Ashtangasamgraha 8.59

8.59

atha śuklapakṣe puṇye 'hani puṣyapunarvasuhastacitrāmṛgaśiraḥśravaṇarevatīśatabhiṣakprājāpatyottarāṇāmanyatamena nakṣatreṇa yogamupagate bhagavatyauṣadhipatau praśaste muhūrte sindhusrotaḥsamutthaṃsnigdhaṃ saprabhaṃ gandhavarṇacchadairnīlotpalābhamañjanamāharet |

tasyāṣṭau bhāgāḥ kanakarajatodumbarāṇāmekaiko bhāgaḥ |

tatsarvaṃ mūṣāyāṃ prakṣipya balimaṅgalapūrvakamagnimupasāmādhāya khadirakadaradhavasyandanānāmanyatamadārubhigomayairvā prajvālayet |

tataścāryāvalokiteśvaramāryatārāṃ brahmadakṣāśvirudrendradityasomavaruṇavaiśvānaravāyuviṣṇujanakabharadvājadhanvantarisuśrutabhavyasukanyāskandaścyavanavainateyānanyāṃśca yathāvidhyuktadevatāḥ sumano 'kṣatalājasvastikasaṃyāvanistuṣayavasaṃskṛtaguḍaghṛtamiśrapāyasairarcayitvāvṛddhavaidyabrahmaṇāṃśca śuklavāsaso mahatībhirdakṣiṇābhiḥ pūjayitvā tasminnagnau tadañjanaṃ dhmātaṃ dhmātamāvṛtya pṛthakpṛthaṅniṣecayet |

gośakṛdrasamūtraghṛtadadhikṣaudravasāmajjatailamadyasarvagandhāmbuśarkarodakekṣuraseṣu tathā harītakyāmalakabibhītakakāśmaryamṛdvīkāśṛṅgāṭakakaśerukotpalanalinasaugandhikamṛṇālikakvātheṣu tathā lāvakapiñjalaiṇaśaśahariṇakulīraraseṣu tathā madhukacandanakālānusāryanaladapadmakośīramañjiṣṭhānantāgairikakuṅkumodakeṣu |

tataḥ śukle vāsasi badhvā dvādaśarātra māntarikṣe 'mbhāsi vāsayet |

tataśchāyāyāṃ viśoṣya sphaṭikamuktāpravālakālanusāryāpratīvāpaṃ punarapi balimaṅgalapūrvakamahatavāsasā kanyayā dṛṣadi peṣayitvāsuvarṇarajatatāmraśaṅkhaśailadviradaradanagavayaśṛṅgavaiḍūryasphaṭikameṣaśṛṅgyasanasārānyatamaghaṭṭitāyāmañjanikāyāṃ nidhāpayet |

atha pūrvavatpunarapi kṛtasvastyayanaṃ sāvitreṇa karmaṇā sarvavit dvijanmā vidhivattadabhisaṃskuryāt |

tato gajaskandhamāropya pāṇḍuracchatracāmarabālavyajanairanugataṃ tathā śaṅkhadundubhisvanairdvijātivaraprayuktaiśca vedavādamiśraiḥ puṇyāhaghoṣaiḥ kṛtapuṣpopahāraṃ vaidyagṛhānnāyakagṛhamanupraveśayet |

anantaraṃ ca tena videhādhipopadiṣṭena sarvārtheṣu siddhenāñjanena yathoktānāmevāñjanabhājanadravyāṇāmanyatamayā śalākayā gobrāhmaṇapūjāpūrvakaṃ śuciḥ saniyamo bhūtvā dhāraṇīmimāṃ vidyāmadhīyānaḥ pūtaḥ pūrvamakṣi dakṣiṇamañjayet ||

sapalāśavaṭe vyoṣatrivṛccūrṇānvite kṛtaḥ ||

japan siddhāṃśca tanmantrān grahān sarvānapohati ||

Now, during the bright fortnight, on an auspicious day, when the revered lord of medicinal plants (the Moon) enters into conjunction with one of the asterisms among Puṣya, Punarvasu, Hasta, Citrā, Mṛgaśiras, Śravaṇa, Revatī, Śatabhiṣaj, Prājāpatya (Rohiṇī), or the Uttaras (Uttaraphālgunī, Uttarāṣāḍhā, Uttarabhādrapadā), at an auspicious hour, one should gather collyrium originating from the stream of the Indus, unctuous, radiant, resembling a blue lotus in fragrance, color, and sheen.

Of that, there should be eight parts, and one part each of gold, silver, and copper.

Placing all of that into a crucible, having first performed offerings and auspicious rites, having set up the fire, one should kindle it with the wood of any of khadira, kadara, dhava, or syandana, or with cow-dung cakes.

Then, having worshipped noble Avalokiteśvara, noble Tārā, Brahmā, Dakṣa, the Aśvins, Rudra, Indra, the Ādityas, Soma, Varuṇa, Vaiśvānara, Vāyu, Viṣṇu, Janaka, Bharadvāja, Dhanvantari, Suśruta, the worthy Sukanyā, Skanda, Cyavana, Vainateya (Garuḍa), and other deities as prescribed, with jasmine flowers, unbroken grains, puffed rice, svastikas, pastries, unhusked barley-preparations, jaggery, and milk-rice mixed with ghee; and having honored elder physicians and brāhmaṇas clad in white garments with substantial dakṣiṇās; one should take that collyrium repeatedly blown upon in that fire and quench it separately into each of [the following liquids]:

into the juice of cow-dung, cow-urine, ghee, curd, honey, muscle-fat, bone-marrow, oil, wine, all aromatic waters, sugar-water, and sugarcane juice; likewise into decoctions of harītakī, āmalakī, bibhītaka, kāśmarya, grape, śṛṅgāṭaka, kaśeruka, utpala, nalina, saugandhika, and lotus-fibers; likewise into the meat-broths of quail, francolin, blackbuck, hare, deer, and crab; likewise into the waters of madhuka, sandalwood, kālānusārya, nalada, padmaka, uśīra, mañjiṣṭhā, anantā, red ochre, and saffron.

Then, tying it in a white cloth, one should leave it for twelve nights immersed in celestial (rain) water.

Then, drying it in the shade, adding powder of quartz, pearl, coral, and kālānusāryā, having again performed offerings and auspicious rites, having it ground on a stone by an unmarried maiden wearing unwashed (fresh) garments, one should store it in an eye-salve container made from one of the following: gold, silver, copper, conch, stone, elephant-tusk, wild-ox horn, cat's-eye gem, crystal, meṣaśṛṅgī wood, or asana heartwood.

Now, once again, an all-knowing brāhmaṇa, having performed auspicious rites as before, should properly consecrate it by means of the rite belonging to Savitṛ.

Then, mounting it upon the back of an elephant, accompanied by white parasols, fly-whisks, and hair-fans, as well as the sounds of conches and kettledrums, and chants of auspicious days mixed with Vedic recitations performed by excellent twice-born men, with offerings of flowers made, one should lead it from the physician's house to the leader’s house.

Immediately thereafter, with that collyrium taught by the lord of Videha, accomplished in all purposes, using an applicator made of one of the very substances prescribed for the collyrium container, preceded by worship of cows and brāhmaṇas, being clean and restrained, having become purified while reciting this dhāraṇī incantation, he should first apply collyrium to his right eye: / Made in a pit of palāśa with powder of the three pungents and trivṛt, / and reciting those proven mantras, he wards off all seizing spirits.