28) pūrvadravairyathāpūrvaṃ mardanaṃ pācanaṃ punaḥ / kṛtvaitaṃ daśavāraṃ taṃ pātyaṃ pātanayantrake // > Grinding with the previously mentioned liquids and cooking as before / having done this ten times, it should be sublimed in a sublimation apparatus. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.23.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.23.29) śuddhaḥ syātpārado devi yojyo yoge rasāyane / \<ṣaṣṭhaḥ prakāraḥ\> daśamāṃśaṃ rasādgandhaṃ taptakhalve vinikṣipet // > Mercury becomes purified, O goddess, and suitable to be employed in formulations and in rejuvenation therapy. / \ / One should place sulphur, one-tenth part of the mercury, into a heated mortar. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.23.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.23.30) varājambīrakanyāgnidravairyāmaṃ vimardayet / pātayetpātanāyantre kuryādevaṃ tu saptadhā // > One should grind it for one yāma with the juices of varā, jambīra, kanyā, and agni, / and sublime it in a sublimation apparatus; one should do this indeed seven times. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.23.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.23.31) sagandhakaṃ mardanaṃ ca pātanaṃ bhavati priye / śuddhaḥ syātpārado devi yojyaḥ pāradakarmaṇi // > There is grinding with sulphur and sublimation, O beloved; / the mercury becomes pure, O goddess, and fit for employment in mercurial operations. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.23.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.23.32) \ tilatailair māhiṣikair mūtrair madyāmlakena ca / gomāṃsair hiṅgulaṃ pācyaṃ lohapātre kramāgninā // > \ / With sesame oil, buffalo urine, sour fermented liquor, / and beef, cinnabar should be cooked in an iron vessel over a graduated fire. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.23.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.23.33) saptāhaṃ lohadaṇḍena cālayettaddravaṃ muhuḥ / sārdraṃ mayūrapittena bhāvayedātape dinam // > For seven days, one should stir that liquid constantly with an iron rod. / One should moisten it with peacock bile and triturate it in the sun for a day. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.23.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.23.34) pātayetpātanāyantre daradaṃ kharavahninā / śuddho bhaveccaturyāmātpārado yogavāhakaḥ // > One should sublime the cinnabar in a sublimation apparatus over an intense fire. / After four yāmas, the mercury becomes pure, a catalyst for medicinal action. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.23.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.23.35) \ śṛṇu devi pravakṣyāmi jāraṇārhaṃ biḍaṃ priye / cūrṇaṃ kṛtvā dagdhaśaṅkhaṃ gharme 'rkakṣīrabhāvitam // > \ / Listen, O goddess, I shall explain the biḍa salt mixture suitable for digestion, O beloved: / having powdered burnt conch shell and macerated it in calotropis latex under the sunshine, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.23.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.23.36) kuryāddinaṃ tato devi dhūmasāraṃ ca bhāvayet / dinaṃ jambīrakarasairātape cātitīvrake // > one should do so for a day, O goddess; then one should macerate soot / for a day with lime juices under intense sunshine. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.23.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.23.37) caturyāmamajāmūtraiḥ ṣoḍaśāṃśaṃ suvarcalam / yathā sāndratvamāpnoti tāvatkvāthyaṃ varānane // > For four yāmas, in goat urine with one-sixteenth part of suvarcala salt, / it should be boiled until it becomes thick, O fair-faced one. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.23.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.23.38) naramūtre ṣoḍaśāṃśe kaṇṭakārīṃ samūlakām / yāvad ghanībhavet tāvat kvāthanīyā prayatnataḥ // > In sixteen parts of human urine, the kaṇṭakārī plant with its root / must be boiled down diligently until it becomes thick. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.23.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.23.39) tintriṇīkṣārakāsīsasarjakṣārāḥ śilājatu / jambīrasya rasaiḥ sarvaṃ caturyāmaṃ pṛthakpṛthak // > Tamarind salt, green vitriol, sarjikākṣāra, and asphaltum / \[are triturated\] with lime juices, all of them separately for four yāmas. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.23.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.23.40) jepālaṃ tattvacāhīnaṃ mūlakakṣārasaindhavam / guñjāṃ ca ṭaṅkaṇaṃ śigrudravairbhāvyaṃ pṛthakpṛthak // > Croton seeds free of their outer husk, radish salt, rock salt, / guñjā, and borax should each be triturated separately with drumstick juice. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.23.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.23.41) jambīrāṇāṃ dravairbhāvyaṃ śaṅkhādyaṃ tattrayodaśa / sarvaṃ samāṃśaṃ ca dinamekīkṛtya tu gālitam // > Those thirteen ingredients starting with conch shell are to be triturated with lime juices, / all in equal parts; and after combining them for a day, it is filtered. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.23.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.23.42) rakṣayetsarvadā jñeyo nāmnā ca vaḍabānalaḥ / suvarṇādimalohānāṃ ratnānāṃ jāraṇe tathā // > One should preserve it at all times; it is known by name as Vaḍabānala. / In the digestion of metals such as gold, and similarly of gemstones, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.23.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.23.43) abhrādyuparasānāṃ ca yojanīyaṃ prayatnataḥ / \ śuddhasūtaṃ śuddhagandhaṃ mardayedgoghṛtaiḥ samam // > and of secondary minerals like mica, it must be applied with effort. / \ / One should grind purified quicksilver and purified sulphur in equal amounts with cow's ghee. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.23.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.23.44) piṇḍībhūtaṃ kumāryāśca dalagarbhe niveśayet / samyaksūtreṇa saṃveṣṭya tamayaskāntasaṃpuṭe // > Having formed a lump, one should place it inside an aloe vera leaf. / Having wrapped it thoroughly with thread, inside an iron casing, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.23.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.23.45) nirudhya taṃ mṛdupuṭe tridhā pācyaṃ punaḥ priye / ādāya dṛḍhamūṣāyāmandhayitvā dhametsudhīḥ // > having sealed it, it is cooked three times in a mild pit of cow-dung cakes, O beloved; / having taken it out, the wise one should blind it inside a sturdy crucible and blow with the bellows. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.23.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.23.46) bhasmībhavetsūtarājo yojyo yoge rasāyane / \ chāyāśuṣkāṇi kurvīta śākapakvaphalāni ca // > The king of quicksilvers is reduced to ash, fit for use in formulations and rejuvenation therapy. / \ / One should dry shade-dried mature fruits of the teak tree, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.23.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.23.47) mardayedarkapayasā tena mūṣodaraṃ lipet / agraprasūtagojātajarāyoḥ śiṣitaṃ rajaḥ // > grind them with calotropis latex, and smear the interior of a crucible with that. / The powdered residue of the placenta of a cow from her first calving > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.23.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.23.48) mūṣāmadhye kṣipetpaścātsūtaṃ gandhaśca tadrajaḥ / kṣiptvā nirudhya ca dhamedbhasmībhavati pāradaḥ // > should then be placed inside the crucible; having put the quicksilver, sulphur, and that powder, / and having sealed it, one should blow with the bellows; the mercury is reduced to ash. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.23.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.23.49) \ vandhyā kārkoṭakī kākatuṇḍī ca kaṭutumbikā / kañcukī nalikā kākamācī vai kālamañjarī // > \ / Sterile kārkoṭakī, kākatuṇḍī, bitter gourd, / kañcukī, nalikā, kākamācī, kālamañjarī, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.23.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.23.50) kākajaṅghāstvimāḥ sarvāḥ piṣṭvā mūṣāntare kṣipet / pūrvoktavandhyāmukhyābhir aṣṭābhir mardayed rasam // > and kākajaṅghā—having crushed all these, one should place them inside the crucible. / One should grind mercury with the eight plants starting with sterile kārkoṭakī mentioned earlier. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.23.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.23.51) tadrasaṃ liptamūṣāyāṃ kṣiptvā ruddhvā ca bhūdhare / pacedevaṃ cāṣṭavāramevaṃ mūṣāpralepanam // > Having placed that mercury into the smeared crucible and sealed it, / one cooks it eight times in a bhūdhara apparatus; in this way, coating the crucible, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.23.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.23.52) mardanaṃ dhamanaṃ kuryād bhūyo bhūyaḥ sureśvari / mṛto bhavati sūtendro yogyo roge rasāyane // > one should grind and blow with the bellows repeatedly, O sovereign of the gods. / The lord of quicksilver becomes incinerated, fit for disease and rejuvenation therapy. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.23.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.23.53) \ niyāmakauṣadhairmardyaṃ caturyāmaṃ rasaṃ dṛḍham / dviguṇe gandhataile ca śanairmandāgninā pacet // > \ / One should grind mercury firmly for four yāmas with regulatory herbs, / and cook it slowly over a gentle fire in double its amount of sulphur oil, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.23.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.23.54) yāvat khoṭatvamāpnoti tāvadevaṃ pacedrasam / tatkhoṭaṃ saṃpuṭe lauhe kṣiptvā rundhyāddṛḍhaṃ sudhīḥ // > cooking the mercury only so long as it attains a solid lump state. / Placing that lump into an iron casing, the wise one should seal it firmly. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.23.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.23.55) pathyājalairlohakiṭṭaṃ piṣṭvā sampuṭamālikhet / tasyordhvaṃ śrāvake kācaṃ kṛtvā nāgaṃ vinikṣipet // > Having ground iron dross with water of chebulic myrobalan, one should coat the casing. / Placing glass on a saucer above it, one should deposit lead \[upon it\]. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.23.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.23.56) sa nāgo dravate yāvattāvadevaṃ dhametpriye / yāvanna yāti kāṭhinyaṃ tāvannaiva dhametsudhīḥ // > One should blow with the bellows only as long as that lead melts, O beloved; / as long as it does not reach hardness, the wise one should not blow at all. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.23.57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.23.57) punaḥ kaṭhinatāṃ prāpte dhametpūrvoktavanmuhuḥ / triyāmadhamanādevaṃ bhasmībhavati pāradaḥ // > When it reaches hardness again, one should blow repeatedly as described before; / by blowing in this manner for three yāmas, the mercury is reduced to ash. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.23.58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.23.58) bhasmīkṛte mūlikābhirjāraṇārahito rasaḥ / dehe lohe na yojyaḥ syādyojyo bheṣajakarmaṇi // > When it is reduced to ash by roots without the process of digestion, the mercury / cannot be employed for the body or base metals; it is to be employed in medicinal treatment. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.23.59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.23.59) \ dviguṇe gandhataile ca śuddhaṃ sūtaṃ vimardayet / ekāhaṃ taṃ punarmardyaṃ sarpākṣībhṛṅgarāḍapi // > \ / One should grind purified quicksilver in double the amount of sulphur oil / for one day; then it should be ground with sarpākṣī, bhṛṅgarāja, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.23.60](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.23.60) viṣṇukrāntā tryahaṃ caiṣāṃ rasaiḥ ślakṣṇaṃ vimardayet / pacedyantre trisaṃghaṭṭe hyaṣṭavāramiti priye // > and viṣṇukrāntā; one should grind it smoothly with the juices of these for three days, / and cook it eight times in a three-jointed apparatus, O beloved. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.23.61](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.23.61) kuryādbhasmati sūtendro rogasaṃghātanāśanaḥ / \<ṣaṣṭhaḥ prakāraḥ\> śvetāṅkolasya mūlottharasairmardyastryahaṃ rasaḥ // > The lord of quicksilver will become ash, destroying the multitude of diseases. / \ / Mercury is to be ground for three days with juice extracted from the root of white aṅkola. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.23.62](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.23.62) mūṣāyāṃ nikṣiped ruddhvā pacedbhūdharayantrake / pārado bhasmatāṃ yāti sarvarogaharaḥ paraḥ // > Placing it in a crucible and sealing it, one should cook it in a bhūdhara apparatus; / the mercury becomes ash, supreme in curing all diseases. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.23.63](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.23.63) \ viṣṇukrāntāṃ vedikāṃ ca kāñjikena vimardayet / tatkalkena raso mardyaḥ saptadhā mūrchitotthitaḥ // > \ / One should grind viṣṇukrāntā and vedikā with sour gruel; / with that paste, mercury subjected seven times to swooning and revival should be ground. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.23.64](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.23.64) taṃ rasaṃ śrāvake kṣiptvā siñcayettadrasairmuhuḥ / dīpāgninā dinaṃ pacyādbhasma syāllavaṇākṛtiḥ // > Placing that mercury into a saucer, one should sprinkle it repeatedly with those juices; / it should be cooked for a day with the flame of a lamp; the ash will have the appearance of salt. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.23.65](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.23.65) \ kākoduṃbarikākṣīrair bhāvayet somarāmaṭham / punaḥ punaḥ saptadhaivaṃ śoṣayenmardayet sudhīḥ // > \ / The wise one should macerate asafoetida with the milky latex of kākodumbarikā; / repeatedly in this way seven times, one should dry and grind it. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.23.66](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.23.66) kākodumbarapañcāṅgaṃ ṣoḍaśāṃśe jale kṣipet / yathaikāṃśo'vaśiṣṭaḥ syāttena taddhiṅgu mardayet // > One should place the five parts of kākodumbara in sixteen parts of water; / when one part remains, one should grind that asafoetida with it. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.23.67](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.23.67) tadgolake rasaṃ kṣiptvā mūṣāyāṃ taṃ ca rodhayet / bhūdhare ca puṭedevamaṣṭavāraṃ punaḥ punaḥ // > Placing the mercury inside a ball of that, one should seal it in a crucible, / and heat it in a bhūdhara pit repeatedly eight times. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.23.68](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.23.68) puṭe puṭe ca taddhiṅgu dadyātsūto mṛto bhavet / \ urubūkasya bījāni tathāpāmārgajāni ca // > At every heating one should supply that asafoetida; the quicksilver becomes incinerated. / \ / Seeds of castor as well as those produced from apāmārga > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.23.69](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.23.69) pūrṇayet tacca mūṣāyāṃ kṣiptvā sūtaṃ tataḥ kṣipet / tadūrdhvaṃ pūrvacūrṇaṃ ca samyaṅmūṣāṃ nirodhayet // > one should fill; and having placed that into a crucible, one should then add quicksilver. / Above that, the aforesaid powder, and one should seal the crucible well. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.23.70](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.23.70) pacellaghupuṭairevaṃ caturbhirbhasmatāṃ vrajet / \ kuḍuhuñcyāḥ kandamadhye kāntāstanyapariplute // > One should cook with four light cow-dung pits in this manner; it will be reduced to ash. / \ / Inside a bulb of kuḍuhuñcī filled with woman's breast milk, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.23.71](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.23.71) rasaṃ kṣiptvā mukhaṃ ruddhvā tanmajjakalkataḥ sudhīḥ / taṃ gomayaiḥ samālipya svedayedgomayāgninā // > having placed the mercury, the wise one seals the opening with paste of its pulp; / smearing it thoroughly with cow dung, he should steam it with a cow-dung fire. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.23.72](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.23.72) evaṃ kṛte saptavāraṃ raso bhasmatvam āpnuyāt / \ aṅkolasya śiphānīraiḥ sūtaṃ gandhaṃ samaṃ samam // > When this is done seven times, the mercury becomes calcinated. > \ > Quicksilver and sulphur in equal parts, with root-juice of aṅkola, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.23.73](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.23.73) dinamekaṃ mardayecca mūṣāgarbhaṃ nirodhayet / puṭedbhūdharayantre ca dinānte bhasma jāyate // > one should grind for one day and seal within a crucible. > He should bake it in a bhūdharayantra, and at the end of the day calx is produced. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.23.74](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.23.74) \ sūtaṃ dhānyābhrakaṃ tulyaṃ mārakauṣadhijai rasaiḥ / mardayed dinamekaṃ tu tatkalkairvastralepanam // > \ > Quicksilver and prepared mica in equal parts, with juices of killing herbs, > one should grind for one day; smearing a cloth with that paste, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.23.75](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.23.75) tadvastraṃ vartikāṃ kṛtvā dhṛtvā daṃśena dīpayet / taddrutiṃ patitāṃ kāṃsye kṛṣṇavarṇaṃ ca tadbhavet // > making that cloth into a wick, holding it with tongs, he should light it. > Its melt falling into a bell-metal vessel becomes black in color. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.23.76](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.23.76) tatpunarmārakairmardyaṃ pātanāyantrake pacet / mṛto bhaveddinaikena tadbhasmākhilarogahṛt // > That should again be ground with killing agents and cooked in a pātanāyantra. > It becomes dead in one day; that calx removes all diseases. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.23.77](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.23.77) \ kāladhuttūratailena mardanīyaśca pāradaḥ / tato niyāmakairmardyāddinaikaṃ kūrmayantrake // > \ > Mercury is to be ground with black dhuttūra oil, > and then it should be ground with regulating agents for one day in a kūrmayantra. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.23.78](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.23.78) pācayedbhasmatāṃ yāti śubhraḥ syātsarvarogahā / \ śuddhasūtād ardhabhāgaṃ śuddhaṃ gandhaṃ vimardayet // > He should cook it; it attains calx-state, becomes white, and destroys all diseases. > \ > One should grind pure sulphur equal to half the quantity of pure quicksilver, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.23.79](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.23.79) mārakauṣadhajair drāvair dinaṃ mūṣāgataṃ pacet / yantre bhūdharasaṃjñe ca dinenaikena bhasmati // > with juices of killing herbs for a day; placed in a crucible, he should cook it > in the apparatus named bhūdhara, and in one day it becomes calcinated. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.23.80](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.23.80) \ sūtamabhraṃ vaṭakṣīraistriyāmaṃ mardayetpriye / mūṣāgarbhe vinikṣipya karīṣāgnau dinaṃ pacet // > \ > One should grind quicksilver and mica with banyan latex for three watches, my dear; > placing it inside a crucible, he should cook it in a cow-dung fire for a day. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.23.81](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.23.81) bhasmībhavati sūtendraḥ śubhraḥ sarvārtināśanaḥ / \<ṣoḍaśaḥ prakāraḥ\> mukhīkṛte vāsite ca pārade samakāñcanam // > The lord of quicksilver turns to calx, white, destroying all ailments. > \ > When the mercury is mouth-endowed and scented, with equal gold, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.23.82](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.23.82) jārayet pūrvayogena tato gandhaṃ samaṃ kṣipet / divyauṣadhidravairmardyaṃ dinaṃ mūṣādhṛtaṃ rasam // > he should digest it by the earlier procedure; then he should add an equal amount of sulphur. > Ground with juices of divine plants for a day, the mercury held in a crucible, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.23.83](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.23.83) divānaktaṃ karīṣāgnau pacedvā tuṣavahninā / svedayettaṃ samuddhṛtya bhūyo divyauṣadhodbhavaiḥ // > he should cook day and night in a cow-dung fire, or with a husk-fire. > Taking it out, he should steam it; again with seeds born of divine plants > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.23.84](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.23.84) bījaiḥ samāṃśaiḥ saṃmardyaṃ caturyāmaṃ sureśvari / vajramūṣāgataṃ dhāmyaṃ bhasmībhavati pāradaḥ // > in equal parts it should be ground for four watches, O ruler of gods; > placed inside a vajramūṣā crucible, it must be blown; the mercury turns to calx. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.23.85](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.23.85) tadbhasma divyaṃ yuñjīta sadā roge rasāyane / \ svajīrṇe pārade svarṇaṃ samamamlena mardayet // > One should always employ that divine calx in disease and rejuvenation therapy. > \ > When gold is digested in mercury itself, he should grind it with an equal \[part of\] sour \[gruel\]. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.23.86](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.23.86) piṣṭībhūtaṃ kāñjikena prakṣālyādāya tāṃ punaḥ / piṣṭyardhaṃ śuddhagandhaṃ ca tadardhaṃ ṭaṅkaṇaṃ kṣipet // > Washing the resulting paste with fermented rice-water, taking it again, > he should add pure sulphur equal to half the paste, and borax equal to half of that. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.23.87](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.23.87) sarvatulyāṃ niśāṃ nārīpuṣparaktadravairdinam / mardayettāṃ dinānte ca kuryāttadgolakaṃ tataḥ // > With turmeric equal to the whole, \[ground\] for a day with menstrual fluid, > he should grind it, and at the end of the day, from that he should make a ball. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.23.88](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.23.88) paced gaḍḍukayantre ca dinaṃ mandāgninā sudhīḥ / samādāya vicūrṇyaiva dattvā tatsamagandhakam // > The wise one should cook it in a gaḍḍukayantra for a day with a gentle fire; > taking it out, pulverizing it, and adding sulphur equal to it, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.23.89](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.23.89) garbhayantre tryahaṃ pācyaṃ laghunā tattuṣāgninā / raso bhasma bhaveddevi nirutthaḥ syādrasāyanam // > it is to be cooked in a garbhayantra for three days with a light husk-fire. > The mercury becomes calx, O goddess, free from resurrection, a rejuvenation agent. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.23.90](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.23.90) \ karṣatrayaṃ śuddhasūtaṃ karṣaṃ tāmrarajaḥ priye / amlaiḥ saṃmardayedgāḍhaṃ dinaṃ khalve tato bhavet // > \ > Three karṣas of pure quicksilver and a karṣa of copper powder, my dear, > he should grind vigorously with sour liquids for a day in a mortar; thereupon it becomes > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.23.91](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.23.91) piṣṭistāṃ kṣālayettoyaistata ādāya nirmalam / mākṣīkasatvaṃ tatsarvaṃ cakramardacchadadravaiḥ // > a paste. He should wash it with water, and then take the clean \[product\]. > With pyrite essence and all that, with leaf juices of cakramarda, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.23.92](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.23.92) tridinaṃ mardayedgāḍhaṃ tāṃ piṣṭiṃ garbhayantrake / tuṣāgninā paceddevi tridinaṃ vā divāniśam // > he should grind that paste vigorously for three days; in a garbhayantra > he should cook it with a husk-fire for three days, O goddess, or day and night > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.23.93](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.23.93) karīṣāgnau bhavetsūtabhasma rogajarāpaham / \ sūtaṃ svarṇaṃ vyomasatvaṃ samaṃ svarṇasamaṃ biḍam // > in a cow-dung fire; it becomes quicksilver calx, dispelling disease and senescence. > \ > Quicksilver, gold, and mica essence in equal parts; bid salt equal to the gold; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.23.94](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.23.94) rambhādaṇḍadravaiḥ sarvaṃ tat khalve mardayeddinam / tato divyauṣadhodbhūtairbījaistulyaṃ dinadvayam // > he should grind all that in a mortar with juice of plantain stems for a day; > then with equal seeds originating from divine plants, for two days > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.23.95](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.23.95) saha saṃmardayed rambhātoyais tad garbhayantrake / pūrvakrameṇa vipacedrasabhasma bhavecchubham // > he should grind it together with plantain liquid; in a garbhayantra, > he should cook it thoroughly according to the earlier method; an auspicious mercury calx will result, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.23.96](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.23.96) jarāmaraṇarogaghnaṃ sarvasiddhipradāyakam / \ rasendraṃ vimalāsatvaṃ tulyaṃ mardya dinatrayam // > destroying senescence, death, and disease, bestowing all alchemical perfections. > \ > Grinding the lord of mercury and vimalā essence in equal parts for three days > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.23.97](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.23.97) sinduvārachadarasaiḥ piṣṭiḥ syāttāṃ vinikṣipet / kācakūpyantare kūpīṃ saptamṛtkarpaṭairlipet // > with juice of sinduvāra leaves, it becomes a paste; one should place it > inside a glass flask; he should coat the flask with seven mud-smeared cloths, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.23.98](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.23.98) śoṣayedvālukāyantre dinaṃ mandāgninā pacet / rasabhasma bhaveddivyaṃ rugjarāmaraṇāpaham // > dry it, and cook it in a sand apparatus for a day over a mild fire. > It becomes a divine mercury calx, dispelling sickness, senescence, and death. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.23.99](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.23.99) \ karṣadvayaṃ rasendraṃ ca tadardhaṃ śuddhagandhakam / mākṣīkasatvaṃ gandhāṃśaṃ tatsarvaṃ mardayeddinam // > \ > Two karṣas of the lord of mercury, half that of pure sulphur, > and pyrite essence equal to the sulphur part: he should grind all that for a day > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.23.100](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.23.100) nirguṇḍīpatrasāraiśca taṃ golaṃ nikṣipetpriye / mūṣāmadhye tato mūṣāvaktraṃ ruddhvā vinikṣipet // > with the leaf-essence of nirguṇḍī; that ball he should place, my dear, > inside a crucible; then, sealing the mouth of the crucible, he should place > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.23.101](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.23.101) tāṃ mūṣāṃ gaḍḍukāyantre pacenmandāgninā dinam / rasabhasma bhaveddivyaṃ sindūrāruṇasannibham // > that crucible in a gaḍḍukāyantra and cook it with a mild fire for a day. > It becomes a divine mercury calx, resembling the dawn color of red lead, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.23.102](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.23.102) jarāmaraṇarogaghnaṃ sarvasiddhipradaṃ śubham / \ pakvamūṣodare tulyagandhakāntaritaṃ rasam // > destroying senescence, death, and disease, bestowing all alchemical perfections, auspicious. > \ > Inside a baked crucible, mercury is covered with an equal amount of sulphur; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.23.103](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.23.103) tayoścaturguṇaṃ dattvā kākamācīrasaṃ punaḥ / ācchādya gaḍḍukāyantre tāṃ nidhāya pacetkramāt // > adding four times as much kākamācī juice to both, covering it again, > placing it in a gaḍḍukāyantra, he should cook it gradually > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.23.104](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.23.104) mṛdumadhyamacaṇḍākhyavahnau yāmacatuṣṭayam / tataśca sarvarogaghnaṃ rasabhasma bhavecchubham // > over mild, moderate, and intense fires for four watches; > and then it becomes an auspicious mercury calx, destroying all diseases. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.23.105](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.23.105) \ snuhīkṣīrairdinaṃ sūtaṃ mardayet tadabhāvataḥ / amlavallyā rasair eva taṃ rasaṃ gandhakaiḥ samam // > \ > One should grind quicksilver for a day with spurge latex, or in its absence, > with juices of amlavallī alone; that mercury, along with equal sulphur, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.23.106](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.23.106) garbhayantre vinikṣipya pūrvavad vipacedbudhaḥ / mṛto bhavedrasaḥ so'yaṃ sarvarogaharo bhavet // > placing it in a garbhayantra, the wise one should cook thoroughly as before. > This mercury becomes dead and will destroy all diseases. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.23.107](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.23.107) \ guñjāphalaṃ rasasamaṃ madhuṭaṅkaṇayāvakaiḥ / bhṛṅgapatrarasairyuktaṃ dinam ekaṃ vimardayet // > \ > Guñjā berries equal to mercury, with honey, borax, and barley-ashes, > combined with juice of bhṛṅga leaves, he should grind for one day. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.23.108](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.23.108) chāditaṃ vajramūṣāyāṃ dhamayenmṛduvahninā / ayaṃ rasāyano vṛṣyo rasaḥ syācchaśisannibhaḥ // > Covered inside a vajramūṣā crucible, he should blast it with a mild fire; > this mercury becomes moon-like, an aphrodisiac, and an agent of rejuvenation therapy. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.23.109](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.23.109) \ samaṃ gandharasaṃ śuddhaṃ kīṭamāriṇikādravaiḥ / ajamāryahimāryorvā śvetāṅkolarasena vā // > \ > Pure sulphur and mercury in equal parts, with juices of kīṭamāriṇikā, > or of ajamārī or himārī, or with juice of white aṅkola, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.23.110](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.23.110) mardayettridinaṃ kṣiptvā mṛṇmaye saṃpuṭe tataḥ / dinamekaṃ karīṣāgnau tuṣāgnau vā dinatrayam // > one should grind for three days; then, placing it into an earthen sealed saucer, > for one day in a cow-dung fire or for three days in a husk-fire, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.23.111](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.23.111) pacettataḥ sūtabhasma jāyate rugjarāpaham / \<ṣaḍviṃśaḥ prakāraḥ\> tāmrābhrapātanāyogācchodhitaṃ pāradaṃ priye // > he should cook; thereupon quicksilver calx is produced, removing disease and senescence. > \ > Mercury purified through sublimation with copper and mica, my dear, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.23.112](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.23.112) vajrabhasma samaṃ haṃsapādīdrāvairvimardayet / divyauṣadhibhavair bījair vajramūṣāntaraṃ lipet // > and diamond calx in equal parts, he should grind with haṃsapādī juices; > he should coat the interior of a vajramūṣā crucible with seeds derived from divine herbs. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.23.113](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.23.113) tasminpūrvarasaṃ kṣiptvā ruddhvātha tridinaṃ pacet / tuṣāgninā tata uddhṛtya tattulyaṃ drutapāradam // > Placing the aforesaid mercury in it and sealing it, he should cook it for three days > with a husk-fire; taking it out, \[adding\] liquefied mercury equal to it, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.23.114](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.23.114) haṃsapādīrasaiḥ sarvaṃ mardayettridinaṃ tataḥ / pūrvavattaṃ pacetso'yaṃ raso bhasmati niścayaḥ // > he should grind all that with haṃsapādī juices for three days; then > he should cook it as before; undoubtedly, this mercury turns to calx. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.23.115](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.23.115) jarāmaraṇarogaghnaḥ sarvasiddhipradaḥ śubhaḥ / \ vāsitaṃ pāradaṃ karṣamaṣṭaguñjaṃ suvarṇakam // > It destroys senescence, death, and disease, grants all alchemical perfections, and is auspicious. > \ > One karṣa of scented mercury, eight guñjās of gold, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.23.116](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.23.116) mṛtavajraṃ caturguñjaṃ mardyaṃ haṃsapadīrasaiḥ / taptakhalve vajramūṣāgataṃ kṛtvā nirodhayet // > and four guñjās of incinerated diamond are to be ground with juices of haṃsapadī. > Placing \[the mixture\] inside a vajramūṣā crucible within a heated mortar, one must seal it tight. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.23.117](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.23.117) paced bhūdharayantre ca punarādāya taṃ rasam / haṃsapādīdravairmardyaṃ taptakhalve dinatrayam // > One should cook it in a bhūdhara apparatus, take that mercury out again, > and grind it with juices of haṃsapādī in a heated mortar for three days. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.23.118](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.23.118) pūrvavad bhūdhare yantre pacettaṃ ca punaḥ punaḥ / evaṃ śatapuṭaṃ kṛtvā bhasma syādraktavarṇakam // > One should cook it again and again in a bhūdhara apparatus as before. > Having thus subjected it to one hundred calcinations, an ash red in color will be formed. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.23.119](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.23.119) jarāmaraṇadāridryanāśanaṃ bhavanāśanam / \ yugāṃśaḥ śuddhasūtaḥ syādekāṃśaṃ tāmracūrṇakam // > It destroys senescence, death, and poverty, and destroys mundane existence. > \ > There should be four parts of purified quicksilver and one part of copper powder. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.23.120](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.23.120) amle dinaṃ mardayettaṃ prakṣālyādāya piṣṭikām / tāpyasatvaṃ piṣṭisamaṃ cakramardadaladravaiḥ // > One should grind it in sour liquid for a day, wash it, and take the paste. > Equal to the paste, the essence of copper pyrites is \[mixed\] with the leaf-juices of cakramarda. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.23.121](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.23.121) mardayet tridinaṃ sarvaṃ golakaṃ garbhayantrake / nikṣipya tridinaṃ pācyaṃ tuṣāgnau vā sureśvari // > One should grind everything for three days, place the ball into a garbha apparatus, > and cook it for three days in a chaff fire, O Goddess of the gods, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.23.122](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.23.122) divārātraṃ karīṣāgnau pacedbhasma bhavedrasaḥ / \ mukhīkṛtarasaṃ cābhrasatvaṃ svarṇaṃ trayaṃ samam // > or cook it day and night in a cow-dung fire; the mercury will become ash. > \ > Mercury with an open mouth, mica essence, and gold—these three are equal. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.23.123](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.23.123) raṃbhādraveṇa saṃmardyaṃ dinaṃ sarvasamaṃ biḍam / tato divyauṣadhīnāṃ ca bījairmardyaṃ dinatrayam // > Having ground them with banana juice for a day, along with an equal amount of all of them of biḍa salt, > one should then grind it with seeds of divine herbs for three days. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.23.124](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.23.124) garbhayantre pacetpaścātkarīṣāgnau mṛto bhavet / \ khajīrṇasūtaṃ vimalāṃ samaṃ nirguṇḍikārasaiḥ // > Afterward, one should cook it in a garbha apparatus in a cow-dung fire; it will become incinerated. > \ > Quicksilver digested with mica and equal vimalā secondary mineral \[are mixed\] with nirguṇḍī juices. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.23.125](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.23.125) mardayitvā tryahaṃ kācakūpikāyāṃ vinikṣipet / sikatāyantrake pacyāccaturyāmena bhasmitaḥ // > Having ground \[them\] for three days, one should place \[the mixture\] into a glass vial. > One should cook it in a sand apparatus; within four watches, it is reduced to ash. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.23.126](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.23.126) \ tāpyasatvaṃ samaṃ gandhaṃ dvābhyāṃ tulyaṃ ca jāritam / sūtaṃ nirguṇḍikāṃ mardya dinaṃ tadgolakaṃ punaḥ // > \ > Copper pyrites essence and sulphur are equal; quicksilver digested with an amount equal to both of them > is ground with nirguṇḍī for a day; again that ball, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.23.127](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.23.127) vajramūṣāndhitaṃ kṛtvā dhamedvā gaḍḍuyantrake / pacettadraktavarṇaṃ syātsa rasaḥ sarvarogahā // > having sealed it in a vajramūṣā crucible, one should blow with bellows, or in a gaḍḍu apparatus > one should cook it; it will become red-colored; that mercury removes all diseases. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.23.128](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.23.128) \ akṣayitvaṃ nirutthatvaṃ nirlepatvaṃ subhasmatā / mārakatvaṃ ca lohānāṃ lakṣayed rasabhasmataḥ // > \ > Imperishability, absence of recovery into metallic form, non-smearing, true ash quality, > and the power to incinerate metals should be observed from mercury ash. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.23.129](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.23.129) \<1. gandhapiṣṭī; prathamaḥ prakāraḥ\> saṃcūrṇya śodhitaṃ gandhaṃ pūrvapatrarasena ca / saptadhā bhāvayed gharme strīṇāṃ ca rajasā tathā // > \<1. Sulphur paste; First method\> > Having pulverized purified sulphur, one should triturate it seven times in the sun > with the juice of the previous leaf and likewise with women's menstrual blood, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.23.130](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.23.130) tathā mānavapittena lolayedgandhakaṃ punaḥ / palamekaṃ śuddharasaṃ karpare cātape nyaset // > and likewise one should stir the sulphur again with human bile. > One should place one pala of purified mercury in an earthen pan in the sunlight. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.23.131](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.23.131) tadūrdhvaṃ lolitaṃ gandhaṃ vinyasyāṅguṣṭhamarditam / kuryātsūto bhavetpiṣṭiḥ sarvakarmasu siddhidaḥ // > Placing that stirred sulphur on top of it, one should grind it with the thumb; > the quicksilver becomes a paste that bestows success in all operations. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.23.132](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.23.132) \ gandhakaṃ śodhitaṃ devi tilaparṇīrasena ca / saptadhā mardayecchoṣyaṃ chāyāyāṃ bhāvayet kramāt // > \ > Purified sulphur, O Goddess, should be ground seven times with juice of tilaparṇī; > it is to be dried in the shade and successively triturated. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.23.133](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.23.133) mūṣāyāṃ pāradaṃ śuddhaṃ palamātraṃ vinikṣipet / suvarṇaniṣkagulikāṃ mūṣāyāṃ nikṣipettataḥ // > One should place only one pala of purified mercury into a crucible, > and then place a pill of a niṣka of gold into the crucible. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.23.134](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.23.134) tatra nārīrajomūtramalamātraṃ vinikṣipet / vālukāyantramadhye ca tāṃ mūṣāṃ sthāpayecchive // > Therein, one should put just a little bit of menstrual blood and urine of a woman; > and one should place that crucible inside a sand apparatus, O Śiva. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.23.135](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.23.135) alpamalpaṃ pūrvagandhaṃ vāraṃ vāraṃ vinikṣipet / mṛdvagninā pacedyāvatkarṣagandhaṃ ca jīryate // > Little by little, one should add the previously prepared sulphur repeatedly, > and cook with a gentle fire until one karṣa of sulphur is digested. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.23.136](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.23.136) avatārya svāṅgaśītamāharetsvarṇagolakam / svarṇapiṣṭirbhaveddivyā sarvavāñchitadāyinī // > Taking it down, one should extract the gold ball when self-cooled; > it becomes a divine gold paste, bestowing all desired things. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.23.137](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.23.137) \ bhāvayenmarkaṭītoyaiḥ śatadhā śuddhagandhakam / chāyāyāṃ śuddhasūtaṃ ca gharme mṛtkarpare kṣipet // > \ > One should triturate purified sulphur a hundred times with markaṭī water, > and in the shade \[mix it with\] purified quicksilver, and place it in the sun in an earthen pan. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.23.138](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.23.138) kiṃcit kiṃcit pūrvagandhaṃ nikṣipenmarkaṭīrasam / jīrṇe gandhe dravaṃ deyaṃ muhur gandhaṃ muhurdravam // > Little by little, one should add the previously prepared sulphur and the markaṭī juice; > when the sulphur is digested, liquid must be given, repeatedly sulphur and repeatedly liquid, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.23.139](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.23.139) yāvatpādāṃśakaṃ jīrṇaṃ gandhaṃ ca piṣṭikā bhavet / divyā sā sarvakarmārhā devānāmapi durlabhā // > until a fourth part of the sulphur is digested, and it becomes a paste. > It is divine, suitable for all operations, and rare even to the gods. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.23.140](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.23.140) \ śuddhagandhaṃ cūrṇayitvā trivāraṃ kāñjikena ca / jambīrāmlaistrivāraṃ ca haṃsapādīrasena ca // > \ > Having pulverized purified sulphur, one should wash it three times with sour gruel, > three times with sour lime juices, and with haṃsapādī juice > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.23.141](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.23.141) saptadhā kṣālayedevaṃ karpūraṃ bhāvayetpṛthak / śvetādrikarṇikātoyair ātape ca trivārakam // > seven times. In this manner, one should separately triturate camphor > with water of śvetādrikarṇikā three times in the sun. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.23.142](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.23.142) dviguñjamātraṃ karpūraṃ yantrāntaḥ parilepayet / tatra gandhaṃ sārdhaniṣkaṃ bhāvitaṃ cūrṇitaṃ kṣipet // > One should smear just two guñjās of camphor inside an apparatus; > therein one should put one and a half niṣkas of the triturated and pulverized sulphur. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.23.143](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.23.143) tadūrdhvaṃ ca palaṃ sūtaṃ nikṣipettasya pṛṣṭhataḥ / pūrvamātraṃ ca karpūraṃ tadūrdhvaṃ sārdhaniṣkakam // > On top of that, one should place one pala of quicksilver, and after that, > the same measure of camphor as before, and on top of that one and a half niṣkas > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.23.144](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.23.144) gandhakaṃ ca punaḥ kṣiptvā tato gomūtrakena ca / śvetādrikarṇikāmūlaṃ piṣṭvā tatkalkakena ca // > of sulphur again. Then, having ground the root of śvetādrikarṇikā with cow urine, > and covering it with that paste, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.23.145](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.23.145) ācchādya taccharāveṇa rodhayetpācayetkramāt / jālikāyantramadhye ca divyaṃ paścāttamuddharet // > one should seal it with an earthen saucer and cook it systematically > inside a perforated apparatus; afterward, one should extract the divine \[product\]. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.23.146](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.23.146) evaṃ kuryāttrivāraṃ ca gandhapiṣṭir bhaved dhruvam / \ snehalipte khalvamadhye śuddhasūtaṃ palaṃ nyaset // > One should do thus three times, and a sulphur paste will certainly be produced. > \ > Inside a mortar smeared with unctuous substance, one should place one pala of purified quicksilver. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.23.147](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.23.147) karṣaṃ ca śodhitaṃ gandhaṃ devadālīdravaṃ kṣipet / karāṅgulyā khare gharme mardayet piṣṭikā bhavet // > One should add one karṣa of purified sulphur and devadālī juice; > one should grind with the fingers in the fierce sun, and it will become a paste. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.23.148](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.23.148) \<ṣaṣṭhaḥ prakāraḥ\> tāmrakhalve palaṃ sūtaṃ karṣārdhaṃ gandhakaṃ kṣipet / mṛdvagninā pacedyāmaṃ karāṅguṣṭhena cālayet // > \ > One should place one pala of quicksilver and half a karṣa of sulphur in a copper mortar; > one should cook with gentle fire for one watch, stirring it with the thumb. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.23.149](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.23.149) gandhapiṣṭirbhaveddivyā sarvakarmakarī śubhā / \ piṣṭīnāṃ stambhanaṃ vakṣye tiktakośātakībhavam // > It will become a divine sulphur paste, accomplishing all operations and auspicious. > \ > I shall describe the fixation of pastes: seeds derived from bitter kośātakī > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.23.150](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.23.150) bījaṃ caṇḍālinīkandaṃ tulyaṃ kāntāstanodbhavaiḥ / kṣīraiḥ piṣṭvā ca tāṃ piṣṭīṃ lepayedaṅgulaṃ dṛḍham // > and caṇḍālinī tuber in equal parts, ground with milk from the breasts of a beloved woman; > one should thickly coat that paste onto it to the depth of a finger. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.23.151](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.23.151) vandhyākande'thavā kṣīrakande vā sūraṇodbhave / kande vā vajrakande vā kande vā kuḍuhuñcije // > In a tuber of vandhyā, or in a kṣīrakanda tuber, or in a tuber born of sūraṇa, > or in a vajrakanda tuber, or in a tuber born of kuḍuhuñcī, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.23.152](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.23.152) tāṃ piṣṭiṃ nikṣipettattanmajjayā rodhayenmukham / tatkandaṃ ca mṛdā liptvā puṭedbhūdharayantrake // > one should insert that paste and seal the opening with the respective pulp of that \[tuber\]. > Having smeared that tuber with clay, one should calcine it in a bhūdhara apparatus, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.23.153](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.23.153) divānaktaṃ karīṣāgnāvūrdhvādhaḥ parivartanam / yathā kandaṃ tu na dahettathā pākakramaḥ smṛtaḥ // > turning it above and below in a cow-dung fire day and night; > the cooking procedure is prescribed such that the tuber does not burn. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.23.154](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.23.154) atha piṣṭiṃ samānīyād bhavetsā stambhitā priye / \ piṣṭīnāṃ stambhitānāṃ ca jāraṇā vakṣyate śive // > Then one should extract the paste; it will be fixed, O beloved. > \ > And the digestion of fixed pastes will be declared, O Śiva. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.23.155](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.23.155) stanayantre lohakṛte gandhakaṃ piṣṭitulyakam / kṣipedūrdhvaṃ ca deveśi stambhitāṃ gandhapiṣṭikām // > In a nipple-shaped apparatus made of iron, one should throw sulphur equal to the paste, > and on top, O Ruler of gods, the fixed sulphur paste; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.23.156](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.23.156) tadūrdhvaṃ piṣṭitulyaṃ ca gandhakaṃ cūrṇitaṃ kṣipet / nirudhya bhūdhare yantre pācayejjārayetkramāt // > on top of that, one should throw pulverized sulphur equal to the paste. > Having sealed it, one should cook it in a bhūdhara apparatus and digest it systematically. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.23.157](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.23.157) gandhaṃ punaḥpunardeyamevaṃ śataguṇaṃ priye / jīrṇe śataguṇe gandhe yantrātpiṣṭiṃ samāharet // > Sulphur should be given again and again, thus up to a hundredfold, my dear. / When the hundredfold sulphur has been consumed, one should extract the paste from the apparatus. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.23.158](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.23.158) sarvāsāṃ gandhapiṣṭīnāṃ jāraṇaṃ syācca rañjanam / \ jāritānāṃ ca piṣṭīnāṃ pravakṣye māraṇakramam // > For all sulphur-mercury pastes there is digestion and colouring. / \ / And I shall declare the method of killing the digested pastes: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.23.159](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.23.159) taptakhalve vinikṣipya jāritāṃ gandhapiṣṭikām / divyauṣadhirasaiḥ piṣṭvā dinaṃ kuryācca golakam // > Throwing the digested sulphur paste into a heated mortar, / and grinding it for a day with the juices of divine herbs, one should make a ball. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.23.160](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.23.160) divyauṣadhīnāṃ bījāni piṣṭvā divyauṣadhodbhavaiḥ / svarasair vajramūṣāntar lepayetpūrvagolakam // > Having ground the seeds of divine herbs with the fresh juices originating from divine herbs, / inside an adamantine crucible one should smear that previous ball. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.23.161](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.23.161) kṣiptvā nirudhya mūṣāsyaṃ pacedbhūdharayantrake / pravartayaṃścordhvamadho dinamekaṃ punaḥ priye // > Throwing it in and sealing the mouth of the crucible, one should cook it in a bhūdhara apparatus, / repeatedly turning it upside down for one day, my dear. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.23.162](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.23.162) samāhṛtya yathāpūrvaṃ pūrvatoyaiśca mardayet / puṭayetpūrvavaddevi daśavāramiti kramāt // > Extracting it as before, one should triturate it with the previously mentioned liquids. / One should incinerate it as before, O goddess, ten times in this sequence. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.23.163](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.23.163) asaṃśayaṃ gandhapiṣṭirmriyate sarvakāryakṛt / gandhapiṣṭikramāj jātarasabhasmāni bhairavi // > Doubtless the sulphur paste is killed, fulfilling all purposes. / The ashes of mercury produced by the sequence of sulphur paste, O Bhairavī, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.23.164](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.23.164) sarvakarmasu mukhyāni viśeṣādvādakarmaṇi / \ vakṣyāmi rasabandhāni śṛṇu bhairavi samprati // > are foremost in all procedures, especially in operations of transmutation. / \ / I shall now proclaim the fixations of mercury; listen, O Bhairavī! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.23.165](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.23.165) śodhitaṃ pāradaṃ khalve daśaniṣkaṃ vinikṣipet / niṣkaikaṃ śuddhagandhaṃ ca svalpaṃ svalpaṃ vinikṣipet // > One should put ten niṣkas of purified mercury into a mortar, / and one niṣka of pure sulphur should be added little by little. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.23.166](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.23.166) kuṭṭayenmardayed grāvṇā piṣṭiḥ syādyāmamātrake / kṣīrakande'thavā vandhyākande vā kuḍuhuñcije // > One should crush and triturate it with a pestle; in just one yāma it becomes a paste. / Into a kṣīrakanda, or a sterile kanda, or a kuḍuhuñcī, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.23.167](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.23.167) kande vā nikṣipetpakve śubhe gandhakapiṣṭikām / niṣkārdhaṃ bhasma vaikrāntamūrdhvādho nikṣipetsudhīḥ // > or into an auspicious ripe bulb, one should place the sulphur paste. / The wise practitioner should deposit half a niṣka of ash of vaikrānta above and below. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.23.168](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.23.168) tatkandamajjayā vaktraṃ nirudhya ca mṛdā bahiḥ / limpedaṅgulimātreṇa śoṣayitvātha sarvataḥ // > Sealing the opening with the pulp of that bulb, and smearing it externally / with clay to the thickness of a finger, having dried it on all sides, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.23.169](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.23.169) aṣṭavāraṃ pacedyantre bhūdhare kaukkuṭe puṭe / karīṣāgnau punaḥ kuryādūrdhvabhāgamadhaḥ priye // > one should cook it eight times in a bhūdhara apparatus in a cock's pit fire. / In a fire of cow dung, my dear, one should again invert the upper portion to the bottom, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.23.170](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.23.170) adhobhāgaṃ tathordhvaṃ ca bhūyo bhūyaḥ pravartanam / evamekadinaṃ paścātpacedyugakarīṣakaiḥ // > and the bottom portion to the top, turning it repeatedly. / Thus, after one day, one should cook it with twin cow dung cakes. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.23.171](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.23.171) pakvadāḍimabījābho baddho bhavati pāradaḥ / vaikrāntabaddhanāmā syāccūrṇito yogavāhakaḥ // > Resembling the seed of a ripe pomegranate, the mercury becomes bound. / Named 'bound with vaikrānta', when powdered it serves as a synergistic vehicle. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.23.172](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.23.172) \ pūrvoktāṃ gandhapiṣṭīṃ tāṃ vastre baddhvātha saṃpuṭe / lohaje poṭṭalīṃ sthāpyacordhvādhaḥ samagandhakam // > \ / Tying that previously described sulphur paste in a cloth, in an iron casing / one should place the pouch, with equal sulphur above and below. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.23.173](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.23.173) nirudhya saṃpuṭaṃ samyak pacet bhūdharayantrake / yathā jīrṇo bhavedgandho bhūyo bhūyastathāpi ca // > Properly sealing the casing, one should cook it in a bhūdhara apparatus. / As the sulphur is consumed, again and again in the same manner, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.23.174](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.23.174) eva ṣaḍguṇagandhastu jāraṇīyo maheśvari / evaṃ gandhakabaddho'yaṃ rasaḥ sarvāmayāpahaḥ // > thus sixfold sulphur is to be consumed, O Great Goddess. / Thus this mercury, bound with sulphur, cures all diseases. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.23.175](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.23.175) \ ṣoḍaśāṅguladīrghā ca jambīraphalavistṛtā / pakvamūṣā dṛḍhatarā vālukāyantramadhyataḥ // > \ / Sixteen finger-breadths long and as wide as a lime fruit, / a very sturdy fired crucible in the middle of a sand apparatus > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.23.176](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.23.176) tribhāgamagnāṃ kurvīta bahiḥ pādāṃśasaṃsthitām / tasyāṃ kṣipedgandhasūtaṃ palamekaṃ sureśvari // > should be made three-fourths submerged and one-fourth situated outside. / Into it one should place one pala of sulphur-mercury \[paste\], O Queen of the Gods. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.23.177](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.23.177) sūtād athordhvabhāge tu dvipalaṃ śuddhagandhakam / nikṣipettanmukhaṃ samyagrodhayenmandavahninā // > Then, above the quicksilver, one should throw two palas of pure sulphur; / one should seal its opening well and cook it over a gentle flame, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.23.178](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.23.178) pacennirdhūmatā yāvattāvaddhūme gate punaḥ / kākamācīdravaiḥ pūryā taddrave jīrṇatāṃ gate // > cooking it until it becomes smokeless. Then, when the smoke has ceased, / it is to be filled with the juices of kākamācī; and when that juice is consumed, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.23.179](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.23.179) rasena nāgavallyāśca pūraṇīyā punaḥ priye / unmattakarasaiḥ pūryā śanairmandāgninā pacet // > it should be filled again with the juice of betel leaf, my dear; / it must be filled with the juices of thorn apple, and cooked slowly over a gentle flame. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.23.180](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.23.180) gandhakaṃ jīryate yāvatkākamācyādikadravaiḥ / dhattūrāntaiḥ pacedevaṃ baddho bhavati pāradaḥ // > Until the sulphur is consumed with the juices of kākamācī and the rest / ending with datura, one should cook it in this way; \[and\] the mercury becomes bound. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.23.181](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.23.181) nāmnā gandhakabaddho'yaṃ sarvayogeṣu yojayet / \ pūrvavadgandhapiṣṭiṃ ca vidhāyādau vicakṣaṇaḥ // > Known by the name 'bound with sulphur', one may employ it in all formulations. / \ / First preparing the sulphur paste as described before, the expert practitioner \[proceeds\]: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.23.182](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.23.182) saptārdhaniṣkasūtaḥ syādadhyardhaṃ śuddhahāṭakam / yāmamamlena saṃmardyaṃ khyāto'yaṃ hemapiṣṭikā // > There should be three and a half niṣkas of quicksilver and one and a half of pure gold. / Being triturated for a yāma with sour gruel, this is known as gold paste. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.23.183](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.23.183) gandhapiṣṭiṃ hemapiṣṭyā samayāveṣṭya bāhyataḥ / stanākāre lohamaye saṃpuṭe vastrabandhitām // > Enveloping the sulphur paste evenly on the outside with the gold paste, / and having tied that paste in a cloth in an iron casing shaped like a breast, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.23.184](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.23.184) kṛtvā tāṃ piṣṭikāṃ kṣiptvā piṣṭyūrdhvādhaśca gandhakam / sarvatulyaṃ kṣipet sandhiṃ ruddhvāmlalavaṇaiḥ sudhīḥ // > throwing it in, and throwing equal sulphur above and below the paste, / the wise practitioner, having sealed the joint with sour gruel and salts, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.23.185](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.23.185) pacedbhūdharayantre ca jīrṇe jīrṇe punaḥ punaḥ / ṣaḍguṇaṃ gandhakaṃ dadyāttato vastraṃ śanairharet // > should cook it in a bhūdhara apparatus. As each portion is consumed, again and again / one should give sixfold sulphur; then one should gently remove the cloth. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.23.186](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.23.186) samāṃśaṃ gandhakaṃ bhūyo bhūyo jāryaṃ śanaiḥ śanaiḥ / niḥśeṣaṃ gandhakaṃ naiva kuryāccetpāradacyutiḥ // > An equal portion of sulphur is to be consumed again and again, very slowly. / One must never leave the sulphur completely exhausted, lest the mercury escape. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.23.187](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.23.187) evaṃ śataguṇe jīrṇe gandhapiṣṭiṃ samāharet / tatsamāṃśasuvarṇasya saṃpuṭe piṣṭikāṃ kṣipet // > When a hundredfold \[sulphur\] has thus been consumed, one should extract the sulphur paste. / Into a casing made of an equal portion of gold, one should place the paste. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.23.188](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.23.188) kācaṃ kanyādravaiḥ piṣṭvā lepayedbāhyato'ṅgulam / tataṣṭaṅkaṇakairliptvā paścānmṛllavaṇaiḥ kramāt // > Grinding glass with juices of aloe, one should smear it externally to a finger's breadth. / Then smearing it with borax, and afterwards in turn with clay and salt, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.23.189](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.23.189) ekaikaṃ lepanaṃ kāryaṃ veṣṭyamaṅgulamānakam / pratilepaṃ śoṣayecca koṣṭhīyantragataṃ dhamet // > each coating must be applied to cover it to the measure of a finger. / One should dry each layer, and then blast it placed inside a furnace apparatus. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.23.190](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.23.190) vaṅkanālena tīvreṇa vahninā praharaṃ bhavet / udayādityasaṅkāśaṃ khoṭaṃ divyarasāyanam // > With an angled blowpipe and an intense fire, it should remain for a prahara. / Resembling the rising sun, the solid lump of mercury is a divine rasāyana. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.23.191](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.23.191) gandhahāṭakabandho'yaṃ jarāvyādhidaridrahā / \ athavā gandhapiṣṭiṃ tāṃ vastre baddhvātha gandhakam // > This fixation with sulphur and gold destroys senescence, disease, and poverty. / \ / Alternatively, having tied that sulphur paste in a cloth, and then > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.23.192](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.23.192) tulyaṃ dattvā nirudhyātha saṃpuṭe lohaje dṛḍham / puṭettadbhūdhare tāvadyāvajjīryati gandhakam // > giving an equal quantity of sulphur and sealing it firmly in an iron casing, / one should heat it in a bhūdhara apparatus as long as the sulphur is being consumed. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) _First 192 of 750 passages. 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