[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Medicine](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med) › [Alchemy and Iatrochemistry](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa) › [Tantric alchemical scriptures and works of the Rasasiddhas](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha) › [Rasarnava](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.rasarnava) › 1.23 # Rasarnava 1.23 Rasārṇava 1.23 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [1.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.rasarnava.1.23) yāvanna śaktipātastu na yāvat pāśakṛntanam tāvattasya kuto buddhiḥ jāyate mṛtasūtake // > As long as there is no descent of spiritual power, as long as there is no severing of the fetters, / until then, how can his intellect be directed toward calcined mercury? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 1.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.rasarnava.1.22) - [Next: 1.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.rasarnava.1.24) - [Up: 1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.rasarnava.1) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.rasarnava~en-mt.1.23) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (2) - [Rasendracintāmaṇi](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.rasendracintamani.1.17) — Ḍhuṇḍhukanātha, Sanskrit - [Rasendrapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.rasendrapurana.1.46) — Rāmaprasāda, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.rasarnava.1.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.rasarnava.1.23) · Pramāṇa