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# Anandakanda 1.3

Ānandakanda 1.3

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [1.3.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.3.1)

Āk, 1, 3  
\<rasadīkṣākramaḥ\>  
atha dīkṣāṃ pravakṣyāmi sarvasiddhipradāyinīm /  
sā ca pañcavidhā proktā samayādivibhedataḥ //

> Āk, 1, 3  
> \<The Procedure for Mercurial Initiation\>  
> Now I shall declare the initiation that bestows all alchemical perfections; / and it is said to be fivefold according to the divisions beginning with the probationer initiation.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.3.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.3.2)

samayā prathamā dīkṣā sādhakākhyā dvitīyakā /  
nirvāṇākhyā tṛtīyā ca caturthyācāryasaṃjñakā //

> The first initiation is named samayā, the second is known as sādhakā, / the third is named nirvāṇā, and the fourth is designated as ācāryā.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.3.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.3.3)

pañcamī siddhasaṃjñā ca prāyaśo durlabhā nṛṇām /  
pūrvoktalakṣaṇopetaḥ śiṣyo bhaktinataḥ śuciḥ //

> The fifth is designated as siddhā and is generally difficult for men to attain; / endowed with the characteristics previously stated, bowed in devotion, pure,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.3.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.3.4)

guruṃ praṇamya cāṣṭāṅgaṃ stutvā ca bahudhā tataḥ /  
anugṛhṇīṣva me dīkṣāmiti vijñāpayedgurum //

> having bowed to the guru with an eight-limbed prostration and praised him in many ways, / he should address the guru: "Please favor me with initiation."  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.3.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.3.5)

dīkṣāṃ ca vidhivatprāpya śiṣyaḥ sarvārthadṛgbhavet /  
\<dīkṣāyogyāḥ śubhatithyādayaḥ\>  
aśvinīmūlarevatyo mṛgaḥ puṇyaḥ punarvasuḥ //

> Having obtained initiation in accordance with rule, the disciple becomes one who perceives all purposes.  
> \<Auspicious Lunar Days and Other Times Suitable for Initiation\>  
> Aśvinī, Mūla, Revatī, Mṛgaśīrṣa, Puṣya, Punarvasu,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.3.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.3.6)

rohiṇī śravaṇo maitraṃ hastaḥ syāduttarātrayam /  
maghāśvinī śreṣṭhatamā dīkṣākarmaṇi tārakāḥ //

> Rohiṇī, Śravaṇa, Anurādhā, Hasta, and the three Uttaras, / along with Maghā and Aśvinī, are the most excellent asterisms for the rite of initiation.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.3.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.3.7)

tṛtīyā pañcamī caiva saptamī ca caturdaśī /  
aṣṭamī paurṇamāsī ca daśamī ca trayodaśī //

> The third, fifth, seventh, fourteenth, / eighth, full moon, tenth, and thirteenth—  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.3.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.3.8)

etāstu tithayo mukhyāḥ saumyendugurubhārgavāḥ /  
āditya iti vāreṣu rasadīkṣā suśobhanā //

> these are the primary lunar days; on the days of Mercury, the Moon, Jupiter, Venus, / and the Sun, mercurial initiation is very auspicious.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.3.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.3.9)

\<samayādīkṣākramaḥ\>  
śuklapakṣe suyoge ca karaviṣṭivivarjite /  
candratārābalopetaviṣuvāyanasaṃkrame //

> \<The Procedure for Samayā Initiation\>  
> During the waxing fortnight, under an auspicious astrological conjunction, free from the karaṇa called viṣṭi, / endowed with the strength of the moon and stars, at equinoxes and solstices,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.3.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.3.10)

grahaṇe śivarātre ca janmarkṣe sumuhūrtake /  
śubhagrahe siddhayoge dadyāddīkṣāṃ gurūttamaḥ //

> at an eclipse, on Śivarātri, on one's birth constellation, at an auspicious hour, / under an auspicious planet and a favorable yoga, the excellent guru should grant initiation.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.3.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.3.11)

rasaśālāṃ praviśyātha sarvopakaraṇojjvalām /  
puṣpamālāsamākīrṇāmuttoraṇapatākinīm //

> Having then entered the laboratory, glittering with all apparatuses, / strewn with flower garlands, and having raised arches and banners,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.3.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.3.12)

nityapūjāgnikāryaṃ ca kṛtvā dīkṣākramaṃ bhajet /  
devasya dakṣiṇe pārśve vistare taṇḍulān śritān //

> having performed the daily worship and the fire rites, he should observe the procedure of initiation; / on the right side of the god, on a bed of unhusked rice grains,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.3.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.3.13)

caturaśraṃ ca tanmadhye kṣipetprasthaṃ sutaṇḍulam /  
tadūrdhvaṃ vinyasetkumbhaṃ sitasūtreṇa veṣṭitam //

> having made a square, he should place in its center a prastha measure of good unhusked rice; / above that he should place a water jar wrapped with white thread,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.3.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.3.14)

vāsobhyāṃ veṣṭitaṃ sūtapañcaratnasamanvitam /  
pañcamṛtpallavatvagbhiḥ pāvitaṃ jalapūritam //

> wrapped in two cloths, containing quicksilver and the five gems, / purified with the five earths, sprouts, and barks, and filled with water,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.3.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.3.15)

dūrvāgandhottamatilahemadarbhākṣatānvitam /  
śivasaṃjñamidaṃ kumbhaṃ śivarūpaṃ vicintayet //

> furnished with dūrvā grass, perfumes, excellent sesame seeds, gold, darbha grass, and unbroken grains; / he should contemplate this jar named Śiva as identical with Śiva.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.3.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.3.16)

tadvāmabhāge saṃsthāpya vardhanīsaṃjñakaṃ ghaṭam /  
śaktirūpaṃ ca pūrvoktasarvadravyasamanvitam //

> To its left side having placed the water pot called vardhanī, / identical with Śakti and furnished with all the substances previously mentioned,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.3.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.3.17)

paritaḥ sarvatobhadraṃ śrīgaurītilakaṃ likhet /  
nandyāvartaṃ svastikaṃ ca pañcavarṇavirājitam //

> Around it he should draw the sarvatobhadra, śrīgaurītilaka, / nandyāvarta, and svastika \[diagrams\], adorned with five colors.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.3.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.3.18)

prakṣālya pādau pāṇī ca samācamya gurūttamaḥ /  
nijāsanaṃ samāsādya prāṇāyāmatrayaṃ tathā //

> Having washed both feet and hands and properly sipped water, the best of gurus, / having reached his own seat, \[should perform\] the three prāṇāyāmas as well.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.3.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.3.19)

śiṣyasyāsyāyurārogyasaṃpatsaṃtānavṛddhaye /  
muktaye cāṣṭasiddhyai ca saṃkalpyābhyarcayecchivam //

> For the increase of longevity, health, prosperity, and lineage of this disciple, / and for liberation and the eight alchemical perfections, having formed his intention, he should worship Śiva.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.3.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.3.20)

gandhapuṣpākṣairdhūpairdīpairnaivedyadarśanaiḥ /  
śivakumbhaṃ vardhanīṃ ca pūjayetsopacārakam //

> With scents, flowers, unbroken grains, incenses, lamps, and presentation of food offerings, / he should worship the Śiva-jar and the vardhanī-jar with the attendant offerings.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.3.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.3.21)

rasāṅkuśīṃ mūlamantraṃ prajapecca sahasrakam /  
taddaśāṃśaṃ hunetkuṇḍe trikoṇe lakṣaṇānvite //

> He should recite the Rasāṅkuśī root mantra one thousand times, / and should offer a tenth part thereof in a triangular pit endowed with the \[proper\] characteristics.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.3.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.3.22)

phalaṃ trimadhusaṃyuktaṃ tato gandhottamānvitam /  
kramādāvṛtidevāṃśca caturthyāṃ svasvanāmakam //

> Fruit mixed with the three sweets and endowed with the finest perfume; / then, in order, \[offering to\] the deities of the surrounding circles, each by their own name in the dative case,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.3.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.3.23)

svāhāntaṃ praṇavādiṃ ca samuccārya huneddhaviḥ /  
śivatrayaṃ purā devi tataḥ siddhatrayaṃ yajet //

> ending in 'svāhā' and beginning with the praṇava, having uttered it, he should offer the oblation. / First, O goddess, he should worship the triad of Śivas, and then the triad of Siddhas.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.3.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.3.24)

tato gurutrayaṃ devi kulavṛddhān gurūttamaḥ /  
yoginīṃ pūjayitvā tu labdhānujño gurustataḥ //

> Then the triad of gurus, O goddess, and the lineage elders; the best of gurus, / having worshipped the Yoginī and received permission, the guru then:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.3.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.3.25)

sa śaktimānandaśivamūrtimārādhayāmi ca /  
tathā parānandaśivamūrtimārādhayāmi ca //

> ‘I worship the embodiment of Ānandaśiva endowed with Śakti, / and likewise I worship the embodiment of Parānandaśiva.’  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.3.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.3.26)

evaṃ trisiddhamūrtiṃ ca śrībījasahitaṃ yajet /  
evaṃ trigurumūrtiṃ ca mārabījayutaṃ yajet //

> In this way he should worship the threefold Siddha embodiment accompanied by the Śrī seed syllable; / in this way he should worship the threefold Guru embodiment joined with the Māra seed syllable.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.3.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.3.27)

tattvatrayaṃ gṛhītvā ca punarnyāsaṃ samācaret /  
svayaṃ śivatanurbhūtvā śivo'hamiti bhāvayet //

> Having taken up the triad of principles, he should perform nyāsa once more; / having himself become the body of Śiva, he should meditate: 'I am Śiva.'  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.3.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.3.28)

hṛṣṭaṃ śaktiyutaṃ śiṣyaṃ śivadraṣṭā vilokayet /  
svavāmapārśve saṃsthāpya tanmūrdhani vinikṣipet //

> Looking with the gaze of Śiva, he should behold the disciple who is joyful and endowed with śakti; / having placed him at his own left side, he should place upon his head  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.3.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.3.29)

mūlābhimantritaṃ bhasma tannetraṃ vastrarodhitam /  
kṛtvā tanmūrdhni saṃprokṣya śivavardhanivāriṇā //

> sacred ash consecrated with the root mantra, having covered his eyes with a cloth, / and having sprinkled his head with the water from the Śiva and vardhanī \[jars\],  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.3.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.3.30)

tridhā svadakṣiṇe haste śivaṃ sāvaraṇaṃ yajet /  
vijñeyaḥ śivahasto'yaṃ bhavapāśanikṛntanaḥ //

> he should worship Śiva three times together with His retinue on his own right hand; / this hand of Śiva is to be recognized as that which severs the bonds of worldly existence.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.3.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.3.31)

aṅkuśīmūlamantraṃ ca trivāraṃ ca samuccaret /  
śiṣyadakṣiṇakarṇe ca kuryānmantropadeśakam //

> He should recite the Aṅkuśī root mantra three times, / and he should impart the instruction of the mantra into the right ear of the disciple.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.3.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.3.32)

pūrvaṃ gaṇapatermantraṃ kṣetrapālamanuṃ tataḥ /  
ṛṣistu gaṇakaśchando nyṛcidgāyatrikā smṛtam //

> First the mantra of Gaṇapati, and then the hymn of Kṣetrapāla. / The seer is Gaṇaka, the meter is remembered as Nyṛcidgāyatrikā;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.3.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.3.33)

devo gaṇapatirjñeyo nyāsaṃ bījākṣareṇa ca /  
ādivargatṛtīyārṇaṃ sārdhacandraṃ gaṇākhyakam //

> the deity is to be known as Gaṇapati, and the nyāsa is performed with the seed syllable. / The third letter of the first group, with the half-moon, named 'Gaṇa',  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.3.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.3.34)

patiṃ caturthyā saṃyuktaṃ namo'ntaṃ manumuccaret /  
pāśāṅkuśaṃ modakaṃ ca bibhrāṇaṃ svavipāṇakam //

> \[followed by\] 'pati' combined with the dative, ending in 'namaḥ'—he should utter this mantra. / Bearing a noose, an elephant-goad, and a sweetmeat, with his own tusk,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.3.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.3.35)

gajānanaṃ pravālābhaṃ makuṭendukalādharam /  
tundilaṃ gaṇanāthaṃ ca dhyātvā lakṣaṃ japenmanum //

> elephant-faced, shining like coral, wearing a crescent moon upon his crown, / pot-bellied: having meditated on the Lord of Gaṇas, he should recite the mantra one hundred thousand times.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.3.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.3.36)

daśāṃśaṃ tarpaṇaṃ homaṃ saguḍaṃ satilaṃ hunet /  
kaṣabinduyutaṃ kṣetrapālaṃ ca sacaturthikam //

> One-tenth \[of the total\] is libation and fire offering; he should offer with jaggery and sesame. / 'Kṣa' joined with the bindu, and 'Kṣetrapāla' in the dative case,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.3.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.3.37)

namo'ntaṃ manumuccārya nyāsaṃ bījākṣareṇa ca /  
chandaḥ paṅktirmunirjñeyo bhṛgurdevaśca bhairavaḥ //

> having uttered the mantra ending in 'namaḥ', and nyāsa \[performed\] with the seed syllable; / the meter is Paṅkti, the sage is to be known as Bhṛgu, and the deity is Bhairava.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.3.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.3.38)

caturbhujaṃ śūlapātravaradābhayaśobhitam /  
kālāmbudanibhaṃ nāgabhūṣaṇaṃ kiṅkiṇīsrajam //

> Four-armed, adorned with a trident, skull-cup, granting of boons, and fearlessness, / resembling a dark cloud, having serpent ornaments and a garland of small bells,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.3.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.3.39)

trinetraṃ vakradaṃṣṭraṃ ca dhyātvā lakṣaṃ japenmanum /  
daśāṃśaṃ tarpaṇaṃ homaṃ pāyasaṃ trimadhuplutam //

> three-eyed, and with curved fangs: having meditated \[on him\], he should recite the mantra one hundred thousand times. / One-tenth \[of the total\] is libation and fire offering; he should offer milk-rice soaked in the three sweets.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.3.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.3.40)

hunediti samādiśya sāmayācārikaṃ bhajet /  
devatāparicaryāṃ ca śuśrūṣāṃ ca guroḥ kuru //

> Having thus instructed him, he should follow the customary rule \[and say\]: / 'Perform service to the deity and attendance upon the guru;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.3.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.3.41)

atandrito japaṃ kuryāt śāstraśravaṇamādarāt /  
pūrvoktācāramārgeṇa nirato bhava saṃtatam //

> unwearied, you must perform mantra recitation and listen to scripture with reverence; / remain constantly engaged according to the path of conduct previously declared.'  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.3.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.3.42)

prahvaḥ kṛtāñjalirbhūtvā kariṣyāmi tathā prabho /  
dhanyo'haṃ kṛtakṛtyo'smi śrīnātha tvatprasādataḥ //

> Bowing low with folded palms, \[the disciple says\]: 'I will do so, O Lord; / I am blessed, my purpose is accomplished, O Holy Master, by your grace!'  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.3.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.3.43)

iti vijñāpayecchiṣyaḥ samayācārabṛṃhitaḥ /  
prātastarāṃ samutthāpya gurūṃśca śirasi smaret //

> Thus the disciple, fortified by customary conduct, should address \[him\]. / Having arisen very early in the morning, he should remember the gurus in his head.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.3.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.3.44)

nivedyāvaśyakaṃ karma snātaḥ saṃdhyāṃ samācaret /  
nadyāstīrthe taṭāke vā puṣkariṇyāṃ śucau jale //

> Having performed the obligatory chores and bathed, he should perform the twilight devotion, / at a river's bathing place, at a pond, or in a pool with clean water.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.3.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.3.45)

upaspṛśya ca saṃkalpya nityatarpaṇamācaret /  
ādau śivatrayaṃ vighnanāthaṃ kṣetrādhipaṃ harim //

> Having sipped water and formed the intention, he should perform the daily water libation: / first to the triad of Śivas, the lord of obstacles, the guardian of the field, and Hari;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.3.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.3.46)

brahmāṇaṃ bhāskarādīṃśca grahān durgāṃ ca mātṛkāḥ /  
bhairavānasitāṅgādīn tataḥ siddhatrayaṃ vadet //

> to Brahmā, the planets beginning with the Sun, Durgā, and the mothers, / to the Bhairavas beginning with Asitāṅga; then he should declare the triad of Siddhas;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.3.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.3.47)

ādināthaṃ mīnanāthaṃ gorakṣaṃ koṅkaṇeśvaram /  
jālandhreśaṃ kandhanīśam oḍḍīśaṃ ciñciṇīśvaram //

> Ādinātha, Mīnanātha, Gorakṣa, the Lord of Koṅkaṇa, / the Lord of Jālandhra, Kandhanīśa, Oḍḍīśa, Ciñciṇīśvara,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.3.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.3.48)

cauraṅgim etān nāthākhyānnava saṃtarpayettataḥ /  
cauraṅgiṃ carpaṭiṃ ghoḍācūliṃ rāmadvayaṃ tataḥ //

> and Cauraṅgi—then he should offer water libations to these nine named Nāthas; / then to Cauraṅgi, Carpaṭi, Ghoḍācūli, and the two Rāmas;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.3.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.3.49)

bholagovindasiddhaṃ ca vyāḍiṃ nāgārjunaṃ tathā /  
koraṇḍaṃ śūrpakarṇaṃ ca muktāyīṃ revaṇaṃ tathā //

> to Bholagovindasiddha, and likewise to Vyāḍi and Nāgārjuna, / to Koraṇḍa, Śūrpakarṇa, Muktāyī, and Revana;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.3.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.3.50)

siddhaṃ kukkurapādaṃ ca śūrpapādaṃ kaṇairikam /  
siddhaṃ kiṅkiṇikākhyaṃ ca siddhān ṣoḍaśa tarpayet //

> to the Siddha Kukkurapāda, Śūrpapāda, Kaṇairika, / and to the Siddha named Kiṅkiṇika—he should offer libations to the sixteen Siddhas.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.3.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.3.51)

tato gurutrayaṃ tarpya mātaraṃ pitaraṃ gurum /  
ācāryaṃ bhrātaraṃ mitraṃ tarpya cānyānkulodbhavān //

> Then, having offered libations to the triad of gurus, to mother, father, and guru, / to the preceptor, brother, and friend, and having offered libations to other members of the family,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.3.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.3.52)

tarpayedvidhinācamya devatārādhanaṃ tataḥ /  
nadyāstīre taṭāke vā goṣṭhe devālaye tathā //

> he should offer libations, sip water according to rule, and then perform worship of the deity / on the riverbank, at a pond, in a cowshed, or in a temple,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.3.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.3.53)

śucisthale vā saṃstīrya saikataṃ vartulākṛtim /  
āvāhayeddinādhīśaṃ pāṭalaṃ śivarūpiṇam //

> or having spread a circular mound of sand in a clean place, / he should summon the Lord of the Day, who is pale red and embodies Śiva,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.3.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.3.54)

dvinetrapadmayugaladhāriṇaṃ dvibhujaṃ param /  
raktasragambarālepabhūṣāpadmāsanojjvalam //

> two-eyed, bearing a pair of lotuses, supreme, two-armed, / radiant upon a lotus seat with red garland, red garments, red unguent, and red ornaments.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.3.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.3.55)

dhyātvārcayedraktapuṣpaistato vighneśabhairavau /  
dhyātvā pūrvoktavattau dvau raktapuṣpaiḥ samarcayet //

> Having meditated on him, he should worship him with red flowers; then, having meditated / on the Lord of Obstacles and Bhairava as described before, he should worship the two with red flowers.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.3.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.3.56)

aṣṭāṅgadaṇḍapraṇatiṃ kuryāt dvādaśavārakam /  
punaḥ saṃsthāpayetsvānte sevāyai svagurorvrajet //

> He should perform the eight-limbed prostration twelve times; / he should once more establish \[the deity\] in his heart and go to the service of his own guru.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.3.57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.3.57)

ityuktā samayā dīkṣā sādhakā kathyate'dhunā /  
\<sādhakadīkṣā\>  
samayācāranirataṃ sacchiṣyaṃ pakvamānasam //

> Thus the samaya initiation has been declared; the sādhaka \[initiation\] is now explained.  
> \<Sādhaka Initiation\>  
> Devoted to the customary conduct, a true disciple of matured intellect,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.3.58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.3.58)

dīkṣayetsudine lagne dīkṣayā sādhakākhyayā /  
kuryānnaimittikīṃ pūjāṃ śiṣyamāvāhayedguruḥ //

> he should initiate on an auspicious day and astrological moment with the initiation named sādhaka. / The guru should perform the occasional rite of worship and summon the disciple;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.3.59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.3.59)

svayaṃ śivatanuḥ śiṣyaṃ gaurīgarbhagataṃ smaret /  
bhūmau vibhūtiṃ saṃstīrya tasminkoṇatrayaṃ likhet //

> himself having the body of Śiva, he should meditate on the disciple as resting in the womb of Gaurī. / Having spread sacred ash on the ground, he should draw three corners on it.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.3.60](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.3.60)

tatropaveśya śiṣyaṃ ca bandhayitvā vilocane /  
garbhādhānaṃ puṃsavanaṃ sīmantonnayanaṃ tataḥ //

> Having seated the disciple there and bound his eyes, / \[he should perform\] the impregnation, the rite for procuring a male child, and then the parting of the hair;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.3.61](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.3.61)

jātakarma ca dīkṣāṅgaṃ nāmadheyaṃ ca kalpayet /  
vratakarmaṇi samprokṣya mūlamantreṇa bhasmanā //

> the birth rites forming part of the initiation, and he should assign a name. / In the observance rite, having sprinkled him with ash by means of the root mantra,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.3.62](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.3.62)

gaurīputraṃ bhāvayitvā tasya dīkṣāṃ prakalpayet /  
śivadṛṣṭyā vilokyāmuṃ śivabhasma ca mūrdhani //

> and conceiving him as the son of Gaurī, he should prepare his initiation. / Looking at him with the gaze of Śiva, and having placed the sacred ash of Śiva on his head,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.3.63](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.3.63)

nidhāya mūlamantraṃ ca pūjayeddaśavārakam /  
tasya dakṣiṇakarṇe ca upadiśyād daśākṣaram //

> he should worship the root mantra ten times; / and in his right ear he should impart the ten-syllable mantra.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.3.64](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.3.64)

\<rasagāyatrī\>  
rasendrabhairavaṃ mantraṃ gāyatrīṃ rasasaṃjñikām /  
sa binduhutabhugbījaṃ rasendrasya padaṃ tataḥ //

> \<The Rasagāyatrī\>  
> \[Now,\] the mantra of Rasendrabhairava, designated as the Rasagāyatrī:  
> The seed-syllable of fire along with the bindu, then the word "rasendrasya",  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.3.65](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.3.65)

bhairavaṃ ca caturthyantaṃ karmāstraṃ ca daśāṃśakam /  
vahnibījaṃ dīrghayuktaṃ karanyāsaṃ samācaret //

> and "bhairavāya" ending in the dative case, and the weapon \[mantra\] of action, being one-tenth;  
> combined with the long vowels of the fire-seed, one should perform the imposition on the hands.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.3.66](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.3.66)

aghorākhya ṛṣiśchando virāḍdevo maheśvaraḥ /  
pūrvasevājapaṃ lakṣaṃ daśāṃśaṃ homatarpaṇam //

> The seer is Aghora, the meter is Virāj, and the deity is Maheśvara.  
> The preliminary recitation is one hundred thousand, with a tenth part each for oblation and water-offering.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.3.67](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.3.67)

tilājyavrīhibhiḥ kuryāddhomaṃ niścalamānasaḥ /  
pūrvoktāṃ rasagāyatrīṃ japellakṣaṃ ca tarpaṇam //

> With sesame, clarified butter, and rice grains, one should make the oblation with an unswerving mind.  
> One should recite the aforementioned Rasagāyatrī one hundred thousand times, and make the water-offering.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.3.68](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.3.68)

huneddaśāṃśamājyena satilavrīhibhiḥ priye /  
dadyācchiṣyāyākṣamālāṃ rasaliṅgaṃ rasāgamam //

> One should offer in oblation a tenth part with clarified butter together with sesame and rice grains, O dear one.  
> He should give to the disciple a rosary, a mercury liṅga, and the mercury tradition.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.3.69](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.3.69)

pūrvoktācāravān bhūtvā rasaliṅgaṃ samarcayet /  
svaśāstrārthāvagamanaṃ kuryātsūtendrasaṃskṛtim //

> Having become observant of the conduct described before, he should worship the mercury liṅga;  
> he should comprehend the meaning of his own treatises, and carry out the refinement process of the lord of quicksilver.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.3.70](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.3.70)

gurusevārataṃ nityaṃ śiṣyamājñāpayediti /  
śiṣyo baddhāñjalir namrastavājñām ācarāmyaham //

> He should instruct the disciple, who is devoted to constant service of the guru, thus:  
> The disciple, with hands folded in reverence and bowing low, \[replies:\] "I shall carry out your command."  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.3.71](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.3.71)

ityuktā sādhakā dīkṣā nirvāṇākhyā praśasyate /  
\<nirvāṇadīkṣā\>  
kṛtanityakriyaḥ pūrvaṃ kṛtanaimittikārcanaḥ //

> Thus has been declared the sādhaka initiation; now the \[initiation\] named nirvāṇa is extolled.  
> \<The Nirvāṇadīkṣā\>  
> Having first performed the daily rites and offered the occasional worship,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.3.72](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.3.72)

pūrvavacchivakumbhādi vardhanīṃ sthāpayetkramāt /  
svavāme bhasma saṃstīrya ṣaṭkoṇaṃ bhūgṛhaṃ likhet //

> he should set up the Śiva water-pot and so forth, along with the vardhanī vessel in proper order as before.  
> Spreading ashes to his left, he should draw a six-pointed earthen chamber.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.3.73](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.3.73)

śiṣyaṃ saṃveśya kumbhasthajalaiḥ saṃprokṣayedguruḥ /  
mūlābhimantritaṃ bhasma tasya mūrdhni nikṣipet //

> Seating the disciple, the guru should sprinkle him with the waters in the pot;  
> he should cast upon his head the ashes consecrated with the root mantra.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.3.74](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.3.74)

gandhapuṣpākṣataṃ dadyāt badhnīyāddakṣiṇe kare /  
kaṅkaṇaṃ caraṇāṅguṣṭhabrahmarandhrāntamānakam //

> He should offer sandal paste, flowers, and unbroken grains, and tie on his right hand  
> a bracelet measuring from the big toe of the foot to the aperture of Brahmā;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.3.75](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.3.75)

sūtraṃ tanmūlamantreṇa mantritaṃ surabhīkṛtam /  
śivahastaṃ ca tanmūrdhni nidhāya gurusattamaḥ //

> the thread, consecrated with that root mantra and made fragrant;  
> and placing the hand of Śiva upon his head, the excellent guru,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.3.76](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.3.76)

rasāṃkuśāṃ dvādaśārṇām upadiśyān manuṃ param /  
rasabhairavadaivatyaṃ dadyācchiṣyāya deśikaḥ //

> having imparted the twelve-syllable Rasāṅkuśā, the supreme mantra  
> whose deity is Rasabhairava, the preceptor should give it to the disciple.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.3.77](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.3.77)

ṛṣiśchando devatā ca nyāsaṃ pūrvoktavatpriye /  
tarpaṇaṃ cātha homaṃ ca dhyānaṃ kuryācca pūrvavat //

> The seer, meter, deity, and imposition are as declared before, O dear one;  
> and one should perform the water-offering, oblation, and meditation as before.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.3.78](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.3.78)

utthāya ca guruṃ natvā bahuśaḥ stotramuccaret /  
guruḥ śiṣyāya vai dadyādvyāghracarmāsanaṃ ca yatra //

> Rising and bowing to the guru, he should utter hymns of praise repeatedly.  
> The guru should indeed bestow on the disciple a seat of tiger-skin, wherein  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.3.79](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.3.79)

bhastrikāṃ vastrasampūrṇāṃ dadyādbhaiṣajyabhastrikām /  
rasāgamaṃ pāṭhayitvā bhava śiṣya cikitsakaḥ //

> he should give a bag filled with cloths, and a bag of medicaments.  
> Having caused him to read the mercury tradition, \[he says:\] "Disciple, become a physician!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.3.80](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.3.80)

rudrarūpī bhavān jātaḥ sarvabhūtahito bhava /  
ityādiśedguruḥ śiṣyaṃ śiṣyo hṛṣṭamanāstataḥ //

> You have been born in the form of Rudra; be beneficent to all living beings!"  
> Thus should the guru command the disciple; then the disciple, with a delighted heart:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.3.81](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.3.81)

kṛtakṛtyo'smi pūto'smi tīrṇasaṃsārasāgaraḥ /  
iti vijñāpayecchiṣyaḥ stutvā ca bahudhā gurum //

> "I have accomplished my duty, I am purified, I have crossed over the ocean of saṃsāra!"  
> Thus should the disciple submit, having praised the guru in many ways.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.3.82](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.3.82)

proktā nirvāṇadīkṣeyam athācāryābhiṣecanam /  
\<ācāryadīkṣā\>  
nirvāṇadīkṣitasyāsya śiṣyasyāpi mahātmanaḥ //

> This nirvāṇa initiation has been proclaimed; now the consecration of an ācārya \[is taught\].  
> \<The Ācāryadīkṣā\>  
> For this high-souled disciple who has received the nirvāṇa initiation,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.3.83](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.3.83)

ācāryadīkṣāṃ kurvīta yathāvadgurusattamaḥ /  
yathā nirvāṇadīkṣāyāstathā sarvaṃ prakalpayet //

> the excellent guru should properly perform the ācārya initiation.  
> He should arrange everything in the same manner as for the nirvāṇa initiation,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.3.84](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.3.84)

viśeṣācchivavardhanyoḥ purataḥ sthāpayedghaṭam /  
rūpyagandhādilohāśādivyauṣadhagaṇānvitam //

> except that he should specifically place a pot in front of the Śiva \[pot\] and the vardhanī \[vessel\],  
> endowed with silver, sulphur, and other metals, as well as a collection of divine medicinal herbs.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.3.85](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.3.85)

śivakumbhavadanyacca sarvamasmin vinikṣipet /  
gurukumbhaṃ japetspṛṣṭvā mūlamaṣṭottaraṃ śatam //

> He should deposit everything else in this just like the Śiva pot.  
> Touching the guru-pot, he should recite the root \[mantra\] one hundred and eight times.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.3.86](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.3.86)

gurukumbhamimaṃ viddhi gurumantreṇa pūjayet /  
āvāhanāsanārghyādyair upacāraiśca ṣoḍaśaiḥ //

> Know this as the guru-pot; he should worship it with the guru-mantra  
> by means of the sixteen services, beginning with invocation, seating, and water-offering.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.3.87](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.3.87)

śivādipaṅktiṃ tatraiva pūjayedguruṇā saha /  
yathāpūrvaṃ samāsīnaṃ śiṣyaṃ caikāgramānasam //

> He should worship the lineage beginning with Śiva right there along with the guru.  
> With the disciple seated as before, his mind focused on a single point,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.3.88](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.3.88)

pūrvavacchivavardhanyorambunā pariṣecayet /  
pūrvavacchivahastaṃ ca mūlamantropadeśakam //

> he should sprinkle him as before with the water from the Śiva \[pot\] and the vardhanī \[vessel\];  
> and having imparted the Śiva-hand and the root mantra as before,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.3.89](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.3.89)

kṛtvā taduttamāṅge ca gurupaṅktiṃ guruṃ tathā /  
āvāhanādyaiḥ sampūjya gandhasragdīpakaiḥ //

> and \[placing it\] upon his head, having worshipped the lineage of gurus and the guru  
> with invocation and other \[rites\], with sandalwood paste, garlands, and lamps,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.3.90](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.3.90)

phalagandhottamopetairnaivedyaiḥ pūjayetkramāt /  
guruḥ kumbhajalaiḥ kuryātprokṣaṇaṃ pañcapallavaiḥ //

> he should worship them in succession with food offerings accompanied by fruits and excellent fragrances.  
> The guru should perform sprinkling with the waters of the pot by means of the five shoots:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.3.91](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.3.91)

mūlamantreṇa śatadhā śivapaṅktyā trisaptadhā /  
tathaiva siddhapaṅktyā ca gurupaṅktyā tathaiva ca //

> one hundred times with the root mantra, twenty-one times with the Śiva-lineage,  
> likewise with the Siddha-lineage, and likewise with the guru-lineage.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.3.92](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.3.92)

śiṣyāya gurubhaktāya śaktiyuktāya dhīmate /  
hārakeyūrakaṭakamudrikāmakuṭāni ca //

> To the disciple who is devoted to the guru, endowed with power, and intelligent,  
> \[he should give\] necklaces, armlets, bracelets, finger-rings, and diadems,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.3.93](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.3.93)

vāhanāsanasacchatracāmaravyajanāni ca /  
maṇikuṇḍalayugmaṃ ca bhūtyāḍhyaṃ pātramakṣayam //

> mounts, seats, along with umbrellas, chowries, and fans,  
> a pair of jeweled earrings, an inexhaustible vessel filled with prosperity,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.3.94](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.3.94)

saśirastrāṇamuṣṇīṣaṃ paṭṭakūrpāsamuttamam /  
yogapaṭṭaṃ yogadaṇḍaṃ tathaivoḍyāṇabandhanam //

> a turban along with headgear, an excellent jacket of silk,  
> a yogic strap, a yogic staff, and likewise an Uḍḍiyāna waistband.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.3.95](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.3.95)

dadyāttasmai tathaivājñāṃ tvamācāryo'si saṃprati /  
īśvaro'syadya dhanyo'si sarveṣāṃ deśiko bhava //

> He should grant him authority in the same way: "You are now an ācārya!  
> You are Īśvara today, you are blessed; become a preceptor to all!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.3.96](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.3.96)

rasāgamānāṃ divyānāṃ vyākhyātā bhava tattvavit /  
ityādiśedguruḥ śiṣyaṃ praṇataṃ guruvatsalam //

> Become an expounder of the divine mercury traditions, a knower of reality!"  
> Thus should the guru command the disciple, who is prostrated and affectionate to the guru.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.3.97](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.3.97)

iti cācāryadīkṣeyaṃ siddhadīkṣādya kathyate /  
\<siddhadīkṣā\>  
navaṃ saptarātraṃ vā pañcarātraṃ trirātrakam //

> Thus this ācārya initiation \[is completed\]; now the initiation of a siddha is related.  
> \<The Siddhadīkṣā\>  
> For nine nights, or seven nights, five nights, or three nights,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.3.98](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.3.98)

vīrāḥ śaktiyutāḥ pūjyāḥ ekaviṃśati cānvaham /  
tatsaṃkhyā yoginaḥ pūjyāḥ kumārāḥ kanyakāḥ striyaḥ //

> heroes accompanied by their śaktis, twenty-one in number, are to be worshipped each day;  
> an equal number of yogins, boys, maidens, and women are to be worshipped.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.3.99](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.3.99)

gandhapuṣpākṣataiḥ puṣpaiḥ phalagandhottamārpaṇaiḥ /  
toṣayitvā pradadyācca vastrābharaṇadakṣiṇāḥ //

> Having gratified them with sandal paste, flowers, unbroken grains, blossoms, and offerings of fruits and choice scents,  
> he should bestow garments, ornaments, and sacrificial fees.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.3.100](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.3.100)

athāsanasamāsīnaṃ śiṣyaṃ bhaktiyutaṃ śucim /  
spṛṣṭvā karābhyāṃ tacchīrṣaṃ dakṣiṇe śravaṇe manum //

> Then, touching with both hands the head of the pure disciple seated upon the seat  
> and filled with devotion, \[he should impart\] the mantra in the right ear:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.3.101](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.3.101)

vahniṃ sabījaṃ śītāṃśuṃ savisargaṃ ca dīkṣayet /  
mūlādhārātsamudbhūtaṃ rephaṃ vahniśikhopamam //

> he should initiate him into the fire \[-seed\] with the seed-syllable, and the moon \[-seed\] with the visarga.  
> One should meditate on the letter 'ra' arisen from the mūlādhāra, resembling a flame of fire,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.3.102](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.3.102)

ṣaḍādhārāmbujaṃ tīrtvā brahmarandhrāntagaṃ smaret /  
brahmarandhrāddravībhūtaṃ sakāraṃ somarūpiṇam //

> crossing the lotuses of the six cakras and reaching up to the aperture of Brahmā;  
> and from the aperture of Brahmā, the liquefied letter 'sa' possessing the nature of the moon,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.3.103](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.3.103)

āplāvayantaṃ sarvāṅgaṃ siddhaḥ saṃcintayenmanum /  
ucchvāsaniśvāsabhavaṃ saṃhārasthitikāraṇam //

> inundating all the limbs; the siddha should contemplate the mantra,  
> arisen from exhalation and inhalation, the cause of dissolution and maintenance.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.3.104](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.3.104)

jñātvetthaṃ manasā nityaṃ sarvamantrātmakaṃ sadā /  
sarvadevamayaṃ puṇyaṃ sarvasiddhipradāyakam //

> Having known this constantly in the mind as ever embodying all mantras,  
> consisting of all deities, holy, bestowing all siddhis,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.3.105](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.3.105)

jīvato muktidaṃ śuddhaṃ śivaśaktyātmakaṃ param /  
rasamantramimaṃ viddhi cāgnīṣomātmakaṃ bhaja //

> granting liberation while living, pure, consisting of Śiva and Śakti, supreme—  
> know this mercury mantra and revere it as consisting of fire and moon!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.3.106](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.3.106)

ekaviṃśatisāhasraṣaṭśatādhikasaṃkhyakam /  
pravartitaṃ divārātraṃ manastatra nidhehi ca //

> Operating day and night, numbering twenty-one thousand  
> six hundred \[breaths\]; fix your mind upon it!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.3.107](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.3.107)

mantrasyāsya ṛṣirjīvaś chandetyuktāḥ prakīrtitāḥ /  
raso devastu raṃ bījaṃ saṃ śaktistu prakīrtitaḥ //

> The seer of this mantra is the individual soul; the meters are said to be as declared;  
> mercury is the deity, "raṃ" is the seed-syllable, and "saṃ" is declared to be the power.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.3.108](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.3.108)

rephadīrghayutaṃ kuryātkarāṅganyāsamācaret /  
dhyāyeddhṛdambuje devi koṭisūryendusannibham //

> He should perform the imposition on the hands and limbs combined with the long vowels of the letter 'ra'.  
> He should meditate in the lotus of the heart, O goddess, on that which resembles millions of suns and moons,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.3.109](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.3.109)

śuddhasphaṭikasaṃkāśaṃ rasaṃ saṃsārapāradam /  
evaṃ niṣkalarūpaṃ taṃ dhyātvā tanmayatāṃ vrajet //

> resembling pure crystal, on mercury that carries across saṃsāra.  
> Having thus meditated upon that partless form, he should attain identity with it.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.3.110](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.3.110)

\<niṣkalarasastotram\>  
tvaṃ rasastvaṃ śivastvaṃ hi śaktistvaṃ bhairaveśvaraḥ /  
tvaṃ brahmā tvaṃ hi rudraśca sūryastvaṃ śītadīdhitiḥ //

> \<Hymn to Partless Mercury\>  
> You are mercury, you are Śiva, you indeed are Śakti, you are Bhairaveśvara; / You are Brahmā, you indeed are Rudra, you are the sun, you are the cool-rayed moon.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.3.111](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.3.111)

tvaṃ bhūstvaṃ salilastvaṃ ca vahnistvaṃ ca sadāgatiḥ /  
tvaṃ vyoma tvaṃ parākāśaḥ tvaṃ jīvastvaṃ parā gatiḥ //

> You are earth, you are water, you are fire, and you are the wind; / You are the sky, you are the transcendent ether, you are the individual soul, you are the supreme goal.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.3.112](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.3.112)

tvaṃ siddhastvaṃ prabuddhastvaṃ sugandhastvaṃ ca manmathaḥ /  
tvaṃ lokapālastvaṃ tārā mātṛkāstvaṃ gajānanaḥ //

> You are the perfected adept, you are the awakened one, you are fragrant, and you are Kāmadeva; / You are the world protector, you are Tārā, you are the Mātṛkās, you are Gajānana.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.3.113](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.3.113)

tvaṃ skandastvaṃ gurustvaṃ ca tvaṃ sarvajanakaḥ śuciḥ /  
tvaṃ yajvā tvaṃ haristvaṃ ca tretāgnistvaṃ ca ṛtvijaḥ //

> You are Skanda, you are the Guru, and you are the pure generator of all; / You are the sacrificer, you are Hari, you are the triad of sacred fires, and you are the priests.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.3.114](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.3.114)

yena tvamarcyase tena pūjitāḥ sarvadevatāḥ /  
tvayi tuṣṭe ca saṃtuṣṭā brahmaviṣṇumaheśvarāḥ //

> By him by whom you are worshipped, all the deities are worshipped; / And when you are pleased, Brahmā, Viṣṇu, and Maheśvara are pleased.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.3.115](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.3.115)

tvatpādodakapānena sarvatīrthaphalaṃ labhet /  
yastvāṃ paśyati sadbhaktyā tam ālokayate śivaḥ //

> By drinking the water from your feet, one obtains the fruit of all sacred places; / He who gazes upon you with true devotion, upon him Śiva looks.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.3.116](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.3.116)

yastvāṃ saṃkīrtayettasya sarvamantraphalaṃ bhavet /  
yatra tvaṃ kṣaṇamātre ca puṇyakṣetraṃ taducyate //

> For him who chants your praises, the fruit of all mantras arises; / Where you abide even for an instant, that is called a sacred field.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.3.117](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.3.117)

tvaṃ yaṃ paśyati siddhendra sa brahmā viṣṇurīśvaraḥ /  
yatra bhuṅkṣe 'nnakavalaṃ tatra trailokyamati hi //

> He whom you look upon, O lord of adepts, is Brahmā, Viṣṇu, and Īśvara; / Where you consume a morsel of food, there indeed the threefold world eats.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.3.118](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.3.118)

yena tvaṃ dhriyase nātha tvayāyaṃ striyatekṣaṇam /  
sa eva citsadānandaḥ paramātmā dhruvaṃ bhavet //

> By whom you are held, O Lord, by you he is gazed upon in that instant; / He indeed becomes the supreme self, which is pure consciousness and eternal bliss, surely.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.3.119](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.3.119)

evaṃ niścitacittasya siddhasya tava yoginaḥ /  
varṇāśramasadācārāḥ kṛtyākṛtyavivekataḥ //

> For such a yogin, an adept whose mind is resolute, / The codes of conduct of caste and stage of life, based on the discrimination between what is to be done and what is not to be done;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.3.120](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.3.120)

pāpaṃ puṇyaṃ sukhaṃ duḥkhaṃ śītamuṣṇaṃ priyāpriye /  
snānāsnānaṃ hānivṛddhī śuddhāśuddhaṃ bhayābhayam //

> Sin and merit, pleasure and pain, cold and heat, the pleasant and unpleasant, / Bathing and non-bathing, loss and gain, pure and impure, fear and fearlessness;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.3.121](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.3.121)

grāhyāgrāhyaṃ kṣudhā tṛṣṇā na kiṃcid iha vidyate /  
svecchāhāravihāraśca sukhī saṃhṛṣṭamānasaḥ //

> The acceptable and unacceptable, hunger and thirst—none of this exists here \[for him\]; / Free in diet and activities, he is joyful, with an exultant mind,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.3.122](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.3.122)

nirmamaḥ sarvakāryeṣu kalatrādiṣu bandhuṣu /  
evamācāryavacanamaṅgīkṛtya ca dīkṣitaḥ //

> Free from attachment regarding all actions, wife and so forth, and kinsmen. / Having thus accepted the words of the teacher, and being initiated,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.3.123](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.3.123)

adya prabhṛti vandyastvaṃ mā kuru praṇatiṃ kvacit /  
matsamāno'si siddho'si jīvanmukto'si saṃprati //

> “From this day onward you are worthy of reverence; do not offer obeisance anywhere; / You are equal to me, you are an adept, you are now liberated while alive.”  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.3.124](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.3.124)

ityuktvācāryavaryo'pi siddhamāliṅgya ca kṣaṇam /  
siddhadīkṣeyamākhyātā śivasāyujyadāyinī //

> Having said this, the supreme teacher also embraced the adept for a moment. / This initiation of adepts has been explained, which bestows union with Śiva.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.3.125](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.3.125)

durlabhā sarvatantreṣu tava prītyā prakāśitā /  
devītthameva mantavyaṃ durlabhaṃ samayeṣu ca //

> Hard to attain in all the tantras, it has been revealed out of love for you; / O Goddess, it should be regarded in this very manner, as rare among religious traditions.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

## Translations (1)

- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda~en-mt.1.3.1) — English, machine translation

## Linked texts (2)

- [Skandamahāpurāṇa (vulgate)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda*vulgate.6.1.36.96) — Sanskrit
- [Gautamīyatantra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.vaisnava.tantra.gautamiya.2.58) — Sanskrit

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