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There is a creeper with three leaves, its leaf is at a distance of four fingers. Rub (mercury) into it. There will be goţikā (pill or ball) (of mercury). Rub it like that in the juice of white Colocynth (Indrāyanı). for 14 days. Mercury becomes butter-like.1
Rub mercury tola 1 and the essence of mica tola1/2 in two juices-juice of Marahathi and Wedelia calendulacea (Bāngrā) and give the drops (tüyā) to them for 1 prahara. The lump of mercury and mica becomes fireproved (bearing).
Give ļāyā (drop) of the juice of the inner bark of Salah: (a kind of Vaspati) to mercury for 1 prahara, rub it for 1 prahara, it becomes butterlike. :
Give saturation to mercury tā 9 equally with Kahlara phudaļi (not identified) and Aloe vera (Kumārs). Next put the juice of Rodanti 7 srs. (Rodanti is a kind of creeper) into an iron dāvadā (pan); pour into mercury, heat it with fine (gentle) fire, go on putting juice, while getting it dried up. Make fire thus for 7 days. Bind (fix) mercury in a gāțhı (bundle) of piece of cloth. Put the gāthadı (bundle) into the horse-dung 2 srs., put 2 srs. of horse-dung over it, spread out 4 srs, of dust over it. Keep it there for 2 or 4 days in that state and cover it up. That is, it gets bound (lumped). It is accomplished.
The Second Process .
Take about maund of leaves of Daturā; make two divisions of one portion, dig a pit measuring 1 cubic yard, spread out some horse-dung 4 srs., put over it pan goțaka (a full leaf of Datura), put about 10 srs. of horse-dung over it, put mercury ța. 9 into it, put thakato golo (a kind of molasses ?) over it, put again 4 srs. of horse-dung over it. Cover it up with a layer of dust-2 fingers-thick over it, give fire on it for 4 or 5 days. That - is goțako is accomplished. Offer 4 sacrifices and bring down 4 ahutis (sacrificial offer), give āhutis (sacrificial offer) of clarified butter and sugar. Do not bring own sight over it. This the chemical goțako (pill).
Melt or mix mercury ța 9 in the milk of Citrullus (Uttaravāruņi) for 3 days, then fix it up, put it into an earthen postsherd and give fire under 1. Ibid., Ch. X. 55. 2. SRSS., Ch. X. 72. 3. Ibid., Ch. 73. 4. SRSS., Ch. II. 81. 5. SRSS., Ch. II. 82.
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