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the second is grinding, my dear; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.4.3) mūrchā tṛtīyamutthānaṃ caturthaṃ pātanaṃ śive / pañcamaṃ rodhanaṃ ṣaṣṭhaṃ niyāmaṃ saptamaṃ smṛtam // > Swooning is the third; resurgence is the fourth; sublimation is the fifth, O auspicious one; / Retention is the sixth; restraint is commemorated as the seventh; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.4.4) dīpanaṃ cāṣṭamaṃ devi navamaṃ cānuvāsanam / daśamaṃ cāraṇaṃ devi jāraṇaṃ rudrasaṃkhyakam // > Kindling is the eighth, O Goddess; and perfuming is the ninth; / Grazing is the tenth, O Goddess; assimilation is numbered as the eleventh; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.4.5) garbhadrutirdvādaśī syāt bāhyadrutistrayodaśī / caturdaśaṃ syādrāgākhyaṃ sāraṇā daśapañcamī // > Internal fusion would be the twelfth; external fusion the thirteenth; / The fourteenth is called coloration; moving is the fifteenth; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.4.6) anusāraṇā ṣoḍaśī ca vikhyātā pratisāraṇā / saptadaśī cāṣṭadaśaṃ vedhanaṃ dehalohayoḥ // > Secondary moving is the sixteenth; counter-moving is known / As the seventeenth; and the eighteenth is piercing of body and base metal. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.4.7) \ atha vakṣyāmi saṃskārān rasarājasya pārvati / liṅgasya dakṣiṇe bhāge likhet ṣaṭkoṇamaṇḍale // > \ > Now I shall speak of the refinement processes of the king of mercury, O Pārvatī: / In the southern portion of the liṅga, one should draw a six-pointed mandala; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.4.8) tadbahiścāṣṭapatraṃ ca kamalaṃ caturaśrakam / digdvāraśobhitaṃ tasya karṇikāyāṃ nyasecchive // > And outside it, an eight-petaled lotus, four-sided, / Adorned with doorways in the cardinal directions; on its pericarp, one should place, O auspicious one, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.4.9) tāmrajaṃ kāntajaṃ vāpi khalvaṃ tu svarṇarekhitam / tanmadhye rasarājaṃ tu palānāṃ śatamātrakam // > A mortar made of copper or of magnet, traced with gold; / In the middle of it, having placed the king of mercury, to the measure of one hundred palas, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.4.10) tadardhaṃ vā tadardhaṃ vā kṣiptvā bhaktyā prapūjayet / sādhako rasarājasya tataḥ saṃskāramācaret // > Or half of that, or half of that, one should worship it with devotion. / Then the practitioner should carry out the refinement process of the king of mercury. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.4.11) \ yavagodhūmakalamamāṣamudgacaṇādibhiḥ / śyāmākakodravādyaiśca nānādhānyaiśca nistuṣaiḥ // > \ > With barley, wheat, kalama rice, black gram, mung bean, chickpea, and the like, / And with foxtail millet, kodo millet, and various husked grains, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.4.12) dhānyaṃ caturguṇajale mṛdghaṭe nikṣipetpriye / prāpnoti yāvadamlatvaṃ tāvadyatnena rakṣayet // > One should place the grain into water four times its volume in an earthen pot, my dear; / For as long as it takes to reach sourness, one should carefully preserve it. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.4.13) tanmadhye haṃsapādīṃ ca mīnākṣīṃ dvipunarnavām / citrakaṃ bhṛṅgarājaṃ ca viṣṇukrāntāṃ śatāvarīm // > Into it, one should throw haṃsapādī, mīnākṣī, the two kinds of punarnavā, / citraka, bhṛṅgarāja, viṣṇukrāntā, śatāvarī, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.4.14) sarpākṣīṃ girikarṇīṃ ca muṇḍīṃ ca sahadevikām / triphalāṃ khaṇḍaśaḥ kṛtvā sarvānetānvinikṣipet // > sarpākṣī, girikarṇī, muṇḍī, and sahadevikā, / Having cut them all into pieces, and the three myrobalans, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.4.15) dhānyasya ca caturthāṃśān dhānyāmlamidamuttamam / svedanādiṣu kāryeṣu pāradasya viśiṣyate // > In the amount of one-fourth of the grain. This grain-vinegar is superior, / Specially recommended in the operations of steaming and the like for mercury. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.4.16) ātapte kāntaje khalve rasarājaṃ vinikṣipet / cūrṇaṃ ca gṛhadhūmaṃ ca citrakaṃ triphalāṃ guḍam // > One should place the king of mercury into a heated mortar made of magnet; / And \[add\] lime, soot from the house, citraka, the three myrobalans, jaggery, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.4.17) dagdhorṇāmiṣṭakāṃ kanyāṃ lavaṇaṃ bṛhatīdvayam / māgadhīṃ rājikāṃ caiva vandhyāṃ karkoṭakīṃ tathā // > Burnt wool, brick, aloe vera, salt, the two nightshades, / Long pepper, black mustard, and sterile kārkoṭakī. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.4.18) etānkalāṃśānsūtasya tasminkṣiptvā vimardayet / dattvā dattvātha dhānyāmlamevaṃ kṛtvā dinatrayam // > Having thrown into it these items, each amounting to one-sixteenth the weight of the quicksilver, one should grind it thoroughly, / Adding grain-vinegar repeatedly, doing so for three days. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.4.19) samyak soṣṇāranālena rasaṃ prakṣālayetpriye / paṭuṃ rājīṃ trikaṭukaṃ mūlakaṃ citrakaṃ varām // > One should thoroughly wash the mercury with warm fermented sour gruel, my dear. / Rock salt, black mustard, the three pungents, radish, citraka, the three myrobalans, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.4.20) punarnavāṃ meṣaśṛṅgīṃ meghanādaṃ durālabhām / ārdrakaṃ rajanīṃ nāgabalāṃ ca navasārakam // > punarnavā, meṣaśṛṅgī, meghanāda, durālabhā, / Fresh ginger, turmeric, nāgabalā, and sal ammoniac, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.4.21) samaṃ dhānyāmlakaiḥ piṣṭvā ślakṣṇaṃ vastre pralepayet / yāvadaṅgulimātraṃ ca tasminpūrvarasaṃ kṣipet // > Ground smooth in equal parts with grain-vinegar, one should smear onto a cloth / To the thickness of a finger, and place the previously prepared mercury in it. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.4.22) tadbaddhvā tāmraje pātre kṣiptvā dhānyāmlapūrite / ghaṭe dolākhyayantre ca svedayettamaharniśam // > Having tied it up, placed it into a copper vessel in a jar filled with grain-vinegar, / In a swing apparatus, one should steam it day and night. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.4.23) tamuddhṛtya punaḥ soṣṇair āranālaiḥ śarāvake / prakṣālayetsūtarājamevaṃ kuryāttrisaptadhā // > Taking it out, one should wash the king of quicksilver again with warm fermented sour gruel / In a shallow bowl; one should do this twenty-one times. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.4.24) prasveditaṃ sūtarājaṃ tataḥ saṃmardayet priye / \ athāto mardanaṃ karma vakṣyāmi śṛṇu bhairavi // > Then, one should grind the steamed king of quicksilver, my dear. / \ > Now, therefore, I will explain the operation of grinding; listen, O Bhairavī. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.4.25) cūrṇādipūrvavaddravyaṃ viśālāṃ rājavṛkṣakam / aṅkolaṃ kṛṣṇadhuttūraṃ trikaṭuṃ ca samaṃ samam // > Substances such as lime as before, viśālā, the royal tree, / aṅkola, black dhātūra, and the three pungents, in equal parts, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.4.26) sarvaṃ sūtakalāṃśaṃ ca taptakhalve rasaṃ kṣipet / mardayet pūrvadhānyāmlair divārātraṃ punaśca tam // > All together amounting to one-sixteenth of the quicksilver, and one should place the mercury in a heated mortar; / One should grind it again with the aforementioned grain-vinegar day and night. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.4.27) kṣālayenmṛṇmaye pātre tataḥ soṣṇāranālakaiḥ / mardanaṃ kṣālanaṃ caivamekaviṃśativāsaram // > Then one should wash it in an earthen vessel with warm fermented sour gruel; / Grinding and washing should be done for twenty-one days. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.4.28) evaṃ vimarditaṃ sūtaṃ samādāyātha mūrchayet / abhrajīrṇo'thavā bījajīrṇaḥ sūto'pi mardyate // > Having thus taken the thoroughly ground quicksilver, one should then make it swoon; / Quicksilver that has consumed mica or consumed seed metal is also ground. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.4.29) cūrṇādipūrvadravyaiśca rāgān gṛhṇāti nirmalaḥ / \ atha mūrchāṃ pravakṣyāmi śṛṇu tvaṃ sāvadhānataḥ // > And free from impurities through the previously mentioned substances such as powders, it takes on colors. / Swooning \[mūrcchā\] / Now I shall explain swooning; listen attentively. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.4.30) rājikā meṣaśṛṅgī ca citrakaṃ ca phalatrayam / kṣīrakandaṃ sūraṇaṃ ca sarpākṣī kākamācikā // > Black mustard, meṣaśṛṅgī, citraka, the three fruits \[triphalā\], / kṣīrakanda, sūraṇa, sarpākṣī, kākamācikā, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.4.31) nīlā vacā balā kanyā kṛṣṇonmattastathākulī / śvetāparājitāṅkolaṃ gojihvā garuḍī tathā // > nīlā, vacā, balā, aloe vera, black thorn-apple, likewise ākulī, / white aparājitā, aṅkola, gojihvā, and garuḍī; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.4.32) eteṣāṃ svarasairmardyo ravikṣīreṇa pāradaḥ / vyastānāṃ vā samastānāṃ rasaireṣāṃ dināvadhi // > Mercury should be ground with the fresh juices of these and with calotropis latex, / \[or\] with the juices of these individually or combined, for the period of a day. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.4.33) mardayettaptakhalve ca mūṣāyāṃ taṃ rasaṃ kṣipet / nirudhya bhūdhare yantre vipacettaṃ punaḥ priye // > One should grind it in a heated mortar and cast that mercury into a crucible; / sealing it, my dear, one should bake it in a bhūdhara apparatus again. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.4.34) rājikādyauṣadhabhavai rasais triḥ saptavāsaram / mardanaṃ bhūdhare pākaṃ kuryātsaṃmūrchito rasaḥ // > Grinding \[with\] the juices derived from black mustard and other drugs, / and baking in a bhūdhara \[apparatus\], one should perform for three times seven days; the mercury becomes swooned. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.4.35) bhavettadutthānavidhiṃ prakurvīta surārcite / \ evaṃ saṃmūrchitaṃ sūtaṃ kṣālayetkāṃjikena ca // > When this occurs, O lady worshipped by the gods, one should perform the procedure for resuscitation. / Procedure for resuscitation \[utthāpana\] / Quicksilver thus swooned should be washed with fermented rice-water, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.4.36) soṣṇena vāriṇā vāpi sūtamutthāpayetpriye / pātanāyantrayoge vā rasasyotthāpanaṃ bhavet // > or one should resuscitate quicksilver with hot water, my dear; / or resuscitation of mercury may be accomplished by application of a distillation apparatus. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.4.37) \ pātanaṃ trividhaṃ proktaṃ rasarājasya pārvati / ūrdhvapātamadhaḥpātaṃ tiryakpātanamucyate // > Distillation \[pātana\] / Distillation of the king of mercury is declared to be threefold, O Pārvatī: / upward distillation, downward distillation, and transverse distillation are spoken of. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.4.38) \<ūrdhvapātanavidhiḥ\> rasasya pātanaṃ vakṣye pāṭhā brāhmī ca citrakam / śāṅgerī kākamācī ca maṇḍūkī girikarṇikā // > Procedure for upward distillation \[ūrdhvapātana\] / I shall explain distillation of mercury: pāṭhā, brāhmī, citraka, / śāṅgerī, kākamācī, maṇḍūkaparṇī, girikarṇikā, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.4.39) kumārī ca jayā bhṛṅgī gojihvā śaṅkhapuṣpikā / bhūpāṭalī ca nirguṇḍī kākajaṅghā śatāvarī // > kumārī, jayā, bhṛṅgī, gojihvā, śaṅkhapuṣpikā, / bhūpāṭalī, nirguṇḍī, kākajaṅghā, śatāvarī, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.4.40) ārdrakaṃ devadālī ca tilaparṇī ca nīlikā / āragvadhaḥ kṣīrakandamaṅkolo devadāru ca // > fresh ginger, devadālī, tilaparṇī, nīlikā, / āragvadha, kṣīrakanda, aṅkola, and devadāru: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.4.41) eṣāṃ rasaiḥ samastānāṃ vyastānāṃ vā dinaṃ rasam / mardayettaptakhalve tat śulbaṃ sūtacaturthakam // > one should grind mercury with the juices of these combined or individually for a day / in a heated mortar; then copper equal to one-fourth of the quicksilver \[is added\]. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.4.42) taṃ piṣṭvā pātayedyantre hyūrdhvapātanake dinam / ūrdhvalagnaṃ rasaṃ śuddhaṃ tamādāyātha mardayet // > Crushing that, one should distill it in an upward distillation apparatus for a day. / Taking that pure mercury that has adhered to the top, one should then grind it > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.4.43) pūrvoditauṣadharasaiḥ pūrvavat śulbasaṃyutam / pātayenmardayedevaṃ saptadhaivaṃ punaḥ punaḥ // > with the juices of the aforementioned drugs together with copper, as before; / one should distill and grind it in this manner, seven times repeatedly. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.4.44) ūrdhvapātanasaṃśuddhaṃ pāradaṃ pātayedadhaḥ / \ athādhaḥpātanaṃ vakṣye tryūṣaṇaṃ lavaṇaṃ varām // > One should distill downward the mercury purified by upward distillation. / Procedure for downward distillation \[adhaḥpātana\] / Now I shall explain downward distillation: the three acrids \[tryūṣaṇa\], salt, triphalā, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.4.45) citrakaṃ rājikāṃ śigruṃ sarvaṃ sūtasamaṃ kṣipet / mardayettaptakhalve ca rasaṃ dhānyāmlakena ca // > citraka, black mustard, and drumstick—one should throw in all these in amounts equal to the quicksilver, / and grind the mercury with sour grain-wash in a heated mortar. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.4.46) tatkalkena lipedūrdhvaṃ bhāṇḍaṃ samyak nirodhayet / ūrdhvabhāṇḍasya pṛṣṭhe tu dadyāllaghupuṭaṃ tataḥ // > With that paste one should smear the upper vessel and seal it completely; / then on the bottom of the upper vessel one should apply a light fire. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.4.47) ityadhaḥpātanaṃ kuryātsaptavāraṃ punaḥ punaḥ / adhaḥpātanaśuddhasya tiryakpātanamācaret // > Thus one should perform downward distillation repeatedly, seven times. / For that which has been purified by downward distillation, one should perform transverse distillation. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.4.48) \ vakṣyāmi tiryakpatanaṃ sūtaṃ dhānyābhrakaṃ samam / dhānyāmlairmardayedyāmaṃ tiryakpātanayantrake // > Procedure for transverse distillation \[tiryakpātana\] / I shall explain transverse distillation: quicksilver and prepared mica in equal parts / one should grind for a yāma with sour grain-wash; in a transverse distillation apparatus > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.4.49) caṇḍāgninā pacedevaṃ saptavāraṃ punaḥ punaḥ / evaṃ tridhā pātitaṃ ca tataḥ sūtaṃ nirodhayet // > one should cook it thus with a fierce fire, repeatedly, seven times. / And quicksilver thus distilled in three ways, one should then restrain. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.4.50) abhrakaṃ vātha gandhaṃ vā mākṣikaṃ vimalāmapi / svarṇaṃ vā rajataṃ vāpi kāntaṃ vā tīkṣṇameva vā // > Mica, or sulfur, mākṣika, or vimalā, / gold or silver, or loadstone or steel— > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.4.51) pratyekaṃ śodhitaṃ deyaṃ tāmravatpādamātrakam / pāṭhādikarasaiḥ kuryānmardanaṃ pātanaṃ kramāt // > each, purified, should be added to the measure of one-fourth part, like copper. / One should perform grinding with the juices of pāṭhā and other herbs, and distillation in succession. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.4.52) yadyaddravyānvitaḥ sūtas tattaddravyaguṇapradaḥ / pātane tāmrayogena nāgavaṅgau tyajedrasaḥ // > With whatever substance quicksilver is combined, it imparts the properties of that substance. / In distillation, through combination with copper, mercury sheds lead and tin. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.4.53) athavā dīpikāyantre śuddhaḥ syātpātito rasaḥ / \ kadarthito bhavetsūtaḥ svedādyaiḥ pañcakarmabhiḥ // > Alternatively, mercury distilled in a dīpikā apparatus becomes pure. / Restraining \[nirodhana\] / Quicksilver becomes exhausted by the five operations beginning with steaming; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.4.54) āpyāyanārthaṃ sūtasya karma kuryānnirodhanam / atha karma nirodhākhyaṃ peṣayellavaṇaṃ jalaiḥ // > for the sake of rejuvenating quicksilver, one should perform the operation of restraining. / Now, regarding the operation called restraining: one should grind salt with water; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.4.55) sthālīmadhye rasaṃ kṣiptvā tadūrdhvaṃ lavaṇaṃ kṣipet / kiṃcij jalaṃ ca nivapettaṃ śarāveṇa rodhayet // > placing mercury inside an earthen pot, one should scatter salt above it, / pour in a little water, and cover it with an earthen saucer. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.4.56) kuryātsamyak sandhilepaṃ tadūrdhvaṃ ca puṭellaghu / evaṃ nirodhanaṃ karma vidadhyātsaptadhā priye // > One should seal the joint thoroughly, and ignite a light fire above it. / In this way, my dear, one should carry out the operation of restraining seven times. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.4.57) āpyāyito bhavetsūto'nena ṣaṇḍatvavarjitaḥ / nirodhakarmasiddho'sau vīryavān suniyamyate // > By this quicksilver becomes rejuvenated, devoid of impotence; / perfected by the operation of restraining, it becomes potent and is well controlled. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.4.58) \ atho niyāmanaṃ karma kathayāmi varānane / yavaciñcā kṣīrakandaṃ sarpākṣī paṭu bhṛṅgarāṭ // > Controlling \[niyāmana\] / Now I explain the operation of controlling, O fair-faced lady: / yavaciñcā, kṣīrakanda, sarpākṣī, salt, bhṛṅgarāja, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.4.59) vandhyā karkoṭakī nimbaḥ sarvaṃ dhānyāmlapeṣitam / kṛtvāloḍyāranālena taddravaiḥ svedayeddinam // > sterile karkoṭakī, and neem, all ground with sour grain-wash; / preparing \[this\], stirring with fermented rice-gruel, one should steam it with those liquids for a day. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.60](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.4.60) yantre niyāmake saptavāsaraṃ taṃ ca dīpayet / \ athāto dīpanaṃ karma vadāmi tava pārvati // > In a controlling apparatus \[niyāmaka yantra\] for seven days, one should also kindle it. / Kindling \[dīpana\] / Next, I declare to you the kindling operation, O Pārvatī: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.61](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.4.61) svarṇapuṣpī ca marīcaṃ trikṣāraṃ pañcapuṣpikā / bhūkhagaḥ pañcalavaṇaṃ rājikā śigrumūlakam // > svarṇapuṣpī, black pepper, the three alkalis, the five flowers, / bhūkhaga, the five salts, black mustard, drumstick root, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.62](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.4.62) kāsīsaṃ vijayā kanyā pātālagaruḍī kaṇā / kṣīrakandaṃ ca karkoṭī girikarṇī jayā madhu // > green vitriol, vijayā, aloe vera, pātālagaruḍī, long pepper, / kṣīrakanda, karkoṭī, girikarṇī, jayā, honey, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.63](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.4.63) citrakaṃ kākajaṅghā ca sarvamamlagaṇena ca / kalkayetpāradaṃ tena mardayettaddravairapi // > citraka, and kākajaṅghā, together with the entire group of acids, / one should grind into a paste; with that and with those liquids one should grind mercury. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.64](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.4.64) ḍolāyantre pacedekadinamevaṃ ca saptadhā / mardanaṃ pācanaṃ kuryāt grāsārthī dīpito rasaḥ // > One should cook it in a swing apparatus \[ḍolāyantra\] for one day; in this manner, seven times, / one should perform grinding and cooking; kindled, mercury hungers for mouthfuls \[of metal\]. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.65](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.4.65) evaṃ pradīpitaṃ sūtaṃ śuddhaṃ tamanuvāsayet / \ athānuvāsanaṃ karma mṛtpātre dīpitaṃ rasam // > Quicksilver thus thoroughly kindled and purified, one should perfume. / Perfuming \[anuvāsana\] / Now, the perfuming operation: placing the kindled mercury in an earthen vessel, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.66](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.4.66) kṣiptvā jambīrajadrāvaistīvragharme'nuvāsayet / evaṃ saptadinaṃ kuryāttataścāraṇamācaret // > one should perfume it with lime juice in the intense heat of the sun. / One should do this for seven days; then one should perform consumption \[cāraṇa\]. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.67](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.4.67) navabhiḥ svedanādyaiśca śuddhaḥ syātkarmabhiḥ priye / pāradaḥ sarvarogaghnaḥ saptakañcukavarjitaḥ // > By the nine operations beginning with steaming, my dear, / mercury becomes purified, free from the seven sheath defects, and the destroyer of all diseases. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.68](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.4.68) śrībhairavī / svedanādīni karmāṇi śrutāni vada śaṅkara / tvatprasādād asaṃdehaṃ saṃśṛṇve cāraṇādikam // > The glorious Bhairavī said: / The operations beginning with steaming have been heard; speak, O Śaṅkara! / By your grace, may I hear without doubt about consumption and the rest. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.69](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.4.69) śrībhairavaḥ / sādhu pṛṣṭaṃ mahābhāge śṛṇu taccāraṇādikam / \ athābhracāraṇaṃ karma vakṣyāmi parameśvari // > The glorious Bhairava said: / Well asked, O highly fortunate lady! Hear about that consumption and the rest. / Procedure for consumption \[cāraṇavidhi\] / Now I shall explain the operation of consuming mica, O Supreme Goddess. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.70](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.4.70) samukhe vā nirmukhe vā rase vā vāsanāmukhe / gaganaṃ cārayedgarbhapiṣṭigrāsakramaiḥ kramāt // > In mercury that has a mouth, or is mouthless, or has a receptive mouth, / one should cause it to consume mica successively by methods of internal amalgamation, bolus, and mouthful. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.71](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.4.71) \ atrādau kathyate devi samukhaṃ cāraṇaṃ sphuṭam / samukho grasati grāsaṃ nirmukho grasanākṣamaḥ // > Consumption with a mouth \[samukhacāraṇa\] / Here, at first, consumption with a mouth is clearly explained, O goddess: / that which has a mouth swallows the mouthful; that which is mouthless is incapable of swallowing. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.72](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.4.72) tasmātparaṃ rasendrasya mukhīkaraṇamācaret / \ iṣṭakāmadhyabhāge tu gambhīraṃ vartulaṃ samam // > Therefore, one should subsequently perform the mouth-giving for the lord of mercury. / First method of mouth-giving \[mukhīkaraṇa\] / In the middle of a brick, a deep, round, even > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.73](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.4.73) gartaṃ kṛtvā tatra sūtaṃ prakṣipedanuvāsitam / nirundhyātsvacchavastreṇa rasasya daśamāṃśakam // > pit having been made, one should pour therein the perfumed quicksilver. / One should cover one-tenth part of the mercury with a clean cloth. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.74](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.4.74) gandhaṃ tadūrdhvaṃ nikṣipya śarāveṇa nirodhayet / tatpṛṣṭhe'lpapuṭaṃ dadyāt gandhe jīrṇe punaḥ punaḥ // > Placing sulfur above it, one should seal it with an earthen saucer. / One should apply mild incineration behind it; when the sulfur is consumed, repeatedly > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.75](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.4.75) kṣiptvā kṣiptvā śataguṇaṃ cārayetpātayediti / caturguṇe sāndravastre gālayettaṃ raseśvaram // > throwing \[more\] and throwing \[more\], one should digest and sublimate it a hundred times thus. / One should strain that lord of mercury through a thick four-layered cloth. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.76](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.4.76) veṇau kṣiptvā nirudhyāsyaṃ pacedgomūtrapūrite / bhāṇḍe trisaptadivasaṃ punastaṃ taptakhalvake // > Having placed it in a bamboo tube and sealed its mouth, one should cook it in a pot filled with cow's urine / for three times seven days; then, in a heated mortar, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.77](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.4.77) jambīramātuluṅgāmlavetasair bhūkhagais tryaham / bhūnāgaiśca tryahaṃ mardyaṃ taṃ paścādiṣṭakodare // > it should be ground for three days with jambīra, mātuluṅga, amlavetasa, and earthworms, / and for three days with earthworms. Thereafter, in the hollow of a brick, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.78](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.4.78) ekaikaṃ gartamādadyāddhānyābhraṃ gandhakaṃ tathā / pratyekaṃ daśaniṣkaṃ ca yāmaṃ jambīramarditam // > one should prepare a pit. Likewise, dhānyābhra and sulfur, / ten niṣkas each, ground with jambīra for one watch: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.79](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.4.79) anena lepayed gartadvayam ekeṣṭakāntare / garte kṣiptvātha taṃ taṃ viṃśanniṣkaṃ tadūrdhvataḥ // > with this mixture one should coat the two pits inside one brick. / Having placed twenty niṣkas of that \[mercury\] into the pit, above it > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.80](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.4.80) aparām iṣṭakāṃ dadyāt tatsandhiṃ loṇamṛtsnayā / dṛḍhaṃ liptvātha dīpāgnau pacetsaptadināvadhi // > one should place another brick. Having firmly smeared its joint / with salted clay, one should cook it over a lamp-flame for up to seven days. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.81](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.4.81) iṣṭakāṃ svāṅgaśītāṃ tām avatārya haredrasam / kiṭṭahīnaṃ punarapi kuryāditthaṃ trivārakam // > Taking down that brick when it has cooled of its own accord, one should extract the mercury / free from slag. One should repeat this three times in this manner. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.82](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.4.82) evaṃ kṛte rasendrasya sukhaṃ syāddevasaṃjñakam / \ punaranyaṃ pravakṣyāmi mukhīkaraṇamuttamam // > When this is done, the lord of mercury acquires a mouth known as "divine." / \ / I shall declare another excellent mouth-formation: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.83](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.4.83) rasendraṃ jīvibhūnāgasamaṃ saṃmardayettryaham / tatkṣipet bhūlatāliptamūṣāyāṃ saṃniveśayet // > One should grind the lord of mercury for three days with an equal quantity of living earthworms. / One should deposit that into a crucible coated with earthworms. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.84](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.4.84) tadūrdhvaṃ bhūlatākalkaṃ kṣiptvā ruddhvā viśoṣayet / ārdragomayaliptāṃ tāṃ pādamagnāṃ niveśayet // > Having thrown earthworm paste over it, sealed it, and dried it, / one should place it, smeared with moist cow dung, embedded to one quarter of its height, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.85](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.4.85) tadgarte ca puṭaṃ deyaṃ tuṣakārīṣavahninā / dinānte tatsamuddhṛtya pūrvavanmardayetpacet // > and in that pit, heat should be applied with a fire of chaff and dried cow dung. / At the end of the day, having extracted it, one should grind and cook it as before. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.86](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.4.86) triṃśadvāraṃ punaḥ kuryāditthaṃ vahnimukho rasaḥ / grasate guhyasūto'yaṃ sarvasiddhiprado bhavet // > One should repeat this thirty times; thus the mercury becomes fire-mouthed. / This mysterious quicksilver devours \[metals\] and will bestow all perfections. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.87](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.4.87) \ punaranyaṃ pravakṣyāmi mukhīkaraṇamuttamam / gomūtrapūrite bhāṇḍe ḍolāyantre pacedrasam // > \ / I shall declare another excellent mouth-formation: / One should cook mercury in a pot filled with cow's urine in a swing apparatus > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.88](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.4.88) triḥ saptavāraṃ samyakca randhritaṃ veṇunālake / mukhaṃ bhavati sūtasya cāraṇārhaṃ varānane // > for three times seven times, properly sealed in a bamboo tube. / O fair-faced one, the mouth of quicksilver becomes fit for consumption. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.89](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.4.89) \ iṣṭakādvayamadhye ca gartaṃ tu caturaṅgulam / daśaniṣkaṃ śuddhagandhaṃ dhānyābhraṃ daśaniṣkakam // > \ / In the middle between two bricks, a pit of four fingers \[wide should be made\]. / Ten niṣkas of purified sulfur and ten niṣkas of dhānyābhra, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.90](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.4.90) jambīranīraiḥ saṃmardya yāmaṃ kalkena tena ca / gartadvayaṃ samāṃśena liptvā garte vinikṣipet // > ground with jambīra juice for one watch—with equal parts of that paste / one should smear the two pits, and then cast into the pit > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.91](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.4.91) vāsitaṃ rasarājaṃ taṃ viṃśanniṣkaṃ tadūrdhvataḥ / iṣṭakāmaparāṃ nyasya ślakṣṇamṛllavaṇairdṛḍham // > twenty niṣkas of that scented king of mercuries. Above it, / placing another brick, one should smear it firmly with fine clay and salt. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.92](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.4.92) lepayedatha dīpāgnimadhaḥ prajvālayetpriye / anusyūtaṃ saptarātraṃ svāṅgaśītaṃ samuddharet // > Then, O dear one, one should kindle a lamp-flame underneath / continuously for seven nights; one should extract it when cooled of its own accord. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.93](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.4.93) kiṭṭaṃ vihāya taṃ sūtaṃ pūrvavacca trivārakam / kuryādevaṃ hi sūtasya mukhaṃ bhavati śobhanam // > Having discarded the slag, one should treat that quicksilver three times as before. / When done thus, indeed, the quicksilver acquires a splendid mouth. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.94](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.4.94) \ divyauṣadhiprabhāvena rasaścarati nirmukhaḥ / athavā vajravaikrāntasparśād abhrādikaṃ caret // > \ / By the power of divine herbs, mercury consumes \[metals\] even without a mouth; / or, from the touch of diamond and vaikrānta, it may consume mica and the like. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.95](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.4.95) pāradasya catuḥṣaṣṭiniṣkaṃ vaikrāntabhasma ca / caturniṣkaṃ vajrabhasma niṣkaṃ divyauṣadhidravaiḥ // > Sixty-four niṣkas of mercury, four niṣkas of vaikrānta ash, / and one niṣka of diamond ash, with the juices of divine herbs: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.96](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.4.96) sarvaṃ saptadinaṃ mardya sa raso'bhrādikaṃ caret / \ gandhakaṃ jārayetsūte dolākhye pūrvabhāṣite // > all being ground for seven days, that mercury will consume mica and the like. / \ / One should cause sulfur to be consumed in quicksilver in the previously mentioned swing apparatus > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.97](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.4.97) yantre ca ṣoḍaśaguṇaṃ rasaḥ syādvāsanāmukhaḥ / \ cāraṇārhābhrakasyāham abhiṣekaṃ vadāmi te // > up to sixteen times; the mercury will then have a mouth produced by aromatic infusion. / \ / I shall explain to you the sprinkling of mica that is fit for consumption: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.98](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.4.98) \ mṛtamabhraṃ tu rudhiraiḥ kṣārair jalakaṇair api / sṛṣṭitrayais tumburubhir mardayed amlavargakaiḥ // > Mica that has been calcined should be ground with blood, alkalis, water droplets, / the three creations \[sṛṣṭitraya\], tumburu, and the group of sour substances. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.99](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.4.99) saptāhaṃ taccaretsūtaḥ samukho nirmukho'thavā / \ mṛtamabhraṃ ca kadalī mūlakaṃ ca śatāvarī // > Quicksilver, with a mouth or without a mouth, will consume it for seven days. / \ / Calcined mica, kadalī, radish, śatāvarī, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.100](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.4.100) punarnavā meghanādo yavaciñcā ca śigrukaḥ / sūraṇaṃ ca rasaireṣāṃ mardayedbhāvayetpriye // > punarnavā, meghanāda, yavaciñcā, śigru, / and sūraṇa—with the juices of these, O dear one, one should grind and imbue it. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.101](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.4.101) saptāhaṃ taccaretsūtaḥ samukho nirmukho'thavā / \ śulvapātre tu lavaṇasarjiṭaṅkaṇabhūkhagān // > Quicksilver, with a mouth or without a mouth, will consume it for seven days. / \ / In a copper vessel, having placed salt, sarjikā, borax, and earthworms > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.102](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.4.102) kṣiptvāranālaṃ tridinaṃ kuryātparyuṣitaṃ yathā / tasminnāgaṃ tu vidrāvya ḍhālayecchatadhā priye // > in sour gruel, one should let it stand for three days until stale. / In that \[liquid\], having melted lead, one should pour it a hundred times, O dear one; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.103](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.4.103) raupyakarmaṇi vaṅgasya taddravairbhāvayed ghanam / saptāhaṃ taccaret sūtaḥ samukho nirmukho'thavā // > in alchemical work for silver, one should use tin; with those liquids one should imbue the mica. / Quicksilver, with a mouth or without a mouth, will consume it for seven days. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.104](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.4.104) \ dhānyābhramarkakṣīreṇa mardayedekavāsaram / nirudhya saṃpuṭe pacyātkapotākhye puṭe punaḥ // > \ / One should grind dhānyābhra with the milk of arka for one day. / Having sealed it in a casing, one should cook it again in a pigeon-heat incineration. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.105](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.4.105) caturvāraṃ puṭedevaṃ mardayecca punastathā / rambhādravaistridhā mardyaṃ mūlakasya dravaistridhā // > One should incinerate it thus four times, and grind it again in the same manner: / it is to be ground three times with plantain juice, three times with radish juice, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.106](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.4.106) kākamācī meghanādo matsyākṣī ca punarnavā / apāmārgaścitrakaṃ ca vidārī bhṛṅgarāṇmuniḥ // > kākamācī, meghanāda, matsyākṣī, punarnavā, / apāmārga, citraka, vidārī, bhṛṅgarāja, and muni \[agastya\]. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.107](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.4.107) caturvāraṃ pacedevaṃ mardayecca punastathā / etairekaikadhā mardyaṃ puṭapākaṃ pṛthak pṛthak // > One should cook it four times thus, and grind it again in the same manner. / It should be ground once with each of these, and incinerated separately. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.108](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.4.108) tadabhrakaṃ bhāvayecca musalī yavaciñcikāḥ / taṇḍulī kadalī śigrurvarī cārkaḥ punarnavā // > One should imbue that mica with musalī, yavaciñcikā, / taṇḍulī, plantain, śigru, varī, arka, and punarnavā: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.109](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.4.109) ekaikaiśca dravairbhāvyamekaikaṃ divasaṃ pṛthak / tadabhrakaṃ pāradendraścaratyeva surārcite // > it is to be imbued with each juice separately, one day for each. / O you who are worshipped by the gods, the lord of mercury certainly consumes that mica. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.110](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.4.110) \ dhānyābhraṃ ravidugdhena mardayedyāmamātrakam / tadabhraṃ saṃpuṭe ruddhvā kapotākhyapuṭe pacet // > \ / One should grind dhānyābhra with arka latex for just one watch. / Having sealed that mica in a casing, one should cook it in a pigeon-heat incineration > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.111](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.4.111) vārāṃścaturdaśaivaṃ syāttato rambhārkapīlukāḥ / nāgavallī ca musalī kuberākṣī ca śigrukaḥ // > fourteen times. Then taking plantain, arka, pīlu, / betel vine, musalī, kuberākṣī, śigru, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.112](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.4.112) tumbī tumburur aṅkolabalāpāmārgakāḥ priye / gṛhītvaiṣāmekarasaṃ savyoṣaṃ ca sakāṃjikam // > tumbī, tumburu, aṅkola, balā, and apāmārga, O dear one, / having taken the combined juice of these, along with the three pungents and sour gruel, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.113](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.4.113) bhāṇḍamadhye vinikṣipya ḍolāyantre pacettryaham / pūrvābhraṃ ca tatastasmātsamuddhṛtyātha sādhayet // > and placed them inside a pot, one should cook in a swing apparatus for three days / that previous mica; and then, having taken it out from that, one should prepare it: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.114](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.4.114) ṭaṅkaṇaṃ tuvarī sindhukāsīsaṃ ca samaṃ samam / abhrakasya daśāṃśaṃ tu sarvametadvimardayet // > Borax, alum, rock salt, and green vitriol in equal parts, / amounting in total to a tenth part of the mica—one should grind all this together. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.115](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.4.115) tadabhrakaṃ caretsūtaḥ samukho nirmukho'thavā / \<ṣaṣṭaḥ prakāraḥ\> muṇḍīdrave tu śatadhā drutaṃ nāgaṃ praḍhālayet // > Quicksilver, with a mouth or without a mouth, will consume that mica. / \ / One should cast molten lead a hundred times into the juice of muṇḍī. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.116](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.4.116) taddraveṇa ca dhānyābhraṃ mardayetsaṃpuṭe kṣipet / ruddhvā pacetkapotākhye puṭe caivaṃ tu saptadhā // > With that juice one should grind dhānyābhra, place it in a casing, / seal it, and cook it in a pigeon-heat incineration seven times. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.117](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.4.117) ārdrakasya dravairevaṃ saptadhā citrakadravaiḥ / tatsamaṃ gandhakaṃ dattvā mardayed bhāvayet kramāt // > Thus \[one should do\] seven times with ginger juice, and with citraka juice. / Adding sulfur equal to it, one should grind and imbue it successively. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.118](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.4.118) prāguktamuṇḍīsvarasair bījapūrarasena ca / stanyairekadinaṃ bhāvyaṃ tadabhraṃ ca caredrasaḥ // > \[That mica\] should be macerated for one day with the juice of muṇḍī mentioned earlier, with the juice of citron, / and with breast milk; then mercury will consume that mica. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.119](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.4.119) evaṃ sarvāṇi bījāni sattvaṃ cābhrakasya ca / svarṇādisarvalohāni satvāni vividhāni ca // > In this manner, all seeds and the essence of mica, / all metals beginning with gold, and diverse mineral essences, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.120](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.4.120) dvandvāni sarvaratnāni yadyatsyāccāraṇārhakam / tat tat piṣṭvābhravat kāryaṃ tattaccarati pāradaḥ // > paired ingredients, all gemstones, and whatever is suitable for assimilation— / each of these, ground, should be treated like mica, and mercury will consume each one. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.121](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.4.121) \ tilaparṇīrasaiḥ piṣṭvā dhānyābhraṃ puṭayet tridhā / saptadhā bhāvayedasya mardanena ca pāradaḥ // > \ / Having ground prepared mica with the juice of tilaparṇī, one should subject it to puṭa heating three times; / and by macerating it seven times with grinding, mercury > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.122](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.4.122) piṣṭatāṃ yāti sahasā gaganaṃ carati kṣaṇāt / \ trikṣāraṃ pañcalavaṇaṃ kāṅkṣī kāsīsaṭaṅkaṇam // > quickly reaches the state of an amalgam and instantly consumes mica. / \ / The three alkalis, the five salts, alum, green vitriol, borax, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.123](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.4.123) bhūkhagaṃ hemamākṣīkaṃ saurāṣṭrī vatsanābhakam / tuvarī vetasāmlaṃ ca sarvametatsamāṃśakam // > sal ammoniac, copper pyrites, Saurāṣṭrī clay, vatsanābha poison, / sour alum earth, and vetasāmla—all these in equal parts; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.124](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.4.124) tatsamāṃśaṃ tu dhānyābhraṃ dhānyāmlairmardayeddinam / arkakṣīraṃ bhṛṅgarājo meghanādaḥ punarnavā // > one should grind prepared mica with an equal part of this \[mixture\] in fermented sour gruel for one day. / The milk of arka, bhṛṅgarāja, meghanāda, punarnavā, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.125](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.4.125) mūlakaṃ citrakaṃ raṃbhā kākamācī śatāvarī / apāmārgastālamūlī vidārī taṇḍulī muniḥ // > radish, citraka, plantain, kākamācī, śatāvarī, / apāmārga, tālamūlī, vidārī, taṇḍulī, muni, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.126](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.4.126) mīnākṣī śigru bṛhatī kumārī yavaciñcikā / balā tumbī kuberākṣī vyoṣaṃ tumburupīlunī // > mīnākṣī, śigru, bṛhatī, kumārī, yavaciñcikā, / balā, tumbī, kuberākṣī, the three pungent spices, tumburu, pīlu, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.127](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.4.127) aṅkolaḥ phaṇivallī ca sarvametatsamāṃśakam / saṃpeṣya kalkayeddevi dhānyāmle taccaturguṇe // > aṅkola, and betel pepper—all of these in equal parts; / having ground them into a paste, O Goddess, in four times the amount of fermented sour gruel, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.128](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.4.128) drutaṃ nāgaṃ śataṃ vārānkṣipettasminpunaḥ punaḥ / kalkadraveṇa pūrvābhraṃ yāmaṃ saṃmardayeddṛḍham // > one should quench molten lead into it again and again a hundred times. / With the liquid paste, one should firmly grind the aforementioned mica for a watch of the day, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.129](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.4.129) kapotākhye puṭe pacyādevaṃ viṃśativārakam / tattulyaṃ gandhakaṃ dattvā pūrvoktairauṣadhadravaiḥ // > and cook it in a pigeon-puṭa thus twenty times. / Having added an equal amount of sulfur, with the juices of the aforementioned herbs, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.130](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.4.130) sastanyair bījapūrotthair dravair bhāvyaṃ trivāsaram / etadabhraṃ tu sūtasya cāraṇe paramaṃ hitam // > and with breast milk and the juices produced from citron, it should be macerated for three days. / This mica is supremely beneficial for assimilation by quicksilver. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.131](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.4.131) dvaṃdvitaṃ vyomasatvaṃ ca bījāni vividhāni ca / hemādisarvalohāni ratnāni vividhāni ca // > Paired mica essence, diverse seeds, / all metals beginning with gold, and various gemstones, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.132](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.4.132) dvaṃdvitaṃ vajrabījaṃ ca cāraṇāyāṃ vidhīyate / samastametatpūrvoktaprakāreṇaiva kārayet // > as well as paired diamond seed, are prescribed for assimilation. / One should prepare all of these in the very manner stated previously; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.133](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.4.133) tadā rasendraścarati tatsarvaṃ cāraṇocitaḥ / \ pātre tu kāsīsaṃ kāṃkṣī mākṣīkagandhakam // > then the lord of mercury, fit for assimilation, consumes all of that. / \ / In a vessel, green vitriol, alum, pyrites, sulfur, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.134](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.4.134) kṣāratrayaṃ pañcaloṇam amlayuktaṃ kṣaṇaṃ kṣipet / divyābhiṣekayogoktaṃ śatadhā ḍhālayedahim // > the three alkalis, and the five salts combined with sour liquid should be placed for a moment. / As taught in the divine quenching procedure, one should pour \[molten\] lead a hundred times \[into it\], > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.135](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.4.135) vaṅgaṃ vānena vastūni cāraṇārhāṇi bhāvayet / varī punarnavā raṃbhā gavākṣī yavaciñcikā // > or tin; with this, one should macerate the substances fit for assimilation. / Śatāvarī, punarnavā, plantain, gavākṣī, yavaciñcikā, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.136](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.4.136) śigrukā meghanādaśca rasaireṣāṃ vibhāvayet / vajrābhrakaṃ krameṇaiva saptāhaṃ suravandite // > śigru, and meghanāda—with the juices of these, one should thoroughly macerate / vajra mica successively for seven days, O Goddess worshiped by the gods. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.137](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.4.137) tadabhrakaṃ nāgavallyā koberyā śigrukasya vā / bāṇāṅkolabalāraṃbhāsphotānāṃ pīlukasya vā // > That mica, \[combined\] with \[the juice of\] betel pepper, kuberākṣī, or śigru, / or of bāṇa, aṅkola, balā, plantain, sphotā, or pīlu, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.138](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.4.138) alambuṣāhimarucāmusalītumburor api / athavā kharamañjaryāstiktaśākasya vā priye // > or of alambuṣā, camphor, musalī, or tumburu, / or of kharamañjarī, or bitter cucumber, O beloved, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.139](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.4.139) ekenaiṣāṃ rasenaiva vyoṣasarṣapasaṃyutam / svinnaṃ tridivasaṃ kuryāttasminṭaṅkaṇasaindhavam // > together with the three pungent spices and mustard, with the juice of just one of these / should be steamed for three days. Into that, having added borax, rock salt, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.140](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.4.140) kāsīsaṃ tuvarīṃ kṣiptvā pūrvābhiṣavayogataḥ / etadabhraṃ caretsūtaḥ samukho nirmukho'thavā // > green vitriol, and sour alum earth, by using the previous quenching procedure, / quicksilver—whether possessing a mouth or mouthless—will consume this mica. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.141](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.4.141) tadabhrakaprabhāvena golakaḥ siddhido bhavet / \ dhānyāmlairamlavargaiśca svedayedabhrakaṃ dinam // > By the power of that mica, a mercurial pellet becomes perfection-granting. / \ / One should steam mica for a day with fermented sour gruel and the group of sours; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.142](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.4.142) tataḥ snukkṣīrato mardyaṃ kapotākhye puṭe dahet / munitrayaṃ meghanādaṃ rambhākandaṃ ca mūlakam // > then it should be ground with spurge milk and incinerated in a pigeon-puṭa. / Agasti, meghanāda, plantain tuber, and radish, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.143](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.4.143) matsyākṣī śṛṅgiveraṃ ca kākamācī punarnavā / apāmārgas tv arūpūgaścaiteṣāṃ tu rasena ca // > matsyākṣī, ginger, kākamācī, punarnavā, / apāmārga, and betel nut—with the juice of these, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.144](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.4.144) ekaikena punardadyādekaikaṃ pūrvamabhrakam / ḍolāyantre snuhīkṣīrayuktamekadinaṃ pacet // > one by one, one should again treat each preceding portion of mica, / and cook it for one day combined with spurge milk in a swing apparatus. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.145](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.4.145) tataśchāyāgate śuṣke ghane'sminnavasārakam / nimbaṃ vacāṃ ca kāsīsaṃ caṇakāmlaṃ pṛthakpṛthak // > Then, when this mica has dried in the shade, one-sixteenth of the mica's weight / of sal ammoniac, neem, sweet flag, green vitriol, and sour chickpea liquid each > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.146](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.4.146) abhrasya ṣoḍaśāṃśaṃ ca nikṣipettāmrabhājane / gharṣayettaccaretsūto lohapātrasya yogataḥ // > should be placed into a copper vessel and rubbed; / by application in an iron vessel, quicksilver will consume that. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.147](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.4.147) \ dhānyābhraṃ mardayetsomavallītoyairdinaṃ dṛḍham / puṭedevaṃ tridhā paścāt somavallyā rasena ca // > \ / One should grind prepared mica firmly for a day with the juice of somavallī, / and then roast it in a puṭa three times; subsequently, with the juice of somavallī, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.148](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.4.148) bhāvayetsaptadhā devi rasaścarati tadghanam / \ sāranāle tu śatadhā niṣicya tamanena ca // > one should macerate it seven times, O Goddess; mercury consumes that mica. / \ / Having quenched it a hundred times in fermented rice water, and with that > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.149](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.4.149) śatadhā plāvayedabhraṃ tāmravāsanayā saha / khalalyāṃ taccaretsūto nātra kāryā vicāraṇā // > having washed the mica a hundred times along with a copper vessel, / quicksilver consumes it in a mortar; no doubt need be entertained here. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.150](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.4.150) \ cāraṇārthasya gandhasya bhāvanāṃ śṛṇu pārvati / saurāṣṭraṃ cājamodaṃ ca sarjīṃ sīsameva ca // > \ / Hear the maceration of sulfur for the purpose of assimilation, O Pārvatī: / Saurāṣṭrī clay, ajwain, natron, and lead > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.151](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.4.151) mardayecchigrutoyena gandhakaṃ tena bhāvayet / saptāhaṃ marditaṃ gandhaṃ cārayetpāradasya ca // > one should grind with the water of śigru, and macerate the sulfur with that. / Sulfur ground for seven days should be fed to mercury; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.152](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.4.152) rāgaṃ dhatte rasendrasya bījānāṃ pākajāraṇe / pakṣacchede rasendrasya śreṣṭhaḥ syāt sarvakarmaṇi // > it confers coloration to the lord of mercury, and in cooking and assimilating the seeds / \[and\] in clipping the wings of the lord of mercury, it is best in all operations. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.153](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.4.153) palāśapuṣpasvarasaiḥ śākavṛkṣacchadadravaiḥ / viṣṇukrāntādravairgandhaṃ bhāvayetsaptavāsaram // > With the fresh juices of palāśa flowers, the juice of teak leaves, / and the juices of viṣṇukrāntā, one should macerate sulfur for seven days. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.154](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.4.154) taṃ gandhaṃ cārayetsūte iṣṭakāyantrayogataḥ / \ athābhracāraṇe śreṣṭhā divyamūlīrvadāmi te // > One should cause quicksilver to consume that sulfur by means of the brick apparatus. / \ / Now I shall tell you the divine roots foremost in the assimilation of mica: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.155](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.4.155) vajrī raṃbhā haṃsapadī ciñcikā vyāghrapādikā / maṇḍūkī bṛhatī puṅkhā kumārī lāṅgalī tathā // > Vajrī, plantain, haṃsapadī, ciñcikā, vyāghrapādikā, / maṇḍūkī, bṛhatī, śarapuṅkhā, kumārī, and likewise lāṅgalī, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.156](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.4.156) sarpākṣī cāgnidhamanī śaṅkhapuṣpīndravāruṇī / ṣaṇḍajārī ca karkoṭī vikhyātā divyamūlikā // > sarpākṣī, agnidhamanī, śaṅkhapuṣpī, indravāruṇī, / ṣaṇḍajārī, and karkoṭī are well known as the divine roots. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.157](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.4.157) \ athātaścāraṇaṃ karma pravakṣyāmi samāsataḥ / dhānyābhrakaṃ drute gandhe samaṃ kṣiptvā niyojayet // > \ / Now, therefore, I will explain the procedure of assimilation in brief: / having melted sulfur, one should cast in an equal amount of prepared mica and combine them. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.158](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.4.158) khyāto gandhābhrayogo'yaṃ śreṣṭhaścāraṇakarmaṇi / samukhaṃ nirmukhaṃ vāpi pāradaṃ daśaniṣkakam // > This combination of sulfur and mica is famed as foremost in the operation of assimilation. / Ten niṣkas of mercury, whether possessing a mouth or mouthless, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.159](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.4.159) gandhābhrayoganiṣke dve piṣṭaṃ kuryādyathā tathā / taṃ piṣṭaṃ nāgapiṣṭyātha samayā pariveṣṭayet // > \[and\] two niṣkas of the sulfur-mica combination should be ground in whatever manner \[needed\] to form a paste. / Then one should encase that paste with an equal amount of lead paste; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.160](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.4.160) hemakarmaṇi vaṅgasya piṣṭyā rajatakarmaṇi / tāmrapiṣṭyā dehasiddhau veṣṭayetparameśvari // > with a paste of tin for the work of gold, with silver paste for the work of silver, / and with copper paste for perfection of the body, O supreme Goddess, one should encase it. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.161](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.4.161) tāṃ piṣṭiṃ vidrute gandhe vipaceddivasatrayam / tāṃ piṣṭiṃ dīpikāyantre pācayetpātayedadhaḥ // > One should cook that paste in molten sulfur for three days; / one should cook that paste in a lamp apparatus and cause it to descend below. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.162](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.4.162) taṃ rasaṃ pūrvavatpiṣṭiṃ kuryādveṣṭanavarjitām / tridinaṃ vidrute gandhe vipacetpātayedadhaḥ // > One should make that mercury into a paste as before, devoid of an encasement, / cook it for three days in molten sulfur, and cause it to descend below. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.163](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.4.163) taṃ rasaṃ taptakhalve tu catuḥṣaṣṭiguṇaṃ kṣipet / bhāgaikamabhiṣiktābhraṃ mardyaṃ divyauṣadhairdinam // > One should place sixty-four parts of that mercury into a heated mortar; / one part of quenched mica should be ground \[with it\] for a day with divine herbs. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.164](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.4.164) tatkṣipeccāraṇāyantre jambīrarasasaṃyute / tīvrātape dinaṃ sthāpyaṃ sūtaścarati tadghanam // > One should place that into an assimilation apparatus combined with lemon juice. > It should be kept in intense sunlight for a day; the quicksilver assimilates that mica. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.165](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.4.165) evaṃ punaḥ punargarbhapiṣṭīgrāsakramātmakam / pattrābhracāraṇaṃ proktamevaṃ satvābhracāraṇam // > Thus, repeatedly, consisting in the sequential process of swallowing the internal paste, > the assimilation of leaf mica is declared; likewise is the assimilation of mica essence. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.166](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.4.166) evaṃ kuryād yathāśakyaṃ cāraṇaṃ parameśvari / rase'bhraṃ cārayetpūrvaṃ catuḥṣaṣṭitamāṃśakam // > Thus one should perform assimilation according to capacity, O Supreme Lady. > First, one should cause the mercury to assimilate a sixty-fourth part of mica; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.167](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.4.167) dvātriṃśattamabhāgaṃ syāttadetatṣoḍaśāṃśakam / aṣṭamāṃśaṃ caturthāṃśaṃ dvitīyāṃśaṃ samaṃ kramāt // > it should be a thirty-second part, then a sixteenth part, > an eighth part, a fourth part, a half part, and an equal part in succession; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.168](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.4.168) dviguṇaṃ caturguṇaṃ cāṣṭaguṇaṃ ṣoḍaśakaṃ guṇam / dvātriṃśadguṇamevaṃ syātcatuḥṣaṣṭiguṇaṃ kramāt // > twice the amount, four times, eight times, sixteen times, > thirty-two times, and thus sixty-four times, progressively. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.169](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.4.169) pakṣacchedastvadoṣatvaṃ laghutā grāsayogyatā / mukhitāgnisahatvaṃ ca vyāpitvaṃ gatihīnatā // > Clipping of the wings, freedom from defects, lightness, suitability for swallowing, > formation of a mouth, endurance of fire, pervasiveness, freedom from loss, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.170](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.4.170) rasendrasyānavasthatvaṃ ca bhavedabhrakacāraṇāt / \ yasyāhamapi tuṣṭaḥ syāṃ tasya sūtendrajāraṇe // > and stability of the lord of mercury arise from the assimilation of mica. > \ > He with whom even I am pleased, in his mind there arises devotion > to the digestion of the lord of quicksilver, no doubt; digestion grants enjoyment and liberation. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.171](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.4.171) matirbhavenna sandeho jāraṇā bhuktimuktidā / durlabhā jāraṇā devi vinā bhāgyaṃ na labhyate // > Digestion is difficult to obtain, O goddess; it is not attained without good fortune. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.172](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.4.172) jāraṇā dvividhā bālajāraṇā vṛddhajāraṇā / \ gaganaṃ jārayetpūrvaṃ sarvasatvānyataḥ param // > Digestion is of two kinds: minor digestion and major digestion. > \ > One should first digest mica; after that, all essences, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.173](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.4.173) dvaṃdvāni sarvalohāni pakvabījāni bhairavi / padmarāgādiratnāni jārayecca yathākramam // > couples, all metals, and mature seeds, O Bhairavī; > and one should digest rubies and other gemstones in proper succession. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.174](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.4.174) \ jāraṇārhaṃ vyomasatvaṃ rasarājasya vakṣyate / dhānyābhrakaṃ ca vidhivanmārayedvajrasaṃjñakam // > \ > The essence of mica worthy of digestion for the king of mercury is now described. > One should properly incinerate dhānyābhraka called vajra. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.175](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.4.175) abhiṣekaṃ pūrvavat syāt tasmin tāpyaṃ daśāṃśakam / pañcamāhiṣagavyaśca mardayetkarṣasannibhāḥ // > There should be sprinkling as before; in it \[one adds\] a tenth part of copper pyrite > and the five products of the buffalo and cow, and should grind it \[into masses\] resembling a karṣa. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.176](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.4.176) kurvīta vaṭikāḥ koṣṭhīyantre satvaṃ vipātayet / satvasya ca caturthāṃśaṃ tāpye mūṣāgataṃ dhamet // > One should make pills and cause the essence to fall out in a koṣṭhī apparatus. > And one should blow a fourth part of the essence with copper pyrite placed in a crucible. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.177](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.4.177) evaṃ kṛtvā caturvāraṃ tatsatvaṃ rasajāraṇe / rasāyane ca bhaiṣajye śreṣṭhaṃ sakalakarmaṇi // > Having done this four times, that essence is supreme for digesting mercury, > for rejuvenation therapy, for medicine, and in every alchemical operation. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.178](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.4.178) \ mṛtābhraṃ taccaturthāṃśaṃ nāgaṃ tatpādamākṣikam / pañcabhirmāhiṣairgavyaiḥ pātayetsattvamujjvalam // > \ > Incinerated mica, one-fourth part of that of lead, one-fourth of that of copper pyrite: > with the five buffalo and bovine products, one should cause the brilliant essence to fall. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.179](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.4.179) tatsatvaṃ taccaturthāṃśaṃ mākṣikaṃ tatsamāṃ śilām / dhametpraliptamūṣāyāṃ satvaṃ syāddhemasannibham // > Taking that essence, a fourth part of copper pyrite, and an equal amount of realgar, > one should blow them in a smeared crucible; the essence will become like gold. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.180](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.4.180) evaṃ kuryāccaturvāraṃ tatsatvaṃ grasate rasaḥ / \ mṛtābhrakaṃ ṣoḍaśāṃśaṃ taccaturthāṃśakaṃ trapu // > One should do this four times; the mercury swallows that essence. > \ > Incinerated mica \[one part\], a sixteenth part of that of tin, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.181](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.4.181) tatsamaṃ tālakaṃ kṣiptvā pañcamāhiṣagavyataḥ / sattvaṃ nipātayettacca caturthaṃ haritālakam // > having added an equal amount of orpiment, from the five products of buffalo and cow > one should cause the essence to fall; and adding orpiment to that essence > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.182](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.4.182) kṣiptvā kṣiptvā caturvāraṃ tatsatvaṃ grasate rasaḥ / \ vajramūṣāgataṃ kṛtvā ghanasatvaṃ ca tatsamam // > a fourth part again and again four times, the mercury swallows that essence. > \ > Having placed mica essence in an adamantine crucible, and an equal amount of > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.183](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.4.183) kacaṃ ca ṭaṅkaṇaṃ kṣiptvā ruddhvā tīvrāgninā dhamet / tatkṣipedamlavargeṇa ciñcābījaṃ snuhīdalam // > glass and borax having been added, sealing it, one should blow it with intense fire. > One should throw that with the sour group, tamarind seeds, and snuhī leaves, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.184](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.4.184) piṣṭvā tasminpunastadvatkācaṭaṅkaṇayogataḥ / dhamedevaṃ saptavāraṃ secanaṃ ca punaḥ punaḥ // > having ground them; into that again, likewise with the combination of glass and borax, > one should blow it thus seven times, sprinkling it again and again. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.185](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.4.185) tadabhrasattvaṃ śubhraṃ syānmṛdu syāccāraṇoditam / \ rasendraṃ ṭaṅkaṇaṃ tāpyaṃ bhāgaikaikaṃ pṛthakpṛthak // > That mica essence becomes white, soft, and suitable for assimilation. > \ > Lord of mercury, borax, and copper pyrite, each one part separately; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.186](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.4.186) tribhāgaṃ śodhitaṃ nāgaṃ mṛtābhraṃ daśabhāgakam / yavakṣāraṃ ca dagdhorṇāṃ sarjakṣāraṃ ca guggulum // > three parts of purified lead, ten parts of incinerated mica, > barley ash, burnt wool, natron, and guggulu, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.187](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.4.187) ajāpañcāṅgasaṃyuktam amlamūtragaṇairyutam / mardayetpūrvavatsatvaṃ pātayenmṛdu nirmalam // > combined with the five parts of a goat, accompanied by the sour group and urines, > one should grind as before and extract a soft, pure essence. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.188](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.4.188) \ dvandvamelāpane mūṣālepaṃ vakṣyāmi pārvati // > \ > I will describe the crucible smear for fusing couples, O Pārvatī: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.189](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.4.189) meṣaśṛṅgaṃ khuraṃ guñjā ṭaṅkaṇaṃ ca viṣaṃ samam / sthūlabhekasya vasayā piṣṭvā mūṣāṃ pralepayet // > sheep's horn, hoof, guñjā, borax, and poison in equal parts, > having ground them with the fat of a large frog, one should smear the crucible. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.190](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.4.190) milanti sarvasatvāni mūṣāyāṃ cūrṇitāni ca / gugguluṃ dhātakīpuṣpaṃ guḍaṃ kṣāratrayaṃ samam // > All essences, reduced to powder, unite within the crucible. > Guggulu, dhātakī flowers, jaggery, and the three alkalis in equal parts: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.191](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.4.191) stanyaiḥ piṣṭvātha mūṣāyāṃ lepanaṃ dvandvamelanam / \ aśmabhedī lāṅgalī ca bhūlatā ca marīcakaḥ // > having ground them with human breast milk, the smear in the crucible brings about the fusion of couples. > \ > Aśmabhedī, lāṅgalī, earthworms, black pepper, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.192](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.4.192) kārpāsasya phalaṃ śakragopaścaitāṃśca mardayet / nārīstanyena tenaiva mūṣāmantaḥ pralepayet // > cotton fruit, and cochineal insects—one should grind these > with woman's breast milk, and with that smear the inside of the crucible. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.193](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.4.193) tasyāṃ milanti satvāni sarvāṇi ca mahārasāḥ / hemamukhyāni lohāni caṇḍāgnidhamanena ca // > In that \[crucible\] all essences and great minerals unite, > and the metals headed by gold, through blowing with fierce fire. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.194](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.4.194) \ cucundaryāśca piśitaṃ ṭaṅkaṇaṃ ca viṣaṃ samam / mardayitvā ca mūṣāntarlepayettatra nikṣipet // > \ > The flesh of a musk shrew, borax, and poison in equal parts, > having ground them, one should smear the inside of the crucible and throw therein > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.195](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.4.195) dvandvayogyaṃ tu yadyatsyāttatsarvaṃ dhamanānmilet / \ bhasmīkṛtamapāmārgaṃ kaṅguṇītailamarditam // > whatever is fit to be coupled; it all unites through blowing. > \ > Incinerated apāmārga ground with jyotiṣmatī oil: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.196](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.4.196) mūṣāyāṃ lepayettena dvandvadravyaṃ vinikṣipet / milettīvrāgnidhamanāttattanmārakavāpanāt // > with that one should smear the crucible, and introduce the pair of substances. > They unite through blowing with intense fire and by casting in their respective killers. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.197](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.4.197) \ ata eva pravakṣyāmi dvandvamelāpanaṃ śṛṇu / varṣābhūkadalīkandakākamācīpunarnavam // > \ > Therefore I shall proclaim the fusion of couples; listen! > Varṣābhū, banana rhizome, kākamācī, punarnavā, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.198](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.4.198) svarṇaṃ narakapālaṃ ca guñjā ṭaṅkaṇamabhrakam / satvaṃ mūṣāgataṃ dhmātaṃ hemābhraṃ milati kṣaṇāt // > gold, human skull, guñjā, borax, and mica > essence placed in a crucible and blown: gold and mica unite in an instant. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) _First 198 of 519 passages. 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