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# Anandakanda 1.6

Ānandakanda 1.6

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [1.6.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.6.1)

Āk, 1, 6  
\<dehavedhakramaḥ\>  
praṇamya śirasā śambhuṃ papraccha girijātmajā /  
śrībhairavī /  
dehavedhastvayā pūrvaṃ saṃkṣepāt kathitaḥ prabho //

> Ānandakanda, 1.6  
> \<The procedure for bodily projection\>  
> Bowing with her head to Śambhu, the mountain's daughter asked:  
> Śrī Bhairavī \[spoke\]:  
> O Lord, bodily projection was earlier spoken of by you in brief.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.6.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.6.2)

taṃ dehavedham ācakṣva samyak jānāmyahaṃ yathā /  
śrībhairavaḥ /  
devi pravakṣyāmi devānāmapi durlabham //

> Explain that bodily projection so that I may understand it completely.  
> Śrī Bhairava \[spoke\]:  
> O Goddess, I shall describe what is difficult to attain even for the gods,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.6.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.6.3)

yogināṃ bhogayuktānāṃ dehavedhaṃ sureśvari /  
pācanādi prakurvīta pañcakarmavidhānataḥ //

> bodily projection for yogins endued with enjoyment, O mistress of the gods.  
> One should perform digestive cooking and the rest, according to the rule of the five therapies.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.6.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.6.4)

\<pañcakarmāṇi; 1. pācanam\>  
lavaṇādisamutkliṣṭān doṣān saṃśodhayet kramāt /  
tato jīrṇarasaṃ cādyāt kramād evaṃ sureśvari //

> \<The five therapies; 1. Digestive cooking\>  
> One should gradually purify the humors aggravated by salt and the like;  
> then one should ingest digested mercury gradually, like this, O mistress of the gods.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.6.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.6.5)

laghvāhāro divā bhūtvā kṣudrādhānyākanāgaram /  
etattrayaṃ palonmeyam udakeṣvavaloḍayet //

> Taking light food during the day, \[one takes\] kṣudrā, coriander, and dry ginger;  
> one should stir these three, measured at one pala each, into water.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.6.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.6.6)

aṣṭāvaśiṣṭaṃ saṃkvāthya pratirātraṃ pibettryaham /  
anantaraṃ varākvāthaṃ pūrvavat tridinaṃ pibet //

> Boiling it down until an eighth remains, one should drink it every night for three days;  
> thereafter, one should drink a decoction of the three myrobalans for three days, as before.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.6.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.6.7)

iti pācanam ātanyād atha snehanam ācaret /  
\<2. snehanam\>  
ghṛtaudanaṃ chāgarasaṃ divā bhuñjīta mātrayā //

> Thus one should carry out digestive cooking. Now one should perform oleation.  
> \<2. Oleation\>  
> During the day, one should eat ghee-cooked rice with goat broth in proper measure.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.6.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.6.8)

ājyānnaṃ vā mudgarasaṃ laghvāśī syāddine sudhīḥ /  
rātrau pibedghṛtaṃ gavyaṃ saindhavena samanvitam //

> Or, the intelligent person, eating lightly during the day, may have food with ghee or mung-bean broth;  
> at night he should drink cow's ghee mixed with rock salt:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.6.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.6.9)

niṣkamekaṃ saindhavaṃ ca ghṛtaṃ niṣkacatuṣṭayam /  
bhṛṅgāmalakatailena sarvāṅgam abhiṣecayet //

> one niṣka of rock salt and four niṣkas of ghee.  
> One should besprinkle all the limbs with oil of bhṛṅgarāja and myrobalan.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.6.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.6.10)

evaṃ saptadinaṃ kuryāt snehanaṃ paramaṃ hitam /  
\<3. svedanam\>  
matsyamāṃsaṃ māṣatilayavajāmalasaktavaḥ //

> Thus for seven days one should perform oleation, which is exceedingly beneficial.  
> \<3. Sudation\>  
> Fish, meat, black gram, sesame, barley-derived pure flour-mash,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.6.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.6.11)

sarvam etad bhavet prastham ekāṣṭhīlāgarūbalā /  
rāsnā vyāghrī ghanāpatraṃ kauśikātiviṣā niśā //

> all this should measure one prastha. Ekāṣṭhīlā, agarwood, balā,  
> rāsnā, vyāghrī, nutgrass, cinnamon leaf, guggulu, ativiṣā, turmeric—  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.6.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.6.12)

sarvametaddvayapalaṃ takrakṣīrāmbukāṃjikam /  
dvyāḍhake nikṣipet sarvaṃ mṛtpātre kvāthayet sudhīḥ //

> all these in a measure of two palas. One should cast all of it into two āḍhakas  
> of buttermilk, milk, water, and fermented gruel, and the intelligent person should boil it in an earthen pot.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.6.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.6.13)

kuryāt tasyoṣmaṇā gātraṃ svinnaṃ dvighaṭikāvadhi /  
evaṃ saptadinaṃ kuryāt svedanaṃ paramaṃ hitam //

> By its steam one should make the body sweat for a duration of two ghaṭikās.  
> Thus for seven days one should perform sudation, which is exceedingly beneficial.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.6.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.6.14)

\<4 vamanam\>  
madanasya phalaṃ caikaṃ pāṭhā ṣoḍaśikaṃ jalam /  
pādāvaśiṣṭaṃ saṃkvāthya tajjale vastraśodhite //

> \<4. Emesis\>  
> One madana fruit, pāṭhā, and sixteen \[palas\] of water;  
> boiling it down until a quarter remains, in that water filtered through cloth,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.6.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.6.15)

pippalīndrayavā yaṣṭilavaṇaṃ karṣamātrakam /  
nikṣipecca pibet prātar vāntiḥ syāt sarvarogahā //

> one should add pippalī, indrayava, liquorice, and salt, just one karṣa \[each\],  
> and drink it in the morning; vomiting will ensue, curing all diseases.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.6.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.6.16)

\<5. virecanam\>  
sūtaṭaṅkaṇagandhāśma trikaṭuṃ triphalāṃ samam /  
etaiḥ samaṃ tu jepālaṃ ślakṣṇaṃ tat parimardayet //

> \<5. Purgation\>  
> Quicksilver, borax, sulphur, the three pungents, and the three myrobalans in equal parts;  
> croton seed equal to these: one should grind it finely.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.6.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.6.17)

guñjādvitayamātraṃ tu guḍena saha bhakṣayet /  
virecanam iti proktaṃ sarvavyādhivināśanam //

> One should eat just two guñjās in measure together with jaggery.  
> This is declared as purgation, destroying all diseases.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.6.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.6.18)

pañcakarmeti kathitaṃ kramāt kuryād virecane /  
\<doṣaśodhakayogāḥ\>  
ketakīstanajambīraṃ pratyahaṃ kuḍuvaṃ pibet //

> The five therapies have thus been declared. One should perform them in sequence ending with purgation.  
> \<Formulations that purify bodily defects\>  
> One should drink a kuḍuva of screwpine root and jambīra lime daily,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.6.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.6.19)

saptavāsaraparyantaṃ prātar lavaṇadoṣahṛt /  
salile ṣoḍaśapale triphalaikapalaṃ kṣipet //

> for seven days in the morning, which removes defects caused by salt.  
> Into sixteen palas of water, one should throw one pala of the three myrobalans.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.6.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.6.20)

kvāthayet pādaśeṣaṃ tat tasmin śīte madhoḥ palam /  
pibet prabhāte tridinaṃ kṣāradoṣaharaṃ param //

> One should boil it until a quarter remains; when it has cooled, \[adding\] a pala of honey,  
> one should drink it at dawn for three days: it is supreme for removing defects caused by alkali.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.6.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.6.21)

viḍaṅgaṃ savacākuṣṭhaṃ ketakīstanasaṃyutam /  
kvathitaṃ tridinaṃ pītamamladoṣaharaṃ pibet //

> Viḍaṅga with vacā, kuṣṭha, combined with screwpine root,  
> boiled and drunk for three days—one should drink it to remove defects caused by sourness.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.6.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.6.22)

athavā tintriṇīkṣārasalilaṃ palamātrakam /  
yavakṣārasitākarṣaṃ saṃyojya tridinaṃ pibet //

> Or else, combining one pala of water from tamarind ashes  
> with a karṣa of barley-ash and sugar, one should drink it for three days.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.6.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.6.23)

amladoṣavināśo 'yaṃ kathitaśca rasāyane /  
vacābiḍālapālāśabījajantughnakarṣakam //

> This is declared in rasāyana as the destruction of defects caused by sourness.  
> A karṣa each of vacā, biḍāla, palāśa seed, and viḍaṅga,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.6.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.6.24)

karṣaṃ guḍaṃ ca tat sarvaṃ bhakṣayed uṣṇavāri ca /  
pibet prātastridivasaṃ bhavet tat krimipātanam //

> and a karṣa of jaggery: one should consume all that, and drink hot water  
> in the morning for three days; that brings about the expulsion of intestinal worms.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.6.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.6.25)

śyāmāvahniviḍaṅgāni vāśā tryūṣaṃ phalatrayam /  
saindhavaṃ devadāruṃ ca mustā caitatsamaṃ samam //

> Śyāmā, chitraka, viḍaṅga, vāśā, the three pungents, the three fruits,  
> rock salt, deodar cedar, and mustā, each in equal parts—  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.6.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.6.26)

ghṛtaiḥ karṣaṃ lihet prātaḥ saptāhāt sarvarogajit /  
evaṃ kṛtvā dehaśuddhiṃ śālyannaṃ kṣīrabhojanam //

> one should lick one karṣa \[of this\] with ghee in the morning; within a week it conquers all diseases.  
> Having thus purified the body, eating cooked rice of wild paddy with milk,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.6.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.6.27)

samyagjātabalo bhūtvā tataḥ kuryād rasāyanam /  
\<rasāyanopayogaḥ\>  
kṣīrājyāmalakarasakṣaudraiḥ suratarūdbhavam //

> and having gained full strength, one should then undertake the rejuvenation therapy.  
> \<Application of rejuvenation therapy\>  
> Churning oil obtained from the divine deodar together with  
> milk, ghee, āmalakī juice, and honey, one should drink two palas of all that every day.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.6.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.6.28)

tailaṃ nirmathya tatsarvaṃ dvipalaṃ pratyahaṃ pibet /  
māsena kāntirmedhā ca bhavatyeva na saṃśayaḥ //

> Within a month, luster and intellect certainly arise, there is no doubt.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.6.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.6.29)

dvitīyamāsi pūrvoktaṃ tat pibet taccatuḥpalam /  
tena śāmyanti doṣāśca vikārā netrasambhavāḥ //

> In the second month, one should drink four palas of the aforesaid \[mixture\];  
> thereby the bodily humors and disorders arising in the eyes are pacified.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.6.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.6.30)

punastṛtīye māse tu sevyaṃ ṣaṭpalamātrakam /  
tenāmaravapur bhūyānmahātejā bhaved dhruvam //

> Then in the third month, one should take a measure of six palas;  
> by that he will possess an immortal body and surely become endowed with great splendor.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.6.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.6.31)

\<āroṭarasasevākramaḥ\>  
athāroṭarasaḥ sevyaḥ krameṇa parameśvari /  
ayaḥśulbābhratāpyebhyaḥ pātito māritaḥ kramāt //

> \<Procedure for consuming āroṭa mercury\>  
> Now āroṭa mercury should be consumed in due order, O supreme Goddess.  
> Distilled from iron, copper, mica, and iron pyrite, and gradually killed,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.6.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.6.32)

ayamāroṭakaraso dehasiddhikaraḥ paraḥ /  
svedanādyaiśca saṃskāraiḥ saptabhiḥ saṃskṛto rasaḥ //

> this āroṭaka mercury is supreme in bestowing perfection of the body.  
> Mercury processed by the seven refinement processes such as steaming,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.6.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.6.33)

mūrchito rañjito devi sūtas tvāroṭakaḥ smṛtaḥ /  
rasāyane rogaśāntyāṃ śreṣṭhaḥ sarvaguṇapradaḥ //

> swooned and dyed, O Goddess, quicksilver is called āroṭaka;  
> it is foremost in rejuvenation therapy and the alleviation of diseases, granting all virtues.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.6.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.6.34)

kāntābhrasatvāroṭāśca samaṃ guñjādvayonmitam /  
madhvājyatriphalābhiśca māsamekaṃ bhajediti //

> Mica essence, loadstone essence, and āroṭa in equal measure to two guñjās,  
> one should consume with honey, ghee, and the three myrobalans for one month.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.6.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.6.35)

evaṃ krameṇa saṃsevyaṃ dvitrivedeṣuṣaṭkramāt /  
evaṃ ṣoḍaśamāsāntaṃ guñjāṣoḍaśamātrakam //

> Thus one should consume it in sequence, in measures of two, three, four, five, and six;  
> thus until the end of sixteen months, to a measure of sixteen guñjās.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.6.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.6.36)

āroṭakarase cetthaṃ kuryānmatprāṇavallabhe /  
valīpalitanirmukto jīvecca śaradaḥ śatam //

> One should proceed thus with āroṭaka mercury, O beloved of my life;  
> freed from wrinkles and gray hair, he will live for a hundred autumns.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.6.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.6.37)

\<āroṭarasaḥ\>  
kāntasattvābhrasattvaṃ ca svarṇajīrṇarasastathā /  
sarvametat samīkṛtya bhajed āroṭakaṃ tathā //

> \<Āroṭa mercury\>  
> Loadstone essence, mica essence, and mercury that has digested gold—  
> having combined all this in equal parts, one should likewise consume āroṭaka.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.6.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.6.38)

kṣetrīkaraṇametaddhi sahasrāyuṣyakārakam /  
abhūmau yojitaḥ sūto na prarohati kutracit //

> This is indeed field-preparation, generating a lifespan of a thousand years;  
> mercury applied to uncultivated ground never sprouts anywhere.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.6.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.6.39)

tasmātkṣetramakṛtvaiva yojayed yastu sūtakam /  
na prarohedasya śubhaṃ bījam ivoṣare //

> Therefore, if someone applies quicksilver without having prepared the field,  
> his good fortune will not sprout, like seed sown in barren soil.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.6.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.6.40)

\<khoṭabaddharasasevākramaḥ\>  
pūrvoktakhoṭabaddhasya sūtasya vidhim uttamam /  
krāmaṇaṃ ca kramādvakṣye tathā vidhiniṣedhanam //

> \<Procedure for consuming khoṭa-bound mercury\>  
> I shall describe in due order the supreme rite of the aforesaid khoṭa-bound quicksilver,  
> its transmutational infusion, and likewise its rules and prohibitions.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.6.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.6.41)

śṛṇu pārvati yatnena tvatprītyā kathayāmyaham /  
kāntābhrasvarṇavajrāṇi rasasya krāmaṇaṃ param //

> Listen with care, O Pārvatī, as I speak out of love for you:  
> loadstone, mica, gold, and diamond are the supreme transmutational infusion for mercury.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.6.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.6.42)

krāmaṇena vinā sūto na sidhyed dehalohayoḥ /  
guñjāmātraṃ khoṭabaddhaṃ krāmaṇakṣaudrasaṃyutam //

> Without transmutational infusion, quicksilver achieves perfection neither in bodies nor in metals.  
> A guñjā's measure of khoṭa-bound \[mercury\] combined with the transmutational infusion and honey,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.6.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.6.43)

māsamekaṃ bhajed itthaṃ punar vidhikrameṇa vai /  
māsaṣoḍaśaparyantaṃ yathāroṭarasastathā //

> one should consume in this manner for one month, and again according to the prescriptive rule  
> up to sixteen months, just as with āroṭa mercury.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.6.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.6.44)

sa śatāyuṣyam āpnoti sarvarogavivarjitaḥ /  
palamātropayogena vyādhibhir nābhibhūyate //

> He attains a lifespan of a hundred years, completely freed from all diseases; / with the use of a single pala, he is not overcome by illnesses.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.6.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.6.45)

dvitīye śukravṛddhiḥ syāt tṛtīye balavān bhavet /  
caturthe palitaṃ hanti valiṃ jayati pañcame //

> At the second \[pala\], an increase in semen occurs; at the third, he becomes powerful; / at the fourth, it destroys grey hair; at the fifth, he conquers wrinkles.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.6.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.6.46)

ṣaṣṭhe śrutidharo vāgmī saptame netrarogahṛt /  
aṣṭame tārkṣyadṛṣṭiḥ syād brahmāyurbrahmavikramaḥ //

> At the sixth, he remembers what he hears and is eloquent; at the seventh, it cures eye diseases; / at the eighth, he acquires eagle's sight, the lifespan of Brahmā, and the prowess of Brahmā.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.6.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.6.47)

upayuñjyānnavapalaṃ siddhimelāpakaṃ bhavet /  
viniyuñjyād daśapalaṃ dvitīyaḥ śaṅkaro bhavet //

> He should consume nine palas, and there will be an assemblage of alchemical perfections; / he should employ ten palas, and he becomes a second Śaṅkara.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.6.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.6.48)

sahasrāyuṣyakaraṃ sūtaṃ māṣamātraṃ bhajennaraḥ /  
ayutāyuṣkaraṃ sūtaṃ yavamātraṃ bhajetpriye //

> A man should consume quicksilver conferring a lifespan of a thousand years in the measure of a māṣa; / O dear one, he should consume quicksilver conferring a lifespan of ten thousand years in the measure of a barleycorn.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.6.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.6.49)

lakṣāyuṣyakaraṃ sūtaṃ vrīhimātraṃ bhajetsudhīḥ /  
koṭyāṃ bhajet sūtaṃ khādayan mudgamātrakam //

> A wise man should consume quicksilver conferring a lifespan of a hundred thousand years in the measure of a rice grain; / for one hundred million \[years\], he should consume quicksilver by eating a measure of a mung bean.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.6.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.6.50)

etat sarvaṃ rasānāṃ tu krāmaṇaṃ pūrvavad bhavet /  
sahasrāyuḥpradaḥ sūto brahmatvaṃ vidadhāti saḥ //

> The pervasion process of all these mercuries should be as before. / Quicksilver bestowing a lifespan of a thousand years produces the state of Brahmā;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.6.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.6.51)

ayutāyuṣkaraḥ sūto viṣṇutāṃ pradadāti ca /  
lakṣāyuṣyakaraḥ sūto rudratvam upapādayet //

> quicksilver conferring a lifespan of ten thousand years grants the state of Viṣṇu; / quicksilver conferring a lifespan of a hundred thousand years brings about the state of Rudra;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.6.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.6.52)

koṭyāyuṣyapradaḥ sūtaḥ śivatvaṃ vidadhāti ca /  
mākṣīkajīrṇasūtastu dhanadatvaṃ dadāti vai //

> and quicksilver bestowing a lifespan of one hundred million years produces the state of Śiva. / But quicksilver that has digested copper pyrite indeed bestows the state of Kubera;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.6.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.6.53)

indratvaṃ vimalājīrṇastvabhrajīrṇo'rkatāṃ dadet /  
brahmatāṃ śulbajīrṇaśca viṣṇutāṃ tārajāritaḥ //

> digested with vimala, it gives the state of Indra; digested with mica, it gives the nature of the Sun; / digested with copper, it gives the state of Brahmā; and digested with silver, the state of Viṣṇu;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.6.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.6.54)

rudratā hemajīrṇe syādīśatvaṃ vajrajārite /  
sadāśivatvaṃ ca dadetpārado drutijāritaḥ //

> the state of Rudra arises when it has digested gold; the state of Īśa when it has digested diamond; / and mercury digested with liquefied metal gives the state of Sadāśiva;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.6.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.6.55)

saccidānandarūpatvaṃ sūtako bījajāritaḥ /  
sāmānyena tu tīkṣṇena rudratvaṃ prāpnuyānnaraḥ //

> quicksilver digested with seed metal possesses the nature of being, consciousness, and bliss. / But by ordinary steel, a man attains the state of Rudra.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.6.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.6.56)

evaṃ yo lohajīrṇaṃ tu bhakṣayed bhasmasūtakam /  
jalena jalarūpī syātsthalena sthalatāṃ vrajet //

> Thus, he who consumes the calx of quicksilver that has digested metal / becomes water-formed through water, and goes to the nature of earth through earth;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.6.57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.6.57)

tejastvaṃ tejasā devi vāyunā vāyurūpabhāk /  
kartā hartā svayaṃ sākṣācchāpānugrahakārakaḥ //

> he possesses fiery brilliance through light, O goddess, and assumes the form of wind through wind; / he is himself directly the creator and the destroyer, the maker of curses and blessings.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.6.58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.6.58)

yatra mūtrapurīṣaṃ tu sādhakastu parityajet /  
pāṣāṇaṃ mṛṇmayaṃ tatra spṛṣṭaṃ bhavati kāñcanam //

> Wherever that adept discharges urine and feces, / stone and clay touched there turn into gold.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.6.59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.6.59)

prasvedāt tasya gātrasya lohānyaṣṭau ca vedhayet /  
tatsarvaṃ kanakaṃ divyaṃ bhakṣite dvādaśe pale //

> By the sweat of his body, he can transmute the eight base metals; / all of that becomes divine gold when twelve palas have been consumed.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.6.60](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.6.60)

athavā tārajīrṇaṃ tu bhakṣayed bhasmasūtakam /  
śulbāraṃ vaṅgaghoṣaṃ ca tatsvedāt tāratā bhavet //

> Or, he should consume the calx of quicksilver that has digested silver; / copper, brass, tin, and bell-metal turn into silver from his sweat.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.6.61](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.6.61)

athavā tīkṣṇajīrṇaṃ tu bhakṣayed bhasmasūtakam /  
mūtreṇa tasya spṛṣṭaṃ tu vaṅgaṃ vrajati tāratām //

> Or, he should consume the calx of quicksilver that has digested steel; / touched by his urine, tin turns into silver.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.6.62](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.6.62)

ekaikena niṣekena stambhanaṃ nāgavaṅgayoḥ /  
guñjāmātraṃ rasaṃ devi hemajīrṇaṃ tu bhakṣayet //

> By a single quenching, the fixation of lead and tin \[is achieved\]. / O goddess, one should consume only a guñjā's measure of mercury that has digested gold;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.6.63](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.6.63)

dviguñjaṃ tārajīrṇasya ravijīrṇasya ca trayam /  
tīkṣṇābhrakāntamāṣaikaṃ guṃjaikā dve'thavā bhavet //

> two guñjās of that which has digested silver, and three of that which has digested copper; / one māṣa, or one or two guñjās, of that which has digested steel, mica, or loadstone;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.6.64](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.6.64)

vajravaikrāntajīrṇaṃ tu bhakṣayet sarṣaponmitam /  
nāgavaṅgavasākīṭaviṣopaviṣasaṃyutam //

> and one should consume that which has digested diamond or vaikrānta in the measure of a mustard seed. / One combined with lead, tin, fat, insects, poison, or secondary poison,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.6.65](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.6.65)

mūtrayuktaṃ haṭhād baddhaṃ tyajet kalkaṃ rasāyane /  
hematārapraveśena jāto yo'gnisahaḥ kramāt //

> or mixed with urine, or forcibly bound, one should abandon such a paste in rejuvenation therapy. / That which has become fire-resistant progressively through the penetration of gold and silver,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.6.66](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.6.66)

baddhaśca rasarājo'yaṃ dehasiddhiprado bhavet /  
vajrāyaskāntamākṣīkavaikrāntābhrakakāñcanam //

> and is bound, this king of mercuries bestows perfection of the body. / Diamond, loadstone, copper pyrite, vaikrānta, mica, and gold—  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.6.67](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.6.67)

etairjīrṇo yathālābhaṃ rasaḥ śasto rasāyane /  
ṣaḍ evoparasāścaiva bhakṣaṇārthaṃ rasāyane //

> mercury digested with these, as available, is praised in rejuvenation therapy. / Just six secondary minerals are also used for ingestion in rejuvenation therapy.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.6.68](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.6.68)

bhasmanastīkṣṇajīrṇasya palam ekaṃ tu bhakṣayet /  
daśavarṣasahasrāṇi vajrakāyaḥ sa jīvati //

> One should consume one pala of the calx of that which has digested steel; / possessing an adamantine body, he lives for ten thousand years.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.6.69](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.6.69)

evaṃ ca dvādaśapalaṃ tīkṣṇajīrṇasya bhakṣayet /  
evaṃ jīvanmahākalpaṃ pralayānte śivaṃ vrajet //

> And thus one should consume twelve palas of that which has digested steel; / living in this way for a great cosmic cycle, he attains Śiva at the end of the dissolution.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.6.70](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.6.70)

bhasmanaḥ śulbajīrṇasya palena brāhmamāyuṣam /  
dvipale vaiṣṇavāyuṣyaṃ rudrāyustripalena tu //

> By one pala of the calx of that which has digested copper, the lifespan of Brahmā \[is gained\]; / by two palas, the lifespan of Viṣṇu; but by three palas, the lifespan of Rudra;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.6.71](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.6.71)

caturthe tu pale devi śivatvaṃ prāpnuyānnaraḥ /  
hemajīrṇe bhasmasūte tripale bhakṣite kramāt //

> and at the fourth pala, O goddess, a man attains the state of Śiva. / When three palas of the calx of quicksilver that has digested gold have been consumed in order,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.6.72](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.6.72)

aṣṭāśītisahasrāṇi yoginyo madadarpitāḥ /  
tasya tiṣṭhanti kiṃkaryaḥ kāmarūpī bhavennaraḥ //

> eighty-eight thousand yoginīs, proud with passion, / stand as his handmaidens; the man can assume any form at will.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.6.73](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.6.73)

yad yad bhāvayate rūpaṃ tattadrūpadharo bhavet /  
yatra yatra vilīyante siddhistatraiva līyate //

> Whatever form he meditates upon, of that form he becomes the bearer; / wherever \[other minds\] dissolve, there his alchemical perfection dissolves.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.6.74](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.6.74)

mite pale dvādaśabhir hemabhasmani bhakṣite /  
guṃjaikamātraṃ deveśi jñātvā cāgnibalaṃ nijam //

> When the gold calx has been consumed to the amount of twelve palas, / \[taking it\] in the measure of only a guñjā, O ruler of gods, having assessed one's own digestive fire,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.6.75](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.6.75)

ghṛtena madhunā cādyāt tāmbūlaṃ kāminīṃ bhajet /  
eko hi doṣaḥ sūkṣmo'pi bhakṣite bhasmasūtake //

> one should eat it with ghee and honey, chew a betel packet, and enjoy a beloved woman. / Indeed, even a single subtle defect, when the calx of quicksilver is consumed,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.6.76](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.6.76)

triḥsaptāhādvarārohe kāmāndho jāyate naraḥ /  
kāminīnāṃ sahasraṃ tu kṣobhayed divasāntare //

> after three weeks, O woman with shapely hips, makes a man blinded by desire; / he can agitate a thousand beloved women within a single day.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.6.77](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.6.77)

nārīsaṅgād varārohe dehe krāmati sūtakaḥ /  
nārīsaṅgād vinā devi hyajīrṇaṃ tasya jīryate //

> From union with a woman, O woman with shapely hips, quicksilver pervades the body; / without union with a woman, O goddess, what is undigested by him gets digested.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.6.78](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.6.78)

maithunāccalite śukle trisaptāhād adhaḥ kṛtāt /  
jāyate prāṇasaṃdehas tāvanmaithunaṃ tyajet //

> If semen is discharged from sexual intercourse done within three weeks, / danger to life arises; until then, one should avoid sexual intercourse.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.6.79](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.6.79)

yuvatyā jalpanaṃ kāryaṃ yuvatyā cāṅgamardanam /  
yasyāḥ sparśanamātreṇa rasaḥ krāmati vigrahe //

> Conversation should be held with a young woman, and body massage done by a young woman / by whose mere touch mercury pervades the body.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.6.80](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.6.80)

yathā tathā hlādayate sustrīrūpanirīkṣaṇam /  
tathā krāmati deveśi sūtako'sau tataḥ kṣaṇāt //

> Just as gazing upon the beauty of a fine woman brings delight, / so that quicksilver pervades from that moment, O ruler of gods.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.6.81](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.6.81)

aśvatthasadṛśo yasyā ādhāraśca samaḥ śubhaḥ /  
tādṛśastu bhago devi bhājane tu rasāyane //

> Whose support is like an aśvattha leaf, even and auspicious, / such a vulva, O goddess, is a vessel in rejuvenation therapy.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.6.82](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.6.82)

nirmāṃsaścaiva dīrghaśca bhagaḥ śuṣkaśirāstathā /  
duḥkhadāridryakartāraṃ varjayettaṃ rasāyane //

> Fleshless, elongated, and with dried-up veins, / one should avoid that vulva in rejuvenation therapy, as it causes misery and poverty.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.6.83](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.6.83)

pakṣe śukle śubhadine candratārābalānvite /  
sumuhūrte cintya śivānalavipragurūndvijaḥ //

> In the bright fortnight, on an auspicious day endowed with the strength of the moon and stars, / at an auspicious moment, a twice-born person, contemplating Śiva, fire, the Brahmins, and the guru,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.6.84](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.6.84)

saṃtuṣṭaḥ sumanā bhūtvā rasaṃ seveta siddhidam /  
payasā hemaśuṇṭhībhyāṃ nasyaṃ krāmaṇamuttamam //

> being contented and cheerful, should take the mercury that bestows alchemical perfection. / Nasal therapy with milk, gold, and dry ginger is the foremost pervasion process;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.6.85](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.6.85)

hemādi ṣaḍlohakṛtam añjanaṃ krāmaṇaṃ param /  
\<rasasevāyāṃ pathyāpathyam\>  
ataḥ paraṃ pravakṣyāmi rasasevāhitāhitam //

> an ointment made with the six metals, gold and the rest, is the supreme pervasion process. / \<Wholesome and unwholesome regimen during the ingestion of mercury\> / Hereafter, I shall declare what is wholesome and unwholesome during the use of mercury:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.6.86](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.6.86)

raktaśālyannagodhūmaṃ gavyaṃ kṣīraṃ ghṛtaṃ dadhi /  
jāṅgalaṃ palalaṃ mudgaṃ śarkarā madhu saindhavam //

> cooked red śāli rice, wheat, cow's milk, ghee, yogurt, / wild game meat, mung beans, sugar, honey, rock salt,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.6.87](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.6.87)

haṃsodakaṃ vāstukaṃ ca meghanādaḥ punarnavā /  
paṭolālābukadalīdhānyakekṣukadāḍimam //

> sun-purified water, vāstuka, meghanāda, punarnavā, / pointed gourd, bottle gourd, plantain, coriander, sugarcane, pomegranate,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.6.88](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.6.88)

nālikerāmbu viśvaṃ ca sadā tāmbūlacarvaṇam /  
gandhasāraṃ kuṅkumaṃ ca mṛganābhiṃ vilepayet //

> coconut water, dry ginger, continuous chewing of betel packets, / and one should smear oneself with sandalwood paste, saffron, and musk;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.6.89](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.6.89)

surabhīṇi supuṣpāṇi mṛduśayyeṣṭakāminīḥ /  
śivātmajñānakathanaṃ mṛdubhāṣā sukhāsikā //

> fragrant, beautiful flowers, soft beds, desirable women, / discourses on Śiva and knowledge of the Self, gentle speech, comfortable leisure,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.6.90](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.6.90)

divyāmbarāṇi śuddhāni chāyā cālpaviparyaṭam /  
mṛtyuñjayajapo harṣo mandahāsaśca śuddhatā //

> splendid clean garments, shade, little wandering about, / repetition of the Mṛtyuñjaya mantra, joy, gentle smiling, purity,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.6.91](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.6.91)

nartanālokanaṃ gītaśravaṇaṃ śivapūjanam /  
devāgniguruviprāṇāṃ vandanaṃ śrutipālanam //

> watching dance, listening to singing, worship of Śiva, / saluting the gods, fire, guru, and Brahmins, and observing the Vedic scriptures.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.6.92](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.6.92)

samādhiḥ prāṇikaruṇā satyavākyaṃ hitaṃ priyam /  
vāgdehamanasā ceṣṭā yathā duḥkhanirodhinī //

> Absorption, compassion for living beings, truthful, beneficial, and pleasing speech, / \[and\] activity of speech, body, and mind that averts distress—  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.6.93](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.6.93)

etatsarvaṃ rasendrasya krāmaṇaṃ kathitaṃ priye /  
ahitaṃ rasasevāyāḥ kathayāmi śṛṇu priye //

> All this is declared to be the permeation of the lord of mercury, O beloved. / Now I shall describe what is unwholesome during the use of mercury; listen, O beloved:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.6.94](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.6.94)

atyaśanaṃ cātipānam atinidrātijāgaram /  
akāle bhojanaṃ strīṇāmatisaṅgo'pyasaṅgitā //

> Overeating, excessive drinking, excessive sleep, excessive wakefulness, / eating at improper times, excessive intercourse with women, and total avoidance of intercourse;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.6.95](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.6.95)

asthānamadahāsāśca harṣaḥ kopo'dhikaspṛhā /  
bahujalpo jalakrīḍā duḥkham atyantacintanam //

> Inappropriate intoxication and laughing, joy, anger, excessive desire, / excessive chattering, water sports, sorrow, and obsessive worry;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.6.96](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.6.96)

kaliṅgaṃ kāravellaṃ ca kūṣmāṇḍaḥ karkaṭī tathā /  
kākamācī kulatthaṃ ca kārkoṭī ca kusumbhikā //

> Watermelon, bitter gourd, ash gourd, and cucumber, / kākamācī, horsegram, kārkoṭī, and safflower;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.6.97](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.6.97)

tilātasītailamāṣakapotakamasūrakāḥ /  
takrabhaktaṃ ca sauvīraṃ tiktakaṭvamlalāvaṇam //

> Sesame, linseed oil, black gram, pigeon, and lentils; / buttermilk with cooked rice, sour fermented barley-water, bitter, pungent, sour, and saline foods;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.6.98](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.6.98)

kṣāraṃ kṣaudraṃ picchilaṃ ca pittalaṃ ca parūṣakam /  
māhiṣīḥ kṣīravikṛtīr vidaraṃ sahakārakam //

> Alkali, honey, slimy food, pitta-provoking food, and parūṣaka fruit; / buffalo-milk products, cracked melons, and mangoes;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.6.99](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.6.99)

nāraṅgabilvalikucaśigrunaivedyabhojanam /  
agnisparśanam aṅghribhyāṃ tāḍanaṃ godvijanmanoḥ //

> Oranges, bael, lakoocha, and drumstick, eating offerings made to deities, / touching fire with the feet, striking cows or brāhmaṇas,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.6.100](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.6.100)

kumārībālaturagapaśvādīnāṃ ca tāḍanam /  
pātakaṃ prāṇihiṃsā ca chedanaṃ bhūruhām api //

> Striking young girls, children, horses, cattle, and the like, / sinful conduct, injuring living creatures, and cutting down trees;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.6.101](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.6.101)

akṣādisaptavyasanaṃ chāyāśvatthakapitthayoḥ /  
liṅgastrīnarakhaṭvānāṃ tathā dvīpivibhītayoḥ //

> The seven vices such as gambling, the shadow of a sacred fig or wood-apple tree, / the shadow of a liṅga, a woman, a man, or a cot, and likewise of leopards and bibhītaka trees;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.6.102](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.6.102)

catuṣpathātinirviktasthāne viṇmūtramocanam /  
śivadvijagurustrīṇāṃ vīrayoniyatātmanām //

> Discharging feces and urine at crossroads or overly secluded spots; / \[disrespect to\] Śiva, brāhmaṇas, gurus, women, heroes, and self-restrained ascetics,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.6.103](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.6.103)

samayaśrutisūtānāṃ nadītīrthāmbhasāṃ nṛṇām /  
palāṇḍuhiṅgulaśunarājikābṛhatīdvayam //

> Initiation pledges, scripture, quicksilver, rivers, pilgrim waters, and people; / onions, cinnabar, garlic, mustard seeds, and both varieties of bṛhatī;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.6.104](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.6.104)

niṣpāvalaṅghanodvartiniśāśābharaṇanditā /  
suptir madyāsavau tāmracūḍaśca jalajāmiṣam //

> Niṣpāva beans, fasting, massage unguents, sleeping during the night-watch, / sleep \[by day\], fermented liquor and fermented infusions, rooster, and aquatic meat;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.6.105](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.6.105)

tīkṣṇoṣṇaguruviṣṭambhirūkṣaśuṣkāmiṣaṃ madhu /  
kadalīpatrakāṃsyeṣu bhojanaṃ gharmasevanam //

> Sharp, hot, heavy, constipating, dry, and dried meat, honey, / eating on banana leaves or in bell-metal vessels, and basking in the heat of the sun.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.6.106](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.6.106)

etāni dravyajālāni niṣiddhāni rasāyane /  
\<apathyajanitā rogāḥ\>  
seveta cetpramādena vikṛtirjāyate kṣaṇāt //

> These substances are prohibited in rejuvenation therapy. / \<Diseases Arising from Unwholesome Regimen\> / If one should consume them through negligence, disorders arise immediately.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.6.107](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.6.107)

rasājīrṇe bhavetkānte śoṣo mūrcchā bhramo jvaraḥ /  
klamaḥ kampaḥ śakṛnmūtrarodhanaṃ śūlavepathuḥ //

> In indigestion caused by mercury, O beloved, there may occur emaciation, fainting, dizziness, fever, / fatigue, trembling, retention of feces and urine, colic, and shaking,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.6.108](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.6.108)

anidrālasyahikkā ca kāsaśvāsavijṛmbhikāḥ /  
arocakātisāraśca liṅgastambho 'kṣikukṣiṣu //

> Insomnia, lethargy, hiccups, cough, dyspnea, and excessive yawning, / anorexia, diarrhea, and erection or stiffness of the phallus, \[and pain\] in the eyes and abdomen,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.6.109](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.6.109)

vakṣaḥkarṇodarāṅghrau ca meḍhre śirasi sandhiṣu /  
dāho'ṅgabhaṅgasarve'nye vyādhayaḥ sambhavanti vai //

> In the chest, ears, belly, feet, penis, head, and joints; / burning sensation, aching limbs, and truly all other diseases arise.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.6.110](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.6.110)

rasājīrṇapraśāntyarthaṃ yogo'yaṃ kathyate mayā /  
rājakośātakī puṅkhā garuḍī kāravallikā //

> For the pacification of indigestion caused by mercury, this formulation is taught by me: / rājakośātakī, śarapuṅkhā, garuḍī, bitter gourd,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.6.111](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.6.111)

kārkoṭī kākamācī ca devadālī parājitā /  
sarvam etaccaikapalaṃ gomūtre tu catuṣpale //

> Kārkoṭī, kākamācī, devadālī, and aparājitā: / one pala of all these together, into four palas of cow's urine,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.6.112](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.6.112)

kvāthayet pādaśeṣaṃ tu kārṣikaṃ svacchasaindhavam /  
nikṣipet tat pibet kvāthaṃ rasājīrṇe hitaṃkaram //

> One should boil down to one quarter remaining; one should add / one karṣa of clean rock salt. One should drink that decoction; it brings relief in indigestion caused by mercury.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.6.113](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.6.113)

sukhībhavet tridivase rasasya krāmaṇaṃ bhavet /  
raso vyathayate tattadaṅgaṃ saṃparimardayet //

> One becomes comfortable within three days, and the permeation of mercury occurs. / Wherever mercury causes pain, one should massage that particular limb,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.6.114](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.6.114)

vā stanena ca tanvaṅgyā nirvyathaḥ kramate rasaḥ /  
\<saptadhātuvedhaḥ\>  
tvagvedhaḥ prathamaṃ devi raktavedho dvitīyakaḥ //

> Or with the breast of a slender-limbed woman; \[then\] the mercury permeates free of pain. / \<Transmutation of the Seven Tissues\> / Transmutation of the skin is the first, O Goddess; transmutation of blood is the second;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.6.115](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.6.115)

tṛtīyo māṃsavedhaḥ syānmedovedhaścaturthakaḥ /  
asthivedhaḥ pañcamaḥ syātṣaṣṭho majjātmako bhavet //

> Transmutation of muscle would be the third; transmutation of fat is the fourth; / transmutation of bone would be the fifth; the sixth consists of marrow;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.6.116](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.6.116)

saptamaḥ śuklavedhaḥ syāt nāḍīvedhastathāṣṭamaḥ /  
navamaścakṣuṣo vedho daśamaḥ sarvavedhakaḥ //

> Transmutation of semen would be the seventh; likewise, transmutation of channels is the eighth; / the ninth is transmutation of the eyes; the tenth is the transmutation of all \[tissues\].  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.6.117](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.6.117)

rasavedhena bhujagaḥ svarṇaṃ syād raktavedhataḥ /  
trapu svarṇaṃ bhavenmāṃsavedhāt tīkṣṇaṃ ca kāñcanam //

> By transmutation of bodily fluids, lead becomes gold; by transmutation of blood, / tin becomes gold; by transmutation of muscle, steel becomes gold;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.6.118](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.6.118)

medovedhena śulbaṃ tu svarṇaṃ syādasthivedhataḥ /  
rūpyaṃ svarṇaṃ bhavenmajjavedhāllohāni kāṃcanam //

> By transmutation of fat, copper becomes gold; by transmutation of bone, / silver becomes gold; by transmutation of marrow, base metals become gold;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.6.119](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.6.119)

śuklavedhena mṛtpātraṃ kāñcanaṃ bhavati priye /  
vajrajīrṇo vīryavedhī majjāmabhrakajāritaḥ //

> By transmutation of semen, an earthen vessel turns to gold, O beloved. / \[Mercury that has\] consumed diamond transmutes semen; consumed mica, \[it transmutes\] marrow;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.6.120](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.6.120)

hemajīrṇastvasthivedhī rūpyajīrṇo rasaṃ priye /  
medovedhī tāpyajīrṇo māṃsavedhī tu pāradaḥ //

> Consumed gold, it transmutes bone; consumed silver, it transmutes bodily fluid, O beloved; / consumed pyrites, it transmutes fat; quicksilver that has consumed \[iron\] transmutes muscle;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.6.121](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.6.121)

śulbajīrṇo raktavedhī kāntajīrṇo rasātmakaḥ /  
tīkṣṇabaddhena nīlābhas tāmreṇāruṇasaprabhaḥ //

> Consumed copper, it transmutes blood; consumed loadstone, it transmutes bodily fluid. / Bound with steel, it has a dark blue lustre; with copper, it has a reddish glow;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.6.122](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.6.122)

rajatenendusaṃkāśo hemnā kāñcanasaprabhaḥ /  
dhūmāvalokī vaktrastho māsātkhecaratāṃ nayet //

> With silver, it resembles the moon; with gold, it has the glow of gold. / \[Mercury\] that perceives smoke, held in the mouth, brings about aerial locomotion within a month;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.6.123](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.6.123)

sparśavedhī tu vaktrastho dvimāsātsiddhidāyakaḥ /  
śatakoṭistribhirmāsaiś caturbhir daśakoṭikṛt //

> Transmuting by touch, held in the mouth, it grants perfection within two months; / within three months, it \[transmutes\] a hundred crores; within four, it makes ten crores;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.6.124](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.6.124)

pañcabhiḥ koṭivedhī syād aṣṭabhiścāyutaṃ punaḥ /  
sāhasraṃ navabhirmāsair daśamāse śataṃ punaḥ //

> Within five months, it transmutes a crore; and within eight, ten thousand; / within nine months, a thousand; and in the tenth month, a hundred \[parts\].  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.6.125](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.6.125)

tasya mūtrapurīṣaistu śleṣmaṇāṅgamalais tathā /  
lepāddhematvam āyānti yāni lohāni bhūtale //

> By smearing with his urine, feces, phlegm, and bodily wastes, / whatever base metals exist on earth turn into gold.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.6.126](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.6.126)

catuḥṣaṣṭyaṃśato vedhī māsam ekādaśasya tu /  
dvātriṃśakavedhī tu varṣād dehaṃ tu vedhayet //

> It transmutes a sixty-fourth part in the eleventh month; / but transmuting a thirty-second part, it transmutes the body within a year.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.6.127](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.6.127)

sarvarogair vinirmukto valīpalitavarjitaḥ /  
nāsau chidyeta śastraiśca pāvakena na dahyate //

> Freed from all diseases, free of wrinkles and grey hair, / he cannot be cut by weapons, nor is he burned by fire.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.6.128](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.6.128)

vāyuvegī mahātejāḥ kāmadeva ivāparaḥ /  
icchayā jāyate dṛśyo'pyadṛśyacaiva jāyate //

> Moving with the speed of wind, endowed with great splendor, like a second God of Love, / at will he becomes visible, and he also becomes invisible.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.6.129](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.6.129)

yasya saṃsparśamātreṇa sarvalohāni kāñcanam /  
tasminnekārṇave ghore naṣṭe sthāvarajaṅgame //

> By his mere touch all base metals become gold. / When this dreadful single ocean \[at universal dissolution\] has destroyed all stationary and moving things,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.6.130](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.6.130)

devā yatra vilīyante siddhastatraiva līyate //

> Where the gods dissolve, there alone the adept dissolves.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

## Translations (1)

- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda~en-mt.1.6.1) — English, machine translation

## Linked texts (4)

- [Rasendracintāmaṇi](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.rasendracintamani.3.194) — Ḍhuṇḍhukanātha, Sanskrit
- [Sūkṣmāgama](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.saiva.agama.siva.suksma.48.39) — Sanskrit
- [Basavarājīya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.cikitsa.daksina.basavarajiya.p499) — Nīlakaṇṭhakoṭṭūru Basavarāja 1500, Sanskrit
- [Rasendrasārasaṃgraha (Gopāla Kṛṣṇā)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.cikitsa.rasendrasarasamgraha.15.53-2) — Gopāla Kṛṣṇā, Sanskrit

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