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FOUR TEENTH CHAPTER
FIRST SECTION
Khecari Guţikā - Prathama (Khecari Guţikā-First)
1. Rub pure mercury! ţā 3 (1 tola) in a mortar in oil 2 palas (8 tolās)
produced from the seed of black datura, for seven days till there be
comes the best form of it (mercury) like Peech. 2. First mix it with the powder of phaseolus radiatus (māşa), then wrap
it up with the strong thread.
3. Dry it up with the sun (-rays) (to make it) hard like the small finger
and cook it in the mustard oil measuring ten prastha2.
4. There takes place the decay (drying up) of oil till guţikā gets formed.
Place it in a cool shade, then slowly take out the accomplished guţikā (tām).
5. Put the guţika (ball or pill) into a strong jar filled with milk, all gets
dried up.
6. Then the guţika is to be held into the mouth of a he-goat and next
make it enter into its stomach. The guţika entering into the end of its mouth is seen as burning.
7. It excites sexual desire but does not affect the balance of health of
ir kreie war it enters into its stomach jt pertainly zver at fore of love.
8. An intelligent man must make a test thus and a healthy man should
put white guţikā into his own mouth to verify the test.
9. A sādhaka (experimentor or practiser) goes (to a distance of) one
hundred yojanas without an exertion (or effort) and enjoys one hundred women with its power, it is accepted as making semen fixed (thick).
1. A weight of silver equal to 4 masas. 2. A paraticulr measure of capacity equal to thirty two palas
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