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# Anandakanda 1.5

Ānandakanda 1.5

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [1.5.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.5.1)

Āk, 1, 5  
\<viśeṣajāraṇākramaḥ\>  
śrībhairavī /  
sāmānyajāraṇā proktā tvayā pūrvaṃ sadāśiva /  
viśeṣajāraṇaṃ brūhi yathā jānāmyahaṃ prabho //

> Ānandakanda 1.5  
> \<The Procedure of Special Digestion\>  
> Glorious Bhairavī \[said\]:  
> Ordinary digestion was spoken of earlier by you, O Sadāśiva; / declare the special digestion, O Lord, so that I may understand it.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.5.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.5.2)

śrībhairavaḥ /  
śṛṇu devi vakṣyāmi bhūcarākhyaṃ tu jāraṇam /  
\<bhūcarī jāraṇā\>  
kṛṣṇaṃ pītaṃ tathā raktaṃ śulbe tīkṣṇe ca melayet //

> Glorious Bhairava \[said\]:  
> Listen, O goddess, I shall explain the digestion named 'earth-roaming.'  
> \<The Earth-Roaming Digestion\>  
> One should mix black, yellow, and red \[substances\] into copper and wrought iron.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.5.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.5.3)

śulbaṃ śuddhaṃ yadā jīrṇaṃ dvāviṃśatiguṇaṃ mate /  
gandhanāgaṃ tato'rdhaṃ tu krameṇaiva tu melayet //

> When pure copper is consumed to twenty-two measures, O wise lady, / one should then gradually mix in lead \[treated with\] sulphur to half of that.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.5.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.5.4)

hemnā tu saha dātavyaṃ sūtakaikena ṣoḍaśa /  
gandhanāgaṃ yadā jīrṇaṃ tadā baddho bhaved rasaḥ //

> Along with gold, sixteen parts \[must\] be given to one part of quicksilver; / when the sulphured lead is consumed, then mercury becomes bound.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.5.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.5.5)

hemni jīrṇe tato'rdhena mṛtalohena rañjayet /  
gandhakena hataṃ śulbaṃ mākṣikaṃ daradāyasam //

> When the gold is consumed, one should tint it with half as much incinerated metal: / copper killed with sulphur, pyrites, and cinnabar-treated iron.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.5.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.5.6)

puṭena mārayecchuddhaṃ hema dadyāttu ṣaḍguṇam /  
sūtake hemabījaṃ ca yadā jīrṇaṃ caturguṇam //

> One should kill it purely by incineration, and supply six times as much gold; / and when four times as much gold-seed is consumed in quicksilver,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.5.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.5.7)

baddharāgaṃ vijānīyāddhemābho jāyate rasaḥ /  
sāraṇāyantramadhyasthaṃ tenaiva saha sārayet //

> one should know it to have bound its color, and mercury becomes resembling gold in luster. / Placed in the middle of a migration apparatus, one should cause it to migrate along with that very \[seed\].  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.5.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.5.8)

tribhāgaṃ sāritaṃ kṛtvā punastatraiva jārayet /  
jāritaḥ sāritaścaiva punarjāritasāritaḥ //

> Having caused three parts to migrate, one should digest it again right there; / digested and made to migrate, and again digested and made to migrate,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.5.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.5.9)

saptaśṛṅkhalikāyogāt koṭivedhī bhavedrasaḥ /  
bhūcarī jāraṇā proktā khecarīṃ jāraṇāṃ śṛṇu //

> through the application of seven successive cycles, mercury becomes able to penetrate ten million \[parts\]. / The earth-roaming digestion has been explained; hear now the sky-roaming digestion.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.5.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.5.10)

\<khecarī jāraṇā\>  
hīnarāgāni ratnāni rasocchiṣṭāni kārayet /  
kaṭutuṃbasya bījāni tasyārdhena tu dāpayet //

> \<The Sky-Roaming Digestion\>  
> One should make gemstones that have lost their color into mercury's leavings; / one should then give bitter-gourd seeds to half of its measure.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.5.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.5.11)

mahājārasamāyuktaṃ kalkaṃ kuryād vicakṣaṇaḥ /  
vajramūṣāmukhe caiva tanmadhye sthāpayed rasam //

> The wise practitioner should make a paste mixed with mahājāra; / and he should place the mercury in the mouth of a vajra crucible, right at its center.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.5.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.5.12)

katakaṃ kanakaṃ caivam ekīkṛtya vimardayet /  
padmarāgapralepaṃ tu rase grāsaṃ tu dāpayet //

> Having united clearing-nut and gold in this manner, he should grind them; / he should apply an ointment of ruby, and give it as a swallow into mercury.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.5.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.5.13)

bhakṣitavyaṃ prayatnena natvā ca gurudevayoḥ /  
sarvasiddhān namaskṛtya devatāśca viśeṣataḥ //

> It should be consumed with diligence after bowing to the Guru and God, / having paid homage to all the Siddhas, and especially to the deities.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.5.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.5.14)

mūrcchāṅgadāhaśca tato jāyate nātra saṃśayaḥ /  
ātmānamutthitaṃ paśyed divyadeho mahābalaḥ //

> Swooning and a burning sensation in the limbs arise from that, without doubt; / \[then\] he sees himself risen, possessed of a divine body and great strength.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.5.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.5.15)

śaṅkhakāhalanirghoṣaiḥ siddhavidyādharaiḥ saha /  
icchayā vicarellokān kāmarūpī vimānagaḥ //

> With the sounding of conches and kähala drums, together with Siddhas and Vidyādharas, / he moves at will through the worlds, able to change forms at wish, traveling in a celestial vehicle.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.5.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.5.16)

devā vai yatra līyante siddhastatraiva līyate /  
\<anyo jāraṇāprakāraḥ\>  
punaranyaṃ pravakṣyāmi jāraṇāyogam uttamam //

> Where the gods dissolve, right there the Siddha dissolves.  
> \<Another Method of Digestion\>  
> I shall describe yet another excellent formulation for digestion.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.5.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.5.17)

sughṛṣṭaṃ pātitaṃ sūtaṃ sarvadoṣojjhitaṃ tataḥ /  
śākapallavasāreṇa viṣṇukrāntārasena ca //

> Quicksilver that has been well rubbed and distilled, freed from all defects, / is then treated with the sap of vegetable shoots, with the juice of viṣṇukrāntā,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.5.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.5.18)

pālāśapuṣpatoyena bhāvitaṃ gandhakaṃ samam /  
samaṃ kṛṣṇābhrasatvaṃ ca rasakaṃ cāṣṭakaṃ guṇam //

> and macerated with an equal amount of sulphur and water of palāśa flowers; / and \[one should take\] an equal part of black mica essence, and eight parts of calamine.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.5.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.5.19)

tīkṣṇaśulboragaṃ caiva kūrmayantreṇa jārayet /  
kāñcanaṃ jārayet paścād biḍayogena pārvati //

> One should digest wrought iron, copper, and lead by means of the tortoise apparatus; / afterwards, O Pārvatī, one should digest gold by using biḍa.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.5.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.5.20)

tataḥ siddhaṃ vijānīyād dvaidhaṃ śulvasya dāpayet /  
karmasaṃkhyāpramāṇena nāgo bhavati kāñcanam //

> Then one should know it to be perfected, and give two shares of copper; / according to the measure of the procedures, lead turns into gold.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.5.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.5.21)

ataḥ paraṃ pravakṣyāmi jāraṇākramam uttamam /  
bījacūrṇāni tailena bhāvayitvā punaḥ punaḥ //

> Hereafter I shall explain the supreme sequence of digestion. / Having repeatedly macerated the powders of the seed with oil,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.5.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.5.22)

ṣoḍaśāṃśena taṃ grāsamaṅgulyā mardayecchanaiḥ /  
ārdrakādi tato yogād dātavyaṃ ṣoḍaśāṃśataḥ //

> one should slowly rub that swallow of a sixteenth part with a finger; / then, in an oily mixture of ginger and other ingredients, it is to be given at a sixteenth part.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.5.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.5.23)

bhūrje dattvā tato deyaṃ ḍolāyantre vinikṣipet /  
ahorātreṇa tadbījaṃ sūtako grasati priye //

> Having placed it on birch bark, it should then be administered and thrown into a swing apparatus; / in a day and a night, quicksilver swallows that seed, O beloved.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.5.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.5.24)

samuddhṛtya rasaṃ devi khalve saṃmardayet tataḥ /  
tato yantre vinikṣipya divārātraṃ dṛḍhāgninā //

> Having taken out the mercury, O goddess, one should then grind it thoroughly in a mortar; / then, casting it into an apparatus, \[heated\] for a day and night by a fierce fire,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.5.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.5.25)

taptaṃ samuddhṛtaṃ yantrāt taptakhalve vimardayet /  
mardayitvārdrake piṇḍe kṣiptvātha tripuṭaṃ dahet //

> heated and extracted from the apparatus, one should grind it in a heated mortar; / having ground it, cast it into a bolus of ginger, and then burn it in three incinerations.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.5.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.5.26)

tato garbhe patatyāśu jarate tatsukhena tu /  
ḍolāyantre tato dadyād ārdrapiṇḍena saṃyutam //

> Then it quickly falls into the core and digests easily; / then one should place it in a swing apparatus together with a moist bolus.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.5.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.5.27)

tṛtīyadivase sūto jarate grasate tataḥ /  
samajīrṇaṃ tato yāvat ḍolāyantre vicakṣaṇaḥ //

> On the third day, quicksilver digests and then swallows; / the wise practitioner \[keeps it\] in the swing apparatus until an equal amount is consumed.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.5.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.5.28)

paścātkacchapayantreṇa samajīrṇaṃ tu pārvati /  
tāmrāṃśadvādaśāṃśena kacchapena tu jārayet //

> Afterwards, by means of the tortoise apparatus, when an equal amount is digested, O Pārvatī, / one should digest it with the tortoise apparatus with a twelfth part of copper.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.5.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.5.29)

prāgvad ārdrakayogaṃ ca garbhadrāvaṇam eva ca /  
paścāt taṃ devi nikṣipya puṭaṃ dadyād vicakṣaṇaḥ //

> Just as before, \[one uses\] the ginger preparation and internal melting; / afterwards, casting it in, O goddess, the wise practitioner should apply incineration.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.5.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.5.30)

aṣṭāṃśena tato grāsaṃ garbhadrāvaṃ ca pūrvavat /  
kandodare sūraṇasya taṃ vinikṣipya sūtakam //

> Then \[give\] a swallow of an eighth part, and internal melting as before; / having placed that quicksilver into the hollow of an elephant foot yam bulb,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.5.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.5.31)

puṭayedvārtikastāvat yāvat kando na dahyate /  
pādāṃśena tu mūṣāyāṃ grāsaḥ sūte vidhīyate //

> the alchemist should incinerate it until the bulb is not burnt away; / a swallow of a quarter part is prescribed for quicksilver in a crucible.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.5.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.5.32)

pūrvavacca biḍaṃ dadyādgarbhadrāvaṇameva ca /  
evaṃ caturguṇe jīrṇe sūtako balavān bhavet //

> And as before, one should supply biḍa and internal liquefaction; / when four times its measure is digested in this way, quicksilver becomes potent.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.5.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.5.33)

tataḥ śalākayā grāsamagnistho grasate rasaḥ /  
tato ratnāni jāryāṇi vakṣyamāṇakrameṇa tu //

> Then, situated over fire, mercury swallows the morsel by means of an iron probe; / then gemstones are to be digested according to the order to be described:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.5.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.5.34)

abhrakaṃ bhrāmakaṃ caiva śaṅkhanābhiṃ tathaiva ca /  
rasānuparasāndattvā mahājārasamanvitam //

> Mica, magnetite, and spiral conch, / having supplied mercurials and secondary minerals, accompanied by mahājāra,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.5.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.5.35)

vajrakandalatāṃ brāhmīmeṣaśṛṅgyamṛtāyasam /  
kaṭutumbasya bījāni mṛtalohāni pācayet //

> vajrakanda creeper, brāhmī, meṣaśṛṅgī, amṛtā, iron, / bitter-gourd seeds, and incinerated metals—one should cook \[these\].  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.5.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.5.36)

sarvāṇi samabhāgāni śikhiśoṇitamarditam /  
tāvattaṃ mardayetprājño yāvatkarma dṛḍhaṃ bhavet //

> All \[ingredients\] in equal shares, ground with peacock blood; / the wise man should grind it until the mixture becomes firm.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.5.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.5.37)

mūṣā mallākṛtiścaiva kartavyācchādanaiḥ saha /  
tanmadhye sthāpayetsūtamadhovātena dhāmayet //

> A crucible shaped like a shallow earthen bowl should be made, along with covers; / one should place the quicksilver inside it and blow with downward air.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.5.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.5.38)

ādau tāvatprakartavyaṃ vajramauṣadhalepitam /  
gṛhyate nātra sandeho yathā tīvrahutāśane //

> First of all, diamond smeared with medicinal paste must be prepared; / it is seized, there is no doubt here, just as in a fierce fire.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.5.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.5.39)

kuliśādi bhaved dagdhaṃ karīṣā tena mardayet /  
yāvadekādaśaguṇaṃ kuliśaṃ jārayedbudhaḥ //

> Diamond and other gems should be calcined. He should grind it with dried dung, / until the wise practitioner consumes diamond elevenfold \[into it\].  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.5.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.5.40)

saṃdagdhā śaṅkhanābhiśca mātuluṅgarasaplutā /  
muktāphalaṃ tato deyaṃ vajrajīrṇe tu sūtake //

> A conch-navel calcined and immersed in citron juice, / and then a pearl should be given when the diamond is consumed into the quicksilver.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.5.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.5.41)

anena kramayogena hyekādaśaguṇaṃ bhavet /  
kevalaṃ śikhipittaṃ ca nīlīniryāsamiśritam //

> By this orderly procedure, it becomes elevenfold indeed. / Pure peacock bile mixed with indigo extract,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.5.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.5.42)

nīlotpalāni liptāni nikṣiptāni tu sūtake /  
rasaḥ pibenmahārāgān hīnarāgān parityajet //

> smeared onto blue lotuses, should be cast into the quicksilver. / Mercury drinks great dyes; it should discard inferior dyes.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.5.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.5.43)

ratnāni śikhipittaṃ ca mahāratnasamanvitam /  
sadratnaṃ lepayet tena prakṣiped rasamadhyataḥ //

> With gems and peacock bile combined with the great jewels, / one should coat noble gems, and cast them into the midst of the mercury.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.5.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.5.44)

rajanī caiva kaṅkuṣṭhaṃ brahmaniryāsabhāvitam /  
jāraṇaṃ puṣparāgasya tenaiva saha dāpayet //

> Turmeric and indeed kaṅkuṣṭha impregnated with the juice of palāśa: / with that very mixture he should administer the digestion of topaz.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.5.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.5.45)

bahuratneṣu jīrṇeṣu bhṛṅgarājeṣu suvrate /  
rasendro dṛśyatāṃ devi nīlapītāruṇacchaviḥ //

> When many gems are digested, and bhṛṅgarāja \[juices\], O woman of noble vows, / let the lord of mercury appear, O goddess, with a blue, yellow, and reddish hue.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.5.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.5.46)

\<dhūmavedhīrasaḥ\>  
śuddhāni hemapatrāṇi śatāṃśenānulepayet /  
puṭena mārayedetadindragopanibhaṃ bhavet //

> \<Smoke-transmuting mercury\>  
> One should smear pure gold leaves with a hundredth part \[of that mercury\]; / he should kill this by roasting until it resembles a cochineal insect.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.5.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.5.47)

saṃsparśād vedhayet sarvam idaṃ hema mṛtaṃ priye /  
tribhāgaṃ sūtakendrasya teneva saha kārayet //

> By mere touch, this dead gold transfigures everything, O beloved. / He should combine three parts of the king of quicksilver with that very \[gold\].  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.5.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.5.48)

mūṣāmadhye sthite tasmin punastenaiva jārayet /  
dhūmavedhī bhaveddevi punaḥ punaḥ prasāritaḥ //

> While resting inside a crucible, he should digest \[it\] again with that very \[agent\]; / it becomes smoke-transmuting, O goddess, when processed again and again.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.5.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.5.49)

anena kramayogena yadi jīrṇā triśṛṅkhalā /  
vedhayennātra sandeho giripāṣāṇabhūtalam //

> If the triple chain is digested according to this sequential method, / it will transfigure mountains, stones, and the earth without a doubt.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.5.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.5.50)

pārśve jyotiḥ pradṛśyeta ūrdhvaṃ dṛśyeta tena vai /  
bhūcaraṃ taṃ vijānīyād rasendraṃ nātra saṃśayaḥ //

> Light will appear on the sides, and light will indeed appear above it; / one should recognize that lord of mercury as earth-wandering, without any doubt.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.5.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.5.51)

tenāśrāntagatir devi yojanānāṃ śataṃ vrajet /  
divyatejā mahākāyo divyadṛṣṭir mahābalaḥ //

> Through that, O goddess, moving unwearied, one can walk a hundred leagues, / possessing divine radiance, a massive body, divine vision, and great strength.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.5.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.5.52)

sarvarogavinirmukto jīveccandrārkatārakam /  
tasya mūtrapurīṣaṃ tu sarvalohāni vidhyati //

> Freed from all diseases, he lives as long as the moon, sun, and stars; / his urine and feces transfigure all base metals.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.5.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.5.53)

\<anye vedhaprakārāḥ\>  
samajīrṇena vajreṇa hemnā ca sahitena ca /  
agnistho jārayellohān bandham āyāti sūtakaḥ //

> \<Other modes of transmutation\>  
> With an equal amount of digested diamond, and accompanied by gold, / placed in fire, one should digest metals; the quicksilver attains fixation.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.5.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.5.54)

sārayettena bījena sahasramapi vedhayet /  
sāritaṃ jārayetpaścāt lepyaṃ kṣepyaṃ sahasrataḥ //

> He should transmute with that seed, transmuting even a thousandfold. / Then he should digest what has been transmuted: smeared or projected by the thousands,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.5.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.5.55)

sārayettena bījena lakṣavedham avāpnuyāt /  
anena kramayogena koṭivedhī bhavedrasaḥ //

> he should transmute with that seed, and attain transmutation hundred-thousandfold. / By this sequential method, mercury becomes capable of transmuting ten-millionfold.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.5.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.5.56)

kevalaṃ tu yadā vajraṃ samajīrṇaṃ tu kārayet /  
baddhaḥ sūtastadā jñeyo niṣkampo nirupadravaḥ //

> When diamond alone is digested in equal measure, / quicksilver is then known to be fixed, motionless, and free from afflictions.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.5.57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.5.57)

agnistho jāyate sūtaḥ śalākāṃ grasate kṣaṇāt /  
haṭhāgninā dhāmyamāno grasate sarvamādarāt //

> The quicksilver stands in the fire and devours an iron rod in an instant; / blown with a violent fire, it devours everything eagerly.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.5.58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.5.58)

grasate jarate sūtam āyurdravyapradāyakaḥ /  
mūṣāsthaṃ dhamayet sūtaṃ haṭhāgnau naiva kampayet //

> Devouring and digesting, the quicksilver bestows longevity and wealth. / One should blow the quicksilver residing in a crucible; it will not waver at all in a violent fire.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.5.59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.5.59)

jārayet sarvaratnāni baddhaḥ khecaratāṃ nayet /  
aṣṭalohe 'ṣṭaguṇite jīrṇe syādrasabandhanam //

> One should digest all gems; fixed, it leads to aerial locomotion. / When the eight metals are consumed eightfold, the fixation of mercury occurs.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.5.60](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.5.60)

lohāni sarvāṃstriguṇaṃ triguṇaṃ kanakaṃ tathā /  
dhūmāvaloke vedhī syāt bhavennirvāṇado'mbaraḥ //

> All metals threefold, and gold threefold likewise: / upon merely seeing its smoke, it transfigures; the sky-like \[mercury\] bestows liberation.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.5.61](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.5.61)

ādāvaṣṭaguṇaṃ jāryaṃ vyomasattvaṃ mahārase /  
samaṃ hemadaśāṃśena vajraratnāni jārayet //

> First, eightfold mica essence should be digested into the great mercury; / with a tenth of the gold, he should digest diamonds and gems equally.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.5.62](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.5.62)

samaṃ ca jārayed vajraṃ tadāsau khecaro rasaḥ /  
krame pradakṣiṇāvartaḥ koṭivedhī ca jāyate //

> And when he digests an equal amount of diamond, then that mercury moves through the sky; / in due course, turning to the right, it becomes a transmuter of ten millions.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.5.63](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.5.63)

\<jīrṇadravyamānabhedādvedhe viśeṣaḥ\>  
same tu pannage jīrṇe daśavedhī bhavedrasaḥ /  
dviguṇe śatavedhī syāt sahasraṃ triguṇe bhavet //

> \<Special results of transmutation according to amounts of digested substance\>  
> When lead is digested in an equal amount, mercury becomes a tenfold transmuter; / at double, it becomes a hundredfold transmuter; at threefold, a thousandfold.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.5.64](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.5.64)

caturguṇe'yutaṃ devi krameṇānena vardhayet /  
uttarottaravṛddhyā tu jārayet tatra pannagam //

> At fourfold, ten-thousandfold, O goddess; one should increase it in this order; / one should digest lead therein by successive increases.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.5.65](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.5.65)

kuṭilaṃ pannagaṃ jāryaṃ navasaṃkhyākrameṇa tu /  
dattvā krameṇa deveśi koṭivedhī bhavedrasaḥ //

> Crooked lead should be digested in increments of the number nine; / administering it in sequence, O mistress of gods, mercury becomes a ten-millionfold transmuter.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.5.66](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.5.66)

gandhakādimapāṣāṇe ṣaḍguṇe jīrṇatāṃ gate /  
rogahartā rasaḥ syāttu samukhe tavadā bhavet //

> When stone beginning with sulfur has attained sixfold digestion, / the mercury becomes a destroyer of diseases; then it has an open mouth.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.5.67](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.5.67)

tasmin śataguṇe jīrṇe rugjarāmṛtyuhā bhavet /  
abhrakādimapāṣāṇasattvānyātmasamaṃ grasan //

> When that is digested a hundredfold, it destroys sickness, senescence, and death; / devouring essences of stones beginning with mica equal to itself,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.5.68](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.5.68)

rugjarā maraṇaṃ jitvā śatavedhī raso bhavet /  
śatāyurdviguṇe jīrṇe sūtaḥ sāhasravedhakaḥ //

> overcoming sickness, senescence, and death, mercury becomes a hundredfold transmuter. / When digested twofold, quicksilver grants a lifespan of a hundred years and transfigures a thousandfold.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.5.69](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.5.69)

caturguṇe sahasrāyuḥ pārado 'yutavedhakaḥ /  
rasaścāṣṭaguṇe jīrṇe lakṣāyur lakṣavedhakaḥ //

> At fourfold, it grants a lifespan of a thousand years and is a ten-thousandfold transmuter. / Mercury, when digested eightfold, grants a lifespan of a hundred thousand years and transfigures a hundred-thousandfold.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.5.70](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.5.70)

brahmāyuḥ ṣoḍaśaguṇe koṭivedhī bhaved rasaḥ /  
dvātriṃśadguṇite jīrṇe khecaratvādisiddhidaḥ //

> At sixteenfold, mercury grants the lifespan of Brahmā and transfigures ten-millionfold. / When digested thirty-two-fold, it bestows alchemical perfections such as aerial locomotion.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.5.71](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.5.71)

viṣṇor āyurbalaṃ datte pāradaḥ sparśavedhakaḥ /  
catuḥṣaṣṭiguṇe jīrṇe śivāyuḥ śabdavedhakaḥ //

> It bestows the lifespan and strength of Viṣṇu, and quicksilver transfigures by touch; / when digested sixty-four-fold, it grants the lifespan of Śiva and transfigures by sound.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.5.72](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.5.72)

\<ṣaḍguṇābhrakajāraṇena sarvadoṣanāśaḥ\>  
rasasya sarvadoṣāstu ṣaḍguṇenābhrakeṇa tu /  
jīrṇena nāśam āyānti nātra kāryā vicāraṇā //

> \<Destruction of all defects by digesting sixfold mica\>  
> All defects of mercury, by means of mica that is digested / sixfold, reach destruction; no deliberation should be made here.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.5.73](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.5.73)

tadā grasati lohāni tyajecca gatim ātmanaḥ /  
\<pañcāvasthā\>  
dhūmaściṭiciṭiścaiva maṇḍūkaplutireva ca //

> Then it devours metals and abandons its own loss.  
> \<The five states\>  
> Smoking, crackling, and frog-hopping,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.5.74](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.5.74)

sakampaśca vikampaśca pañcāvasthā rasasya tu /  
samajīrṇo bhavedbālo yauvanasthaścaturguṇaḥ //

> trembling, and violently shaking are the five states of mercury. / Digested equally, it is a child; digested fourfold, it is in its youth;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.5.75](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.5.75)

vṛddhaḥ ṣaḍguṇajīrṇastu sarvakarmakaraḥ śubhaḥ /  
\<jāraṇe kramaḥ\>  
gandhakaṃ jārayedādau sarvasattvānyataḥ param //

> digested sixfold, it is aged, auspicious, and capable of all operations.  
> \<Sequence of digestion\>  
> First, one should digest sulfur; after that, all essences;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.5.76](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.5.76)

tataḥ sarvāṇi lohāni dvandvāni vividhāni ca /  
pakvabījāni ratnāni drutisattve ca jārayet //

> then all metals, both pairs and diverse kinds; / one should digest calcinated seeds and jewels into the liquid essence.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.5.77](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.5.77)

catuḥṣaṣṭyaṃśake pūrvaṃ dvātriṃśāṃśe tṛtīyakaḥ /  
tṛtīyaḥ ṣoḍaśāṃśe tu caturthaścāṣṭamena ca //

> First a sixty-fourth part, a thirty-second part \[for the second\], / the third in a sixteenth part, and the fourth in an eighth,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.5.78](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.5.78)

pañcamo'tha caturthāṃśe ṣaṣṭho dvyaṃśe prakīrtitaḥ /  
śatāṃśe saptamo jñeyo grāsamānaṃ rasasya tu //

> and the fifth in a fourth part, the sixth is declared in a half part; / the seventh should be known in a hundredth part: \[such is\] the measure of a morsel for mercury.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.5.79](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.5.79)

\<grāsamānabhedena svarūpabhedaḥ\>  
catuḥṣaṣṭyaṃśake grāse daṇḍadhārī bhaved rasaḥ /  
jalūkābho dvitīye tu grāsayoge sureśvari //

> \<Differences in appearance according to differences in morsel size\>  
> At a morsel of a sixty-fourth part, the mercury becomes rod-holding; / at the second application of a morsel, O mistress of gods, it resembles a leech;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.5.80](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.5.80)

grāse rasāt tṛtīye ca kākaviṣṭhāsamo bhavet /  
caturtho golakākāraḥ pañcame dahanaprabhaḥ //

> at the third morsel of mercury, it resembles crow dung; / the fourth is shaped like a ball; at the fifth, it has the luster of fire;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.5.81](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.5.81)

ṣaṣṭhe sūryaprabhaḥ sūtastejaḥpuñjaśca saptame /  
rasarājasya deveśi kramājjīrṇasya lakṣaṇam //

> at the sixth, quicksilver shines like the sun; and at the seventh, it is a mass of brilliance. / Such, O mistress of the gods, is the sign of the king of mercury progressively digested.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.5.82](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.5.82)

samāṃśaṃ dviguṇaṃ grāsaṃ tataḥ sūte caturguṇam /  
tathā cāṣṭaguṇaṃ devi jārayecca kalāguṇam //

> An equal portion, a double morsel, then fourfold in quicksilver, / and likewise eightfold, O goddess, and one should digest sixteenfold;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.5.83](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.5.83)

dvātriṃśadguṇitaṃ devi catuḥṣaṣṭiguṇaṃ kramāt /  
\<saṃskārair jāyamānā guṇāḥ\>  
tīvratvaṃ janayet svedād amalatvaṃ ca mardanāt //

> thirty-two-fold, O goddess, and sixty-four-fold in sequence.  
> \<Qualities produced by the refinement processes\>  
> One should produce sharpness through steaming, and purity through grinding;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.5.84](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.5.84)

mūrchanād doṣarāhityam utthānāt pūtināśanam /  
rasāyanaṃ pātanena rodhādāpyāyanaṃ bhavet //

> freedom from defects through swooning, and destruction of fetor through revival; / rejuvenation therapy comes through distillation, and replenishment through restraint.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.5.85](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.5.85)

acāpalyaṃ niyamanād dīpanātsamukho jvalet /  
vāsanād yogasāṃgatyaṃ cāraṇādbalacāritā //

> Steadiness results from restraining; through rekindling it blazes with an eager mouth;  
> association in compounds comes from fumigation; swift potency comes from feeding minerals.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.5.86](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.5.86)

jāraṇādbandhanaṃ samyagekatvaṃ drāvaṇadvayāt /  
raktatvaṃ rañjanāt tasya vyāpitvaṃ sāraṇātrayāt //

> Firm fixation comes from digesting; oneness from the two dissolutions;  
> redness from dyeing it; and pervasiveness from the three operations of running.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.5.87](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.5.87)

krāmitvaṃ krāmaṇād dehaloheṣvapi ca vedhanāt //

> Penetrating power comes from transmutational infusion, and also through projection upon bodies and base metals.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

## Translations (1)

- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda~en-mt.1.5.1) — English, machine translation

## Linked texts (3)

- [Rasārṇava](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.rasarnava.11.90) — Sanskrit
- [Śivatattvaratnākara](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.rajadharma.sivatattvaratnakara.77.178) — Basappa Nāyaka 1684, Sanskrit
- [Śivattvaratnākara](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.pasu.sivattvaratnakara.77.178) — Basava, Sanskrit

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