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tatpravāhaprabhāvena vedhitā dṛṣado'bhavan // > Then there occurred a great flow of their semen in the form of quicksilver; / by the power of that flow, rocks became transmuted; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.7.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.7.3) padmarāgādimaṇayo lohā hemādayastathā / gandhakādyāśca pāṣāṇā divyā oṣadhayo latāḥ // > Gems such as rubies, metals such as gold and the like, / stones such as sulphur and the like, divine medicinal plants and creepers, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.7.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.7.4) nānāvarṇā bahuvidhā nānāsiddhipradāyakāḥ / pūrvoktānāṃ samastānāṃ vajraṃ śreṣṭhatamaṃ mahat // > Of various colours, of many kinds, bestowing various perfections. / Of all those previously mentioned, the diamond is the greatest and most excellent. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.7.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.7.5) tajjātilakṣaṇaṃ devi saṃskāraṃ bhajanaṃ phalam / kramādvakṣyāmi te devi sāvadhānaṃ śṛṇu priye // > Its varieties, characteristics, O Goddess, refinement process, utilisation, and results / I shall describe to you in order, O Goddess; listen attentively, O beloved: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.7.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.7.6) \ dvijanmānaśca rājanyā ūravyā vṛṣalāḥ kramāt / śubhraśoṇaharidrābhāḥ kālā nānāvidhāstathā // > \ / \[They are\] brāhmaṇa, kṣatriya, vaiśya, and śūdra, respectively: / white, red, yellow-hued, and black, as well as of various kinds; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.7.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.7.7) strīpuṃnapuṃsakāścaiva jñātavyāste kramātpriye / śuklāḥ phalakasampūrṇā jyotiṣmanto mahattarāḥ // > They are also to be known respectively as female, male, and neuter, O beloved. / White, complete with facets, brilliant, larger, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.7.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.7.8) pumāṃsaste tu vijñeyā rekhābījavivarjitāḥ / balāḍhyāḥ satvasahitā lohakramaṇahetavaḥ // > Free of streaks and spots—those are to be known as male; / possessing strength, endowed with essence, causing permeation into metals, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.7.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.7.9) rasabandhakarāḥ kṣipraṃ sarveṣāṃ siddhidāyakāḥ / rasāyanakarāḥ sthūlā hyaṣṭasiddhipradāyakāḥ // > Quickly causing the fixation of mercury, bestowing perfection upon all, / effecting rejuvenation, stout, and indeed bestowing the eight perfections. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.7.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.7.10) ṣaṭkoṇabījarekhābhirujjvalāstāḥ striyaḥ smṛtāḥ / dehajyotiḥprajananā bhogakāntisukhapradāḥ // > Those radiant with hexagonal seed-marks and lines are traditionally considered female; / they generate radiance in the body and bestow pleasure, beauty, and happiness. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.7.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.7.11) dīrghāstryasrāśca tanavo niboddhavyā napuṃsakāḥ / kṣīṇasatvāḥ svalpavīryāḥ krāmakāḥ suranāyike // > Those that are long, triangular, and thin should be understood as eunuchs; / they are depleted of essence, weak in potency, yet capable of penetration, O queen of the gods. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.7.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.7.12) klībā napuṃsake strīṇāṃ striyaḥ sarvahitā narāḥ / jātyānurūpāścotsāhaṃ yathā satvaṃ tathā guṇam // > The impotent \[are used\] for a eunuch, the female for women, and the male are beneficial for all; / their zeal corresponds to their class, their quality matches their essence, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.7.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.7.13) yathā kāntistathā śīlaṃ kurvantyevaṃ dvijātayaḥ / valīpalitarogaghnāḥ kṣatriyā mṛtyuhāriṇaḥ // > and as their luster is, so is their nature: the brāhmaṇa \[diamonds\] act in this way. / The kṣatriya diamonds destroy wrinkles, grey hair, and diseases, and ward off death. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.7.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.7.14) dehasthairyakarā vaiśyā lohānāṃ vedhakāriṇaḥ / vayaḥstaṃbhakarāḥ śūdrā nānāmayavināśanāḥ // > The vaiśya diamonds impart firmness to the body and effect the transmutation of base metals. / The śūdra diamonds arrest aging and eliminate manifold afflictions. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.7.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.7.15) \ vajrasaṃskāramadhunā kathayāmi śṛṇu priye / śyāmā śamī meghanādā varṣābhūdhūrtakodravāḥ // > \ > Now I shall explain the refinement process of diamond, listen, my beloved: / śyāmā, śamī, meghanādā, varṣābhū, dhūrta, kodrava, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.7.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.7.16) meṣaśṛṅgyākhukarṇī ca kulutthaṃ cāmlavetasaḥ / madanāgastyanirguṇḍī caiteṣāṃ svarasairyute // > meṣaśṛṅgī, ākhukarṇī, kuluttha, amlavetasa, / madana, agastya, and nirguṇḍī—together with the fresh juice of these, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.7.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.7.17) ḍolāyantre pācayecca vyāghrīkandagataṃ dinam / uddhṛtya māhiṣaśakṛlliptaṃ kārīṣavahninā // > one should cook it in a swing apparatus (dolāyantra) placed inside a vyāghrī tuber for a day. / Having taken it out, smeared with buffalo dung, \[it is burned\] with a fire of dry cow-dung; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.7.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.7.18) dahedrātrau caturyāmaṃ rātryante pariṣecayet / hayamūtrasnuhīkṣīrakulatthakarasaistathā // > one should burn it during the night for four watches, and at night's end sprinkle it / with horse urine, milky sap of snuhī, and the decoction of horse gram. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.7.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.7.19) pācayeddāhayedevaṃ secayetsaptavārakam / evaṃ dvijātijātīyāḥ śodhitāḥ syuśca siddhidāḥ // > One should thus cook it, burn it, and sprinkle it seven times. / In this way, the \[diamonds\] of the twice-born classes become purified and bestow alchemical perfection. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.7.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.7.20) \ rasāyanārhaṃ vakṣyāmi vajrabhasma sureśvari / vaikrāntatāpyagandhāśmaśilāmākṣikatālakam // > \ > I shall describe diamond ash suitable for rejuvenation therapy, O sovereign of the gods: / vaikrānta, copper pyrite, sulfur, realgar, iron pyrite, orpiment, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.7.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.7.21) kāntāsyaṭaṅkaṇakṣārakulīrāsthīni peṣayet / stanyena golake kṣiptvā mūṣāyāṃ nikṣipet tataḥ // > kānta iron, borax, crab bones—one should grind these / with breast milk, place \[the diamond\] inside the lump, and then put it into a crucible. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.7.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.7.22) dhameddṛḍhataraṃ pūrvaṃ paścādgajapuṭe pacet / tadeva vajramādāya tasminṣoḍaśamātrake // > One should first blow it very strongly \[with bellows\], and afterwards calcinate it in an elephant pit (gajapuṭa). / Taking that very diamond, in a sixteenth part of it, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.7.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.7.23) ekāṃśaṃ pāradaṃ tasmin pakvabījena jāritam / stanyena mardayettau dvau punar gajapuṭe pacet // > one part of mercury digested with a processed seed (bīja)— / one should grind both of them with breast milk and calcinate again in an elephant pit. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.7.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.7.24) evaṃ tatṣoḍaśapuṭādbījajīrṇarasānvitam / dṛḍhaṃ kurvīta tadvajraṃ bhavedbhasma rasāyanam // > Thus, after sixteen calcinations, combined with mercury that has digested the seed, / one should make that diamond solid: it becomes ash \[fit for\] rejuvenation therapy. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.7.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.7.25) śṛṇu rudrāṇi vakṣyāmi divyaṃ vajrarasāyanam / pūrvoktavatprakurvīta dehaśuddhyādikaṃ vidhim // > Hear, O Rudrāṇī, I shall explain the divine diamond rejuvenation therapy: / one should perform the procedure of bodily purification and the rest as stated previously. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.7.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.7.26) śubharkṣe sumuhūrte ca candratārābalānvite / śivāgnigurugoviprabhiṣajaḥ pūjayetpurā // > Under an auspicious asterism and an excellent astrological hour endowed with favorable strength of moon and stars, / one should first worship Śiva, the fire, the guru, cows, brāhmaṇas, and physicians. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.7.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.7.27) tataḥ seveta tadbhasma yavamātraṃ varānane / kāntābhrasattvaṃ sauvarṇabhasma guñjaikamātrakam // > Then, O fair-faced lady, one should ingest that ash in the measure of a barleycorn, / along with kānta iron, mica essence, and gold ash measuring one guñjā each, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.7.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.7.28) triphalāmadhusarpirbhiḥ prātaḥ śuddhavapur lihet / evaṃ ṣoḍaśamāsāntam ekadvitricatuṣṭayam // > with triphalā, honey, and ghee in the morning, having a purified body. / Thus, up to the end of sixteen months, \[increasing by\] one, two, three, or four \[barleycorns\], > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.7.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.7.29) pratimāsaṃ vardhayitvā yāvadyāvakaṣoḍaśam / kāntādibhasmatritayaṃ guñjāvṛddhikrame tathā // > having increased each month until sixteen barleycorns \[are reached\]; / likewise, the triad of ashes—kānta iron and the rest—in the order of increasing guñjās, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.7.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.7.30) dviniṣkaṃ triphalācūrṇaṃ sarpirmadhu yathāsukham / pūrvoktavadvidhiṃ tyājyaṃ prakuryānmama vallabhe // > with two niṣkas of triphalā powder, and ghee and honey as comfortable; / one should observe the prescribed and prohibited rules as stated before, O my beloved. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.7.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.7.31) sevitaṃ palamātraṃ tu vajrabhasma dinaṃ kramāt / valīpalitarogaghnaṃ śatāyuṣyaṃ dadāti ca // > A single pala of diamond ash ingested gradually over days / destroys wrinkles, grey hair, and diseases, and grants a lifespan of a hundred years. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.7.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.7.32) dvipalaṃ ca sahasrāyur ayutaṃ tripalaṃ tathā / catuṣpalaṃ lakṣamāyur daśalakṣaṃ ca pañcamam // > Two palas grant a thousand years of life, three palas ten thousand, / four palas a hundred thousand years of life, and the fifth pala a million. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.7.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.7.33) koṭyāyuṣyaṃ ṣaṭpalaṃ ca surendrāyuśca saptamam / brahmāyuṣyaṃ cāṣṭapalaṃ viṣṇutvaṃ navamaṃ palam // > Six palas grant a lifespan of ten million years, the seventh the lifespan of the lord of gods, / eight palas grant the lifespan of Brahmā, and the ninth pala grants Viṣṇu-hood. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.7.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.7.34) rudratvaṃ daśamaṃ devi īśvaratvaṃ tataḥ param / sadāśivatvaṃ dvādaśyāṃ vajrabhasma dadātyalam // > The tenth grants Rudra-hood, O goddess, the next after that grants Īśvara-hood, / and at the twelfth, diamond ash fully bestows Sadāśiva-hood, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.7.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.7.35) sarvajñatvaṃ sarvagatvaṃ svecchāviharaṇaṃ tathā / \ vajraudanaṃ pravakṣyāmi rasāyanahitaṃ param // > omniscience, omnipresence, and roaming at will. / \ > I shall describe diamond mush, supremely beneficial for rejuvenation therapy. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.7.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.7.36) pūrvavacchodhite vajre mṛdukarma samārabhet / mātṛvāhakamadhyasthaṃ tittirīmāṃsaveṣṭitam // > When the diamond is purified as before, one should begin the softening procedure: / placed in the midst of mātṛvāhaka, wrapped in the flesh of a partridge, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.7.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.7.37) tīkṣṇakāntānanarasaiḥ punas tat pariveṣṭayet / kulatthatriphalānīrakodraveṣu pṛthakpṛthak // > one should further wrap it with the essence of sharp and magnetic iron, / and in decoction of horse gram, triphalā water, and kodrava separately, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.7.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.7.38) tridinaṃ pācayed evaṃ tadvajraṃ veṣṭayeddalaiḥ / trivarṣārūḍhatāmbulyās tathā kārpāsakasya vā // > one should boil it for three days in this manner; one should wrap that diamond with leaves / of a betel vine that is three years old, or of cotton. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.7.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.7.39) ceṣṭitaṃ jānumadhyasthaṃ vajraṃ yāmadvayānmṛdu / vajraudanam idaṃ proktaṃ vajradrutir athocyate // > Worn between the knees, the diamond becomes soft within two watches. / This is declared as diamond mush (vajraudana); now diamond liquefaction is described. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.7.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.7.40) \ trikṣāraṃ caṇakāmlaṃ ca rāmaṭhaṃ cāmlavetasam / jvālāmukhī cekṣurakaṃ sthalakumbhīrasena ca // > \ > The three alkalis, chickpea acid, asafoetida, and amlavetasa, / jvālāmukhī, and ikṣuraka—together with the juice of sthalakumbhī, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.7.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.7.41) piṣṭvā snuhyarkayoḥ kṣīrais tadgole mṛdu hīrakam / nikṣipettacca jambīre dolāyantre tryahaṃ pacet // > having ground these with the milky saps of snuhī and arka, into a ball of that \[paste\] / one should insert the softened diamond, and cook it in lemon juice in a swing apparatus for three days. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.7.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.7.42) evaṃ kṛte hīrakasya drutir bhavati sūtavat / \ padmarāgādiratnānāṃ drutir evaṃ kṛte bhavet // > When this is done, liquefaction of the diamond occurs like quicksilver. / \ > When this is done, liquefaction of gems such as ruby will likewise occur. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.7.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.7.43) abhrakādimapāṣāṇā dravantyevaṃ kṛte dhruvam / dravanti rasaratnāni mauktikaṃ cāmlavetasam // > Stones such as mica truly melt when this is done; / the gems of mercury and pearls melt in amlavetasa. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.7.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.7.44) saptāhaṃ bhāvayed gharme kṣipejjambīrake tataḥ / dhānyarāśau trisaptāhaṃ puṭapāke dravatyalam // > One should macerate it in the sun for seven days, then place it in lemon \[juice\]; / kept in a grain heap for three weeks, it thoroughly liquefies in pit-calcination. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.7.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.7.45) \ vajrabhasma yathā tadvad drutimārdavayorapi / bhaved bhasma varārohe jarādāridryamṛtyujit // > \ > Just as diamond ash, so also the ash of its liquefied and softened states / becomes, O woman of shapely hips, a conqueror of senescence, poverty, and death. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.7.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.7.46) rasāyane bhavetsaukhyaṃ bhasma drutimṛdūdbhavam / rasāyane tu strīpuṃsau krāmaṇe tu napuṃsakaḥ // > Ash derived from the liquefied and softened forms results in well-being in rejuvenation therapy: / female and male diamonds are used in rejuvenation therapy, but the eunuch in penetration. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.7.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.7.47) ṣaḍrasaṃ himavīryaṃ ca sarvāmayavināśanam / sarvadoṣapraśamanaṃ sarvasaukhyaṃ rasāyanam // > It has six tastes, cold potency, destroys all diseases, / pacifies all defects, and is a rejuvenation therapy yielding all happiness. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.7.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.7.48) vidyutprabhāṃ dehadārḍhyaṃ svacchaṃ snigdhaṃ ca lekhanam / saundaryaṃ balamāyuṣyaṃ grahālakṣmīvināśanam // > It gives the luster of lightning, bodily firmness, clarity, unctuousness, is scraping, / and confers beauty, strength, longevity, and destruction of planetary afflictions and misfortune. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.7.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.7.49) śuddhirmṛdudrutībhasma vaikrāntasya tu vajravat / \ atha vakṣye śreṣṭhatamaṃ śṛṇu hemarasāyanam // > Purification, softening, liquefaction, and calcination of vaikrānta are like those of diamond. / \ > Now I shall declare the most excellent rejuvenation therapy of gold; listen: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.7.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.7.50) hemotpattiḥ purā proktā tathāpi trividhā bhavet / rasavedhād bhaveccaikam itaratkṣetrasambhavam // > the origin of gold was described previously; nevertheless, it is of three kinds: / one comes from mercurial transmutation, another is born from a mine, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.7.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.7.51) lohasaṅkarajaṃ cānyacchreṣṭhamadhyakanīyasaḥ / krameṇa pītarakte ca pītaraktaṃ ca varṇataḥ // > and another is produced from the compounding of metals, respectively being the best, intermediate, and inferior; / in color, they are yellow-red, and yellow-red \[mixed\], > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.7.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.7.52) nikarṣachedadāheṣu kuṅkumaśvetaśoṇitam / \ divyam evaṃvidhaṃ svarṇaṃ paṭṭakaṃ kaṇaśaḥ kṛtam // > and on rubbing, cutting, and heating, they yield saffron, white, and blood-red. / \ > Such divine gold, made into sheets or cut into small pieces, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.7.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.7.53) halinīkañcukīkandasnuhyarkāgnikarañjakam / dhūrtaguñjeṅgudīcīramūlatālāśvagandhikāḥ // > halinī, kañcukī tuber, snuhī, arka, agni, karañja, / dhūrta, guñjā, iṅgudī, root of cīra, tāla, aśvagandhā, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.7.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.7.54) piṣṭvendravāruṇī caiṣā mūlāni mathitena vai / lepayetsvarṇapaṭṭāni tāpayejjātavedasi // > and indravāruṇī—having ground these roots with buttermilk, / one should coat the gold sheets and heat them in fire. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.7.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.7.55) mūtre mathite taile kulutthāmbhasi kāñjike / jambīrārkapayomadhye pratyekaṃ saptadhā kṣipet // > Into urine, buttermilk, oil, horse gram decoction, fermented rice water, / lemon juice, and arka milky sap, one should quench them each seven times. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.7.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.7.56) lepayettāpayetsiñcyādbhūyo bhūyo'pi saptadhā / valmīkamṛddhūmasāram iṣṭakāpaṭugairikam // > One should smear \[it\], heat \[it\], and sprinkle \[it\] again and again, seven times. > Anthill earth, soot, brick, salt, and red ochre— > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.7.57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.7.57) piṣṭvā jambīranīreṇa liptvā patraṃ puṭīkṛtam / caturvarṇābhrakaṃ tāpyaṃ daradaṃ tālakaṃ śilām // > having ground these with lime juice and smeared the leaf, it is roasted in a crucible. > Mica of four colors, pyrites, cinnabar, orpiment, realgar, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.7.58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.7.58) kāntakaṅkuṣṭharasakavimalāsūtabhūlatāḥ / piṣṭvāmlena vaṭīḥ kuryānniṣkamātrāḥ sureśvari // > magnet, kaṅkuṣṭha, calamine, vimalā, quicksilver, and earthworms— > having ground these with sour gruel, one should make pills measuring one niṣka, O mistress of gods. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.7.59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.7.59) palādūnaṃ na kartavyam adhikaṃ ca catuṣpalāt / puṭitaṃ hema śulbaṃ ca drāvayecca samīkṛtam // > One should not use less than a pala, nor more than four palas. > One should melt equal parts of roasted gold and copper, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.7.60](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.7.60) tanmadhye taddravībhūte caikaikāṃ vaṭikāṃ kṣipet / svarṇād daśaguṇā vāhyā vaṭikāḥ śoṣitāḥ kramāt // > and into that melted \[mixture\] cast the pills one by one. > Pills ten times the amount of gold are to be introduced gradually, once dried. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.7.61](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.7.61) yāvaccheṣaṃ bhavet svarṇaṃ tāvad evaṃ dhamecchanaiḥ / śuddhaṃ tajjāyate divyaṃ jarāmaraṇarogahṛt // > One should blow gently until only gold remains. > That pure gold becomes divine, removing senescence, death, and disease. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.7.62](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.7.62) \ ciñcāpatranibhaṃ svarṇaṃ patraṃ śuddhaṃ ca pāradam / ekāntaṃ mardayed amlais tatpiṣṭim api lepayet // > \ > Leaves of gold as thin as tamarind leaves and purified mercury— > one should grind these thoroughly with sour gruel and smear that paste \[on the leaf\]. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.7.63](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.7.63) samagandhakatāpyābhyāṃ piṣṭiṃ mūṣāgatāṃ dhamet / ṣoḍaśāṃśaṃ sūtabhasma hemacūrṇe vinikṣipet // > One should blow the paste placed in a crucible with equal parts of sulfur and pyrites. > One should cast a sixteenth part of quicksilver calx into that gold powder, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.7.64](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.7.64) amlena mardayed gāḍhaṃ pacet tadbhūdhare puṭe / evaṃ ṣoḍaśaparyantaṃ rasaṃ pratipuṭaṃ kṣipet // > grind thoroughly with sour gruel, and cook it in a subterranean pit kiln. > In this manner, one should add mercury at each roasting, up to sixteen times. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.7.65](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.7.65) nirutthaṃ hemabhasmedaṃ jāyate sarvasiddhidam / \ virekavamanādyaiśca śuddhadehaḥ śubhe dine // > This non-revivable gold calx is produced, bestowing all alchemical perfections. > \ > Having purified one's body by purgation, emesis, and the like, on an auspicious day, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.7.66](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.7.66) arcayedīśaviprāgniguruvaidyapuraḥsarān / seveta śuddhahṛdayo divyaṃ hemarasāyanam // > one should worship Īśvara, brahmins, fire, gurus, and physicians at the forefront; > with a pure heart, one should partake of the divine rejuvenation therapy with gold. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.7.67](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.7.67) kāntābhrayoḥ sattvabhasma caikaguñjāpramāṇakam / māṣonmitaṃ hemabhasma varāmadhvājyayuglihet // > One guñjā in measure of the calx of the essence of magnet and mica, > and gold calx measuring one māṣa, one should lick along with triphalā, honey, and ghee. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.7.68](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.7.68) pūrvoktavad vajramāsaṣoḍaśikāvadhi / pūrvoktavad vidhiṃ tyājyaṃ prakurvīta rasāyanī // > As stated before, for a duration of sixteen diamond months, > the practitioner of rejuvenation therapy should observe the rule and avoid what is forbidden as stated before. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.7.69](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.7.69) śṛṇu citrāṃ girisute sevāṃ hemarasāyane / palamātropayogena sarvarogavivarjitaḥ // > Hear, O daughter of the mountain, the wondrous regimen in gold rejuvenation therapy: > by the use of just one pala, one is freed from all diseases; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.7.70](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.7.70) tato dvipalayogena valīpalitavarjitaḥ / vāksiddhirdivyadṛṣṭiśca tripalena bhavetpriye // > then by the use of two palas, freed from wrinkles and gray hair; > speech-perfection and divine vision arise from three palas, O beloved; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.7.71](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.7.71) catuḥpalopayogena viṣavyāghrāhibhīrna hi / tathā pañcapalenaiva divyātmajñānitā bhavet // > by the use of four palas, there is no fear of poison, tigers, or serpents; > and by five palas indeed, divine self-knowledge arises; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.7.72](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.7.72) devi ṣaṭpalayogena siddhasādhyapadaṃ bhavet / tathā saptapalenāpi vidyādharapadaṃ bhavet // > O goddess, by the use of six palas, the rank of the Siddhas and Sādhyas is attained; > and by seven palas, the rank of the Vidyādharas is attained; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.7.73](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.7.73) tathāṣṭapalayogena svecchāviharaṇe paṭuḥ / palena navamenāpi cāṣṭaiśvaryaguṇānvitaḥ // > and by the use of eight palas, one becomes skilled in wandering at will; > and with the ninth pala, endowed with the eight supernatural powers; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.7.74](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.7.74) tathā daśapalenāpi mahendratvam avāpnuyāt / ekādaśapalair devi brahmatvaṃ nātra saṃśayaḥ // > and by ten palas, one attains the state of Mahendra; > by eleven palas, O goddess, the state of Brahmā, of this there is no doubt; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.7.75](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.7.75) dvādaśabhiḥ palaiḥ kānte viṣṇutvaṃ samupaiti ca / trayodaśapalenāpi raudraṃ padam avāpnuyāt // > by twelve palas, O beloved, one attains the state of Viṣṇu; > and by thirteen palas, one attains the state of Rudra; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.7.76](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.7.76) tathā caturdaśapalair aiśvaraṃ labhate padam / palaiḥ pañcadaśair eti sadāśivapadaṃ param // > and by fourteen palas, one attains the state of Īśvara; > by fifteen palas, one reaches the supreme state of Sadāśiva; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.7.77](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.7.77) tathā syāt ṣoḍaśapalaiḥ saccidānandavigrahaḥ / sarvajñaḥ sarvakartā ca hartā goptā sa sarvagaḥ // > and by sixteen palas, one's form becomes existence-consciousness-bliss, > omniscient, all-doer, destroyer, protector, and omnipresent. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.7.78](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.7.78) \ hemadrutiṃ pravakṣyāmi śṛṇu saṃprati pārvati / phalapāṃśur devadālyāḥ śakragopo'śvalālikā // > \ > I shall now explain the liquefaction of gold, listen, O Pārvatī: > dust from the fruit of devadālī, cochineal insects, horse saliva, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.7.79](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.7.79) ṭaṅkaṇaṃ jālinīnīrair bhāvayedbahudhā priye / drāvayetkāñcanaṃ tatra vapetsūtasamā drutiḥ // > and borax: one should imbue these repeatedly with the juices of jālinī, O beloved. > One should melt gold and cast \[it\] therein; a liquefaction equal to quicksilver \[results\]. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.7.80](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.7.80) imāṃ drutiṃ kāñcanavad bhasma sevāṃ ca kalpayet / svādu tiktaṃ kaṣāyaṃ ca śītam uṣṇaṃ rasāyanam // > One should administer this liquefaction and \[its\] calx like gold \[in rejuvenation therapy\]. > This rejuvenation therapy is sweet, bitter, and astringent, cold and hot, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.7.81](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.7.81) hṛdyaṃ kāntipradaṃ śuddhaṃ cakṣuṣyaṃ guru lekhanam / dhṛtismṛtyāyurārogyanayavāksiddhidāyakam // > wholesome for the heart, imparting luster, pure, beneficial for the eyes, heavy, scarifying, > bestower of retention, memory, longevity, health, prudence, and speech-perfection, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.7.82](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.7.82) kṣayonmādādirogāṇāṃ nāśanaṃ doṣaśāntikṛt / snigdhaṃ rucyaṃ dīptiṃ vīryakṛdbalavardhanam // > destroyer of consumption, mania, and other diseases, pacifier of bodily humors, > unctuous, appetizing, radiant, generating virility, and increasing strength. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.7.83](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.7.83) \ atha kānte pravakṣyāmi kāntaṃ kāntarasāyanam / divyā auṣadhayaḥ santu sarvasiddhipradāyikāḥ // > \ > Now, O lovely one, I shall explain the magnet and rejuvenation therapy with magnet. > Though there are divine herbs bestowing all alchemical perfections, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.7.84](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.7.84) tebhyaḥ kāntaṃ śreṣṭhatamaṃ valīrukpalitāpaham / kalpānte tāṇḍavaṃ śaṃbhuḥ śarvāṇīsahitaḥ svayam // > the magnet is the most superior of them, removing wrinkles, diseases, and gray hair. > At the end of the aeon, Śambhu himself, accompanied by Śarvāṇī, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.7.85](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.7.85) uccaṇḍaṃ vyatanottatra saṃjātāḥ svedabindavaḥ / tatra tatra gatāste'pi hyayaskāntatvamāyayuḥ // > performed a fierce tāṇḍava dance; drops of perspiration arose there, > and wherever they fell, they turned into loadstone. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.7.86](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.7.86) jāṅgale bahavo jātā deśe sādhāraṇe kvacit / jalaprāye'sti vā nāsti jātyā pañcavidhāḥ smṛtāḥ // > Many were produced in arid regions, some in temperate regions, > and rarely or never in swampy lands; they are handed down as five kinds by class: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.7.87](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.7.87) bhrāmakaṃ cumbakaṃ devi karṣakaṃ drāvakaṃ tathā / romakaṃ ca tathaikadvitricatuḥ sarvatomukhāḥ // > bhrāmaka, cumbaka, karṣaka, drāvaka, O goddess, > and romaka; and likewise they have one, two, three, four, or faces on all sides. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.7.88](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.7.88) teṣāṃ pañcavidhānāṃ tu pītaṃ kṛṣṇaṃ ca śoṇitam / miśraṃ pṛthakpṛthakteṣāṃ kramātsyuradhidevatāḥ // > Of these five varieties, their colors are yellow, black, red, > and mixed separately; their presiding deities are, in order, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.7.89](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.7.89) brahmaviṣṇvīśabhūtātmamātṛkāḥ parikīrtitāḥ / pītavarṇaṃ sparśavedhi kṛṣṇaṃ śreṣṭhaṃ rasāyane // > declared to be Brahmā, Viṣṇu, Īśa, Bhūtātman, and the Mātṛkās. > The yellow-colored variety transmutes by touch; the black is best in rejuvenation therapy; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.7.90](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.7.90) rasabandhakaraṃ raktaṃ miśraṃ sarvarujāpaham / romakaṃ grahabhītighnaṃ drāvakaṃ cottamottamam // > the red effects the fixation of mercury; the mixed removes all afflictions; > the romaka destroys fear of possessing spirits, and the drāvaka is the very best of all. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.7.91](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.7.91) uttamaṃ madhyamaṃ nīcaṃ karṣakaṃ cumbakaṃ kramāt / bhrāmakaṃ lakṣaṇaṃ vacmi lohaṃ tu bhrāmayettataḥ // > Karṣaka, cumbaka, and bhrāmaka are respectively excellent, middling, and inferior. > I state the characteristic \[of bhrāmaka\]: it causes iron to rotate; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.7.92](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.7.92) tasmādbhrāmakamityuktaṃ cumbakaṃ lohacumbakam / karṣakaṃ karṣayellohaṃ drāvakaṃ drāvayedyataḥ // > therefore it is called bhrāmaka (rotator). Cumbaka kisses (adheres to) iron; > karṣaka attracts iron; and because drāvaka liquefies \[it, it is called drāvaka\]. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.7.93](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.7.93) sphuṭanādromajananaṃ tadromakamudāhṛtam / atyuttamaṃ bahumukhaṃ catuḥpañcāsyamuttamam // > Because hair sprouts upon breaking, that \[variety\] is termed romaka (hairy). > The many-faced one is superior; that with four or five faces is excellent; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.7.94](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.7.94) madhyamaṃ syāddvitrimukhaṃ nīcamekamukhaṃ bhavet / bhrāmakaṃ cumbakaṃ sarvarogāṇāṃ nāśane hitam // > the two- or three-faced one is middling; the single-faced one is inferior. > Bhrāmaka and cumbaka are beneficial for destroying all diseases; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.7.95](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.7.95) karṣakaṃ drāvakaṃ śreṣṭhaṃ rasayoge rasāyane / rasadvipāṅkuśamidaṃ kāntaṃ pañcavidhaṃ priye // > karṣaka and drāvaka are best in mercury formulations and rejuvenation therapy. > This fivefold magnet is the goad for the elephant of mercury, O beloved. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.7.96](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.7.96) samīraṇātapaspṛṣṭaṃ na grāhyaṃ tatkadācana / hastadvayaṃ samutkhāya kāntaṃ grāhyaṃ varānane // > That which is touched by wind and sunlight should never be taken. > Having dug two cubits deep, O fair-faced one, the magnet should be collected. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.7.97](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.7.97) \ ādau sampūjya durgāṃ ca gaṇeśaṃ bhairavaṃ priye / tīvrāgninā dahetkāntaṃ secayettriphalāmbunā // > \ > Having first worshipped Durgā, Gaṇeśa, and Bhairava, O beloved, > one should burn the magnet with intense fire and quench it in triphalā water. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.7.98](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.7.98) tatkāntaṃ cūrṇayetsūkṣmaṃ kācasāmudraṭaṅkaṇaiḥ / lākṣāgugguluguñjābhir ūrṇājyamadhusikthakaiḥ // > One should powder that magnet finely with glass, sea salt, and borax, > lac, guggulu, guñjā, wool, ghee, honey, beeswax, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.7.99](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.7.99) śaśāsthikṣudramīnaiśca bhallātatilakalkakaiḥ / sarjakṣārayavakṣārarālaiś ciragulais tathā // > hare bone, tiny fish, pastes of marking nut and sesame, > natron, barley ash, resin, ciragula, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.7.100](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.7.100) nyaṅkusairibhadantīnāṃ viṣāṇaiśca samāṃśakaiḥ / etatsamāṃśaṃ tatkāntamajākṣīreṇa mardayet // > and equal parts of the horns of chital deer, wild buffalo, and elephant tusks. > One should grind an equal part of that magnet with goat's milk, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.7.101](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.7.101) melayet pañcamāhiṣyair dadhyādyair gomayāntakaiḥ / ślakṣṇaṃ piṣṭvā vaṭīḥ kuryāt karṣamātrāḥ sureśvari // > mix it with the five products of the buffalo cow, from yogurt to buffalo dung, > and grinding it smooth, make pills measuring a karṣa, O mistress of gods. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.7.102](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.7.102) koṣṭhīyantre vaṅkanāle khadirāṅgārakair dṛḍham / pañca pañca vaṭīstatra nikṣipecca śanaiḥ śanaiḥ // > In a koṣṭhī furnace apparatus with a bent blowpipe, using khadira charcoal intensely, / one should drop in the pills slowly, five by five. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.7.103](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.7.103) triyāmamathanādeva kāntātsatvaṃ patecchuci / tatsarvaṃ kaṇaśaḥ kṛtvā kācādyairauṣadhaiḥ samaiḥ // > From three yāmas of heating alone, pure essence will fall from the magnet iron. / Having reduced all of that to fine grains, \[mixing it\] with equal parts of flux drugs such as glass, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.7.104](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.7.104) mūṣāgataṃ dhamettīvramevaṃ dhāmyaṃ tridhā priye / evaṃ kṛtaṃ tu tatkāntasatvaṃ sattvatamaṃ bhavet // > placed inside a crucible, one should blow intensely; thus it is to be blown three times, my dear. / The essence of magnet iron prepared in this manner becomes the most excellent essence. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.7.105](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.7.105) \ kāntalohasya pātrasthajale tailasya bindavaḥ / na sarpanti caṇāstvetāḥ kṛṣṇāḥ syur nātra saṃśayaḥ // > \ > Drops of oil \[placed\] in water kept in a vessel of magnet iron / do not spread; and chickpeas \[placed therein\] become black, there is no doubt of this. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.7.106](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.7.106) ghṛṣṭahiṅgorna gandhaḥ syāt kṣīrormiḥ śikharākṛtiḥ / na kadācid bhuvi patecchivā muñcati tiktatām // > Asafoetida rubbed \[on it\] loses its odor; a ripple of milk assumes a pointed shape / \[and\] never falls to the ground; \[and\] myrobalan loses its bitterness. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.7.107](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.7.107) tallohakṣiptam uṣṇāmbu śītalaṃ bhavati kṣaṇāt / \ ūnaṃ pañcapalānnaiva nordhvaṃ pañcadaśāt palāt // > Hot water poured on that iron becomes cool in an instant. > \ > Not less than five palas and not more than fifteen palas \[of iron is to be taken\]. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.7.108](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.7.108) triphalā ṣoḍaśapalā taccaturguṇamambu ca / kvāthayet pādaśeṣaṃ tu tasminpatrāṇi ḍhālayet // > Triphalā should be sixteen palas, and water four times that amount; / one should boil it down to a quarter remainder, and then quench the plates in it. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.7.109](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.7.109) śaśaraktapraliptāni śoṣayedātape punaḥ / tāpitāni punastakratailasauvīrasarpīṃṣi // > Smeared with hare's blood, one should dry them again in the sun; / then, having heated them repeatedly, in buttermilk, oil, sauvīra vinegar, and ghee, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.7.110](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.7.110) kṣaudrārkakṣīrajambīrakulatthakaraseṣvapi / lepanaṃ śoṣaṇaṃ dāhaṃ secanaṃ ca kramātpriye // > and also in honey, arka latex, lime juice, and horsegram decoction, / smearing, drying, heating, and quenching \[are done\] successively, my dear. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.7.111](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.7.111) pratyekaṃ saptadhā kuryād giridoṣaṃ tyajedayaḥ / \ ādau mantrastataḥ karma kartavyo mantra ucyate // > One should perform each \[procedure\] seven times; then the iron discards its ore-defect. > \ > First the mantra, then the procedure is to be performed; the mantra is now stated: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.7.112](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.7.112) udbhavodbhavaśabdaḥ syāccaturthyanto 'mṛtāt paraḥ / svāhāntaḥ praṇavaścādau mantro'yaṃ mardane sthitaḥ // > The words 'udbhavodbhava' should be in the dative case following 'amṛta', / ending with 'svāhā', with the praṇava at the beginning; this mantra is prescribed during the grinding. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.7.113](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.7.113) oṃ amṛtodbhavodbhavāya svāhā / rakṣāyai lohanarayorayamekodbhavo manuḥ / vinā svāhāpadaṃ sthāne phaḍantaṃ yaḥ samuccaret // > “Oṃ amṛtodbhavodbhavāya svāhā.” > For the protection of both the iron and the man, this single-arising mantra is \[recited\]; / in place \[of it\], one who recites it without the word 'svāhā' and ending in 'phaṭ': > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.7.114](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.7.114) oṃ amṛtodbhavāya phaṭ praṇavordhvaṃ namaścaṇḍavajrapāṇaya ityapi / tataḥ paraṃ mahāyakṣasenādhipataye namaḥ // > “Oṃ amṛtodbhavāya phaṭ.” Following the praṇava, there is “namaś caṇḍavajrapāṇaye,” / and after that, “mahāyakṣasenādhipataye namaḥ,” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.7.115](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.7.115) dviruktaṃ suruśabdasya mahāvidyābalāya ca / tataḥ svāheti mantro'yaṃ balikarmaṇi kīrtitaḥ // > the word 'suru' spoken twice, and 'mahāvidyābalāya', / then 'svāhā'—this mantra is proclaimed for the bali offering. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.7.116](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.7.116) oṃ namaścaṇḍavajrapāṇaye mahāyakṣasenādhipataye namaḥ suru suru mahāvidyābalāya svāhā / \ etāni lohapatrāṇi sūkṣmaṃ saṃcūrṇayettataḥ / ayaḥpātre kāntacūrṇaṃ nikṣipya triphalārasaiḥ // > “Oṃ namaś caṇḍavajrapāṇaye mahāyakṣasenādhipataye namaḥ suru suru mahāvidyābalāya svāhā.” > \ > One should then grind these iron plates into a fine powder. / Having placed the magnet iron powder into an iron vessel, with triphalā decoction, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.7.117](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.7.117) secayettadayodarvyā cālayanpācayediti / piṇḍībhūtaṃ tadādāya mṛttikāpaṭale śubhe // > one should sprinkle it, stirring it with an iron ladle, and thus cook it. / Taking it when it has formed a lump, in an auspicious clay-layered > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.7.118](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.7.118) saṃpuṭe nikṣipetsamyak ṣoḍaśāṅgulagartake / nidhāyāraṇyakārīṣamadhyagaṃ kāriṣaṃ dahet // > casket one should deposit it well; placing it in a pit sixteen aṅgulas \[deep\], / in the middle of wild cow-dung cakes, one should burn the cow dung. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.7.119](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.7.119) ahorātraṃ prakurvīta vātātapavivarjitam / punaḥ prātaḥ samādāya varākvāthena mardayet // > One should maintain it for a day and night, sheltered from wind and sun. / Taking it out again in the morning, one should triturate it with triphalā decoction. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.7.120](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.7.120) sthālīsaṃpuṭayorevaṃ kuryātpākapuṭaiḥ kramāt / evaṃ vidadhyātsaptāhaṃ tasminkṣepyaṃ ca hiṅgulam // > In this manner one should subject it to cooking in a pot and roasting in a casket in sequence; / one should perform this for seven days, and then cinnabar is to be added to it, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.7.121](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.7.121) lohasya ṣoḍaśāṃśaṃ ca nārīstanyena mardayet / sthālyāṃ pākaṃ saṃpuṭe ca puṭaṃ kurvīta ṣoḍaśa // > to a sixteenth part of the iron, and one should triturate it with woman's breast milk. / One should carry out cooking in a pot and roasting in a casket sixteen times. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.7.122](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.7.122) nirutthaṃ tadbhavedbhasma devi yojyaṃ rasāyane / \ yāvatsyāttriphalā tasmād bhavedvāri caturguṇam // > That calx becomes non-revivable, O goddess, \[and\] is to be employed in rasāyana. > \ > As much triphalā as there is, four times that amount of water should be taken; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.7.123](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.7.123) aṣṭāvaśeṣaṃ kvāthayet kvāthasya sadṛśaṃ ghṛtam / ghṛtatulyaṃ kāntabhasma tāmrapātre pacetpriye // > one should boil it down to an eighth remainder. Ghee equal to the decoction, / \[and\] magnet iron calx equal to the ghee, one should cook in a copper vessel, my dear, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.7.124](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.7.124) lohadarvyā pracalayan yāvacchuṣyati tadrasaḥ / tāvanmṛdvagninā pācyaṃ lohatulyāṃ sitāṃ kṣipet // > stirring it with an iron ladle until that liquid dries up. / For that long it is to be cooked over a mild fire; then one should add sugar equal to the iron. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.7.125](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.7.125) amṛtīkaraṇamityuktaṃ sarvayogavahaṃ param / \ lohapākaṃ pravakṣyāmi tadbhavettrividhaṃ priye // > This is stated to be 'nectarization', supreme and carrying all properties. > \ > I shall describe the cooking of iron; it is of three kinds, my dear: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.7.126](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.7.126) mṛdumadhyakharāḥ proktā jambīrasadṛśo mṛduḥ / madhyamaḥ piṇḍasadṛśo vālukāsadṛśaḥ kharaḥ // > mild, medium, and intense are taught. The mild is like a lime; / the medium is like a ball; the intense is like sand. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.7.127](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.7.127) \ atha sevāṃ pravakṣyāmi kāntalohasya bhasmanaḥ / sumuhūrte śubhadine pūjiteśādidevataḥ // > \ > Now I shall explain the administration of the calx of magnet iron. / At an auspicious astrological moment, on an auspicious day, having worshipped deities beginning with Īśa, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.7.128](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.7.128) seveta siddhidaṃ divyaṃ kāntabhasma rasāyanam / śuddhadeho virekādyairabhrabhasma purā priye // > one should consume the divine magnet iron calx rasāyana that grants success. / Previously, having purified one's body with purgatives and the like, my dear, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.7.129](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.7.129) māsamekaṃ tu seveta tasmācchuddhavapurbhavet / māṣamātraṃ kāntabhasma guñjāmātrābhrabhasma ca // > one should consume mica calx for one month; by that, one's body becomes purified. / One māṣa of magnet iron calx and a guñjā of mica calx, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.7.130](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.7.130) dviniṣkaṃ triphalācūrṇaṃ madhusarpiḥsamanvitam / lihet prātar viśuddhātmā snānadānādikarmabhiḥ // > with two niṣkas of triphalā powder, combined with honey and ghee, / one should lick in the morning, purified in self through ablutions, donations, and other rites. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.7.131](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.7.131) anupeyaṃ tato lohād gavyaṃ ṣaṣṭiguṇaṃ payaḥ / dhāroṣṇaṃ tadabhāve tu kṛtvā kṣīraṃ samāmbukam // > The after-drink following that iron should be cow's milk, sixty times the amount, / warm from the udder; or in its absence, having mixed milk with an equal amount of water, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.7.132](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.7.132) yāvatkṣīṇajalaṃ kvāthyaṃ kṣīraṃ cānupibetpriye / tadasātmye varākvāthaṃ guḍūcyā vā kaṣāyakam // > it should be boiled until the water is gone, and that milk is to be drunk as an after-drink, my dear. / If that is unwholesome, a decoction of triphalā or a decoction of guḍūcī \[may be drunk\]. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.7.133](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.7.133) ityekamāsaṃ seveta kramāddvitricatuṣṭayam / pratimāsaṃ māṣaguñjāvṛddhiḥ kāntābhrabhasmanoḥ // > Thus one should consume it for one month, \[then\] successively for two, three, and four \[months\], / with a monthly increase of a māṣa and a guñjā of the magnet iron and mica calces respectively. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.7.134](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.7.134) evaṃ ṣoḍaśamāsāntaṃ vṛddhiḥ ṣoḍaśamātrakāḥ / pūrvoktavadvidhiṃ tyājyaṃ kuryātsiddhimavāpnuyāt // > In this manner, up to the end of sixteen months there is an increase of sixteen measures. / One should avoid what is to be avoided according to the rules stated before; one will attain perfection. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.7.135](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.7.135) asya vatsarayogena kṣudrāmayavināśanam / etaddvivarṣayogena mahārogapraṇāśanam // > Through its use for one year, minor illnesses are destroyed; / through its use for two years, major diseases are eradicated. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.7.136](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.7.136) trivarṣātpalitaṃ hanti caturvarṣādvaliṃ haret / pañcamādapamṛtyughnaṃ ṣaṣṭhe syādāyuṣaḥ śatam // > From three years, it destroys grey hair; from four years, it removes wrinkles; / from the fifth, it averts untimely death; in the sixth, one's lifespan becomes a hundred \[years\]. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.7.137](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.7.137) saptābde sūryavaddīptiṃ daśame siddhimelanam / vaidyādharaṃ samāpnoti varṣe caikādaśe priye // > In the seventh year, \[one gains\] radiance like the sun; in the tenth, association with the Siddhas; / and in the eleventh year, my dear, one attains the state of a Vidyādhara; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.7.138](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.7.138) trayodaśābde devatvam indratvaṃ ca caturdaśe / tathā pañcadaśābde ca sarvalokapriyo bhavet // > in the thirteenth year, godhood, and the status of Indra in the fourteenth; / likewise in the fifteenth year, one becomes dear to all the worlds; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.7.139](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.7.139) ṣoḍaśābde'ṣṭasiddhiḥ syātsatyaṃ satyaṃ maheśvari / \ suvarṇadrutivatkāntadrutiḥ syātpūrvavatpriye // > in the sixteenth year, the eight alchemical perfections will arise; this is true, truly true, O Maheśvarī! > \ > Just like the liquefaction of gold, the liquefaction of magnet iron is done as before, my dear. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.7.140](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.7.140) kāntadrutirbhavedbhasma kāntalohasya bhasmavat / \ kiṭṭaṃ muṇḍaṃ tathā tīkṣṇaṃ kāntaṃ pūrvottarottaram // > The liquefied magnet iron can become a calx just like the calx of magnet iron. > \ > Iron slag, cast iron, wootz steel, and magnet iron are progressively each superior to the former; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.7.141](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.7.141) guṇāḍhyāḥ syur daśaśatasahasraṃ lakṣakaṃ kramāt / śatādhiko bhavet kāntastvauṣadhānāṃ rasāyanam // > they are rich in virtues tenfold, a hundredfold, a thousandfold, and a hundred-thousandfold, respectively. / Magnet iron is a hundred times greater still, a rasāyana among medicines, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.7.142](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.7.142) tridoṣaśamanaṃ divyaṃ sarvarogāpahārakam / kāntiṃ rucyaṃ ca cakṣuṣyaṃ hṛdyam āyuṣyadaṃ śuci // > a divine pacifier of the three humors, a remover of all diseases, / producing luster, appetizing, beneficial to the eyes, beneficial to the heart, longevity-bestowing, pure, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.7.143](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.7.143) sthairyaṃ dārḍhyaṃ ca dhātūnāṃ balavacca rasāyanam / \ athābhrakaṃ pravakṣyāmi tadutpattyādikaṃ kramāt // > imparting stability and firmness to the tissues, and a potent rasāyana. > \ > Now I shall speak of mica, its origin and so forth in order. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.7.144](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.7.144) purādiśaktir bhavatī śvetadvīpe manorame / indrāṇīkamalāvāṇīgāyatrīpramukhaiḥ saha // > Formerly, You, the Primordial Śakti, in the delightful Śvetadvīpa, / together with Indrāṇī, Kamalā, Vāṇī, Gāyatrī, and other foremost goddesses, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.7.145](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.7.145) arundhatīmukhair divyamunidāraiśca saṃyutā / saṃcikrīḍe mahāmāyā citsadānandarūpiṇī // > and accompanied by divine wives of sages headed by Arundhatī, / sported, O Mahāmāyā, whose nature is consciousness and eternal bliss. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.7.146](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.7.146) ānandāśrukaṇāḥ kṣaume nyapatanbahavo dṛśoḥ / tadā ṛtumatī jātā tataḥ svādu saritpateḥ // > Many tears of joy fell from her eyes onto her silk garment; / then she became menstruous, and thereupon, leaving that garment on the bank of the sweet ocean, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.7.147](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.7.147) tīre tyaktvā ca tadvastraṃ snātvā kailāsamāyayau / vātyāvaśena tadvastraṃ kṣīrābdhau nyapatattadā // > and having bathed, she went to Mount Kailāsa. / Due to a gale, that garment then fell into the ocean of milk. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.7.148](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.7.148) devāsurair mathyamānāt tasmāt kṣīrāmbudhestadā / samabhūt tadrajovastraṃ caturdhābhrakasaṃjñakam // > From that ocean of milk as it was being churned by the gods and demons, / that menstrual cloth arose, known as mica, of four kinds. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.7.149](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.7.149) kṛṣṇābhrakaṃ sāñjanābhaṃ pītaṃ devyaṅgalepanāt / raktaṃ tasya rajorūpaṃ kṣaumaṃ śvetam abhūditi // > Black mica had the appearance of collyrium; yellow came from anointing the Goddess's body; / red had the form of her menses; and the silk became white. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.7.150](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.7.150) caturvidhaṃ tadālokya rasabandhanakāraṇam / rasāyanaṃ rogaharaṃ sarvasiddhipradāyakam // > Seeing these four kinds, a cause for the fixation of mercury, / a rejuvenation therapy, destroying disease, granting all alchemical perfections, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.7.151](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.7.151) ityūcire surāḥ sarve sākṣādamṛtasaṃmitam / śvetaṃ rajatakāryeṣu trayamanyatsuvarṇake // > all the gods said that it is equal to nectar itself. / White \[mica is used\] in silver operations, and the other three in gold operations. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.7.152](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.7.152) sarvaṃ rasāyane yojyaṃ raktapītasitāsitam / śvetācchataguṇaṃ raktaṃ raktātpītaṃ sahasrakam // > All—red, yellow, white, and black—should be used in rejuvenation therapy. / Red is a hundred times superior to white, yellow a thousand times to red, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.7.153](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.7.153) pītāllakṣaguṇaṃ kṛṣṇaṃ jñeyaṃ lohe rasāyane / pratyekaṃ tāni jāyante caturdhā jātitaḥ kramāt // > and black should be known as a hundred thousand times superior to yellow in metal-work and rejuvenation therapy. / Each of them is produced in four ways according to class, in order: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.7.154](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.7.154) pinākaṃ darduraṃ nāgaṃ vajraṃ ceti caturvidham / vajraṃ samāharenmukhyaṃ trīṇyanyāni vivarjayet // > pināka, dardura, nāga, and vajra—these four kinds. / One should obtain the principal one, vajra, and avoid the other three. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.7.155](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.7.155) pinākamagninikṣiptaṃ muñcate dalasaṃcayam / tatsevitaṃ malaṃ baddhvā mārayedrogakāraṇam // > Pināka, when cast into fire, emits an accumulation of layers; / consumed, it binds the feces and kills, causing disease. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.7.156](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.7.156) darduraṃ vahninikṣiptaṃ kurute bhekaniḥsvanam / tadutpādayate rogamaśmaryākhyam asādhyakam // > Dardura, when cast into fire, makes the sound of a frog; / it produces the incurable disease called gravel. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.7.157](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.7.157) nāgamagnau vinikṣiptaṃ phūtkāraṃ vitanoti yat / tatsevayā mahākuṣṭhaṃ maṇḍalākhyaṃ bhaveddhruvam // > Nāga, when cast into fire, emits a hissing noise; / by its consumption, severe leprosy called maṇḍala will certainly arise. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.7.158](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.7.158) \ etattritayasevābhirjāyate rogasaṃcayaḥ / vahnisthitaṃ tu vajrābhraṃ vikārānnācaretkvacit // > \ > From the consumption of this triad an accumulation of diseases arises; / but vajra-mica, when placed in fire, never undergoes any alteration. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.7.159](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.7.159) tasmādvajrābhrakaṃ sevyaṃ valīpalitamṛtyujit / rājahastātparaṃ grāhyaṃ khanitrena tadākarāt // > Therefore, vajra-mica should be consumed, conquering wrinkles, grey hair, and death. / It should be gathered from its mine with a pickaxe beyond the royal cubit. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.7.160](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.7.160) \ bhārayuktaṃ pṛthudalaṃ snigdhaṃ mocyadalaṃ sukham / kācacandrakakiṭṭābhaṃ na yojyaṃ tatkadācana // > \ > It should be heavy, with thick layers, unctuous, and its layers easily separated. / That which resembles glass, mica spangles, or dross should never be used. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.7.161](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.7.161) \ pūrvoktalakṣaṇayutaṃ vajrābhraṃ dhamayed dṛḍham / arkakṣīrāranāle ca gomūtre triphalārase // > \ > Endowed with the characteristics stated above, one should blow vajra-mica intensely, / and quench it in milk-hedge latex, sour rice-gruel, cow's urine, triphalā decoction, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.7.162](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.7.162) meghanādarase cetthaṃ nikṣipetteṣu tattridhā / samyagdalaṃ mocayitvā meghanādāmlayor dravaiḥ // > and juice of meghanāda, in this way casting it thrice into each of these. / Having properly separated the layers, one should triturate it with the juices of meghanāda and sour gruel, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.7.163](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.7.163) bhāvayed ātape tīvre ślakṣṇaṃ piṣṭvātha vastrake / nikṣipya dhānyasahitaṃ baddhvā tatkāñjike punaḥ // > and steep it in intense sunlight. Then, having ground it finely, place it in a cloth / with unhusked grain, and tying it up, again in sour gruel > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.7.164](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.7.164) karābhyāṃ ghaṭṭayed gāḍhaṃ sūkṣmaṃ tatkāñjike sravet / tat kuryād ātape śuṣkam etad dhānyābhrakaṃ smṛtam // > one should knead it forcefully with both hands, so the fine powder oozes out into that sour gruel. / One should dry that in the sun; this is known as grain-mica. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.7.165](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.7.165) \ kāntavatsatvapatanamabhrakasya bhavetpriye / hema rūpyaṃ mākṣikaṃ ca vaikrāntaṃ madhu ṭaṅkaṇam // > \ > The extraction of the essence of mica takes place like that of loadstone, O beloved: / gold, silver, pyrites, vaikrānta, honey, borax, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.7.166](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.7.166) guñjā guḍaṃ ghṛtaṃ bhallam ekaikaṃ daśaniṣkakam / piṣṭvārkapayasā kāryā vaṭikāḥ karṣamātrakāḥ // > guñjā seeds, jaggery, ghee, and marking nut—ten niṣkas of each. / Having ground them with calotropis latex, pills measuring one karṣa each should be made. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.7.167](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.7.167) śataniṣke 'bhrasatve 'smin vidrute vaṭikāḥ kṣipet / ekaikaghaṭikāmātraṃ vaṭyaḥ kṣepyāḥ śanaiḥ śanaiḥ // > Into one hundred niṣkas of this essence of mica, when molten, one should cast the pills; / the pills are to be cast in slowly, one every ghaṭikā, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.7.168](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.7.168) yāvat tat sattvaśeṣaṃ syāt tāvad dhāmyam atandritaiḥ / idam abhrakasattvaṃ tu devayogyaṃ rasāyanam // > blowing without fatigue as long as that essence remains. / This essence of mica is indeed a rejuvenation therapy fit for the gods. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.7.169](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.7.169) \ cūrṇīkṛtyābhrasattvaṃ tanmeghanādaḥ punarnavā / sūraṇo'rkadalaṃ mustā jambīrastālamūlikā // > \ > Having powdered that essence of mica, one takes meghanāda, punarnavā, / elephant foot yam, calotropis leaf, mustā, lemon, tālamūlikā, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.7.170](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.7.170) triphalā vajravallī ca śāṅgerī maricaṃ tathā / amlavargo vaṭajaṭā kārpāsamuniśigrukam // > triphalā, vajravallī, śāṅgerī, black pepper, / the group of sour substances, banyan aerial roots, cotton, and muniśigru, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.7.171](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.7.171) ekavīrā kokilākṣī sarpākṣī tulasī vacā / peṭārī vākucī kanyā caikaikasya rasaiḥ pṛthak // > ekavīrā, kokilākṣī, sarpākṣī, basil, vacā, / peṭārī, vākucī, and aloe—with the separate juice of each, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.7.172](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.7.172) mardanaṃ gharmapākaṃ ca sthālīpākaṃ puṭaṃ kramāt / ekaikāhaṃ prakurvīta tato daradamākṣike // > one should perform grinding, cooking in the sun, cooking in a pot, and incineration in an incineration pit, in succession, / for one day each. Then, cinnabar and pyrites > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.7.173](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.7.173) satvaṣoḍaśabhāgena yojyaṃ peṣyaṃ varārasaiḥ / puṭaṣoḍaśaparyantaṃ kuryādevaṃ hi bhairavi // > should be combined in a one-sixteenth proportion of the essence, and triturated with triphalā decoctions. / One should perform this up to sixteen incineration pits, O Bhairavī. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.7.174](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.7.174) pūrvoktavat syād amṛtīkaraṇaṃ kāntasatvavat / nirutthaṃ bhasma bhavati cāyurārogyadāyakam // > Nectarisation should be performed as described previously, like that for the essence of loadstone. / It becomes an ash that cannot be revived, granting longevity and health. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.7.175](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.7.175) \ atha sevāṃ pravakṣyāmi ghanasatvarasāyane / vamanādiviśuddhātmā pūjitasveṣṭadevataḥ // > \ > Now I shall declare the consumption in the rejuvenation therapy using the essence of mica. / Purified in body through emesis and other procedures, having worshipped one's chosen deity, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.7.176](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.7.176) guñjāmātrābhrasatvaṃ ca dviniṣkaṃ triphalārajaḥ / madhvājyābhyāṃ lihetprātarekamāsaṃ bhajediti // > one should lick in the morning the essence of mica to the amount of one guñjā, along with two niṣkas of triphalā powder, / with honey and ghee; one should practice this for one month. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.7.177](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.7.177) evaṃ ṣoḍaśamāsāntaṃ māsavṛddhikrameṇa vai / guñjāvṛddhirbhaveddevi sevetetthaṃ rasāyanam // > Thus, up to sixteen months, in the sequence of an increase by one guñjā each month, / O Goddess, there should be an increase. In this way one should consume the rejuvenation therapy. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.7.178](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.7.178) pūrvoktavadvidhiṃ tyājyaṃ prakurvīta sureśvari / varṣeṇa dehaśuddhiḥ syāddvivarṣādāmayāccyutaḥ // > One should follow the regimen and avoid what is prohibited as stated previously, O ruler of gods. / Within a year there will be purification of the body; after two years, one is freed from disease. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.7.179](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.7.179) trivatsarānmahāroganāśanaṃ bhavati dhruvam / caturvarṣān mahākāntibalavīryapravardhanam // > After three years, the destruction of great diseases certainly occurs. / After four years, there is an immense increase of luster, strength, and virility. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.7.180](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.7.180) pañcavarṣāddehadārḍhyaṃ ṣaṣṭhe vāksiddhimeti hi / saptame divyadṛṣṭiḥ syādaṣṭame viṣanāśanam // > After five years comes firmness of body; in the sixth year one attains perfection of speech. / In the seventh year there will be divine vision; in the eighth, destruction of poisons. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.7.181](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.7.181) navābde siddhatāmeti tato vidyādharo bhavet / ekādaśābde tvindratvaṃ dvādaśe brahmatā bhavet // > In the ninth year one attains perfection; then one becomes a Vidyādhara. / In the eleventh year Indra-hood, and in the twelfth year Brahmā-hood occurs. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.7.182](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.7.182) trayodaśābde viṣṇutvaṃ rudratvaṃ ca caturdaśe / īśatvaṃ pañcadaśake ṣoḍaśābde sadāśivaḥ // > In the thirteenth year Viṣṇu-hood, and in the fourteenth Rudra-hood; / Īśa-hood in the fifteenth, and in the sixteenth year one becomes Sadāśiva. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.7.183](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.7.183) aṇimādiyutaḥ svairī sarvajñaḥ sarvakṛdbhavet / \ athābhrakadrutiṃ vakṣye kañcukīkanda eva ca // > Endowed with the powers such as atomicity, moving at will, omniscient, all-doing he becomes. / \ > Now I shall declare the liquefaction of mica: kañcukīkanda, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.7.184](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.7.184) kapitindau keśataile pratyekaṃ tu tridhā vapet / mūṣāyāṃ drāvayitvā tadabhrasatvadrutirbhavet // > kapi-tindu, and keśataila—one should macerate it thrice in each. / Having melted it in a crucible, that becomes the liquefaction of the essence of mica. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.7.185](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.7.185) bhasmīkuryātprayatnena drutimabhrakasatvavat / \ ṣaḍrasaḥ sarvarogaghnastridoṣaśamanaḥ paraḥ // > One should carefully reduce it to ash, like the liquefaction of the essence of mica. / \ > Possessing six tastes, it destroys all diseases and is supreme in pacifying the three humors. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.7.186](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.7.186) vīryāyuṣyabalaprajñākāntirūpavivardhanaḥ / vapurdārḍhyasthairyayukto valīpalitamṛtyuhā // > It increases virility, longevity, strength, intellect, luster, and beauty. / It bestows bodily firmness and stability, and destroys wrinkles, grey hair, and death. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.7.187](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.7.187) rucyo vṛṣyo laghuḥ śīto medhyaḥ snigdho rasāyanam / abhrakaṃ dīpanaṃ grāhi śreṣṭhaṃ pāradabandhanam // > It is appetizing, aphrodisiac, light, cooling, intellect-promoting, unctuous, and a rejuvenation therapy. / Mica is an appetizer, astringent, and the best agent for the fixation of mercury. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.7.188](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.7.188) pakṣajitsūtarājasya bhasmībhūtābhrasatvakaḥ / abhrasya patraṃ rogaghnaṃ tacca satvaṃ dṛḍhaṃkaram // > The ash of the essence of mica overcomes the winged nature of the king of quicksilvers. / Mica sheet destroys disease, and its essence imparts firmness. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.7.189](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.7.189) cetasatvaṃ mṛdu hareddrutistāṃśca daridratām // > It softens the heart's nature, and its liquefaction dispels poverty. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda~en-mt.1.7.1) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (2) - [Skandamahāpurāṇa (vulgate)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda*vulgate.6.1.63.77.5) — Sanskrit - [Gautamīyatantra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.vaisnava.tantra.gautamiya.2.69) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.7) · Pramāṇa