Hindu Medicine c7.188

c7.188

Meanwhile, in the innermost sanctuary of the lotus-citadel, King Jīva has met Lady Loving Devotion, and together they have offered worship to Śiva. The queen-consort, Intuitive Intellect (buddhi), constantly on the alert, as befits her privileged position, and stirred with secret jealousy against the favorite, Loving Devotion, had insisted on accompanying the king thither. Returning now from the cell of Lady Devotion, King Jīva praises the energies of mercury and sulphur, which, blended with medicinal herbs, bestow everlasting youth. Śiva himself, compassionate and full of grace, had bestowed upon him these powerful drugs, while he was concentrating in meditation on the Highest Lord.