Anandakanda 1.4.368

1.4.368

rasendre jārayedgrāsaṃ dattvā dattvā punaḥ /
<jīrṇābhrakarasalakṣaṇam>
catuḥṣaṣṭyaṃśake sūto vyomasatve tu jārite //

One should cause the swallow to be digested in the lord of mercury, giving it again and again.
<Characteristics of Mercury with Digested Mica>
When a sixty-fourth part of the essence of mica has been digested, the quicksilver