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It makes a great benefit. Mix the essence-1 rati into 1 tola of silver, tin and copper1 respectively. It pierces them! i.e. gold is produced. Rub orpiment sr. in the juice of 33 lemons for 12 or 21 days, with the juice of onion for 1 day, and in the juice of Aloe vera for 1 day.
Next dig a pit, put the pali (big pill) in an earthen bowl, make the pāli light (thin), dry it up, put it inside and seal it up by giving (putting) a lid over it, place it into that pit and lit fire of dry cowdung cakes for prahra.
Toladi of the above things is produced.2
Crush together these two-śūro (Kharo) tola 1 and borax tola 1. Put the whole thing and 2 tolas of Sesamum oil into a new earthen bowl and give fire to it. After the brunging of oil, again crush them for the second time. Next make a good crucible.
Then put medicine under and of it over it, give panitolūnine × Next chew beetle leaf and spit on the midicine, then close the mouth of the crucible. Next give it fire-dhanyagni for 4 ghaḍis (24 × 4-96 minutes), it is produced.3
Clitoria ternatea of yellow flower (Viṣṇukāntā) is like (resembling) the leaf of ciņa (Bengal gram)-(chick pea), rub that with mercury. It gets fixed in seven days. Melt Hamkha (not identified) and give it (the water of) ash of gram (Khāra) After the burning of that rasa, give it the juice of Būti (a vind of vanaspati). On the side put pura Masini (not identified) by rubbing it in the juice of citrus medica (Bijora). Its quality is just like that of Jalajambu.*
Close red oxide of arsenic 1, borax 1, Kaneriu orpiment 1, mercury 1, sulphur double of it, into a dust bin (of the village) (where it will be some chemical production), keep it there for a month. Yogavidya is true
Heat the pieces of sulphur in the light of a lamp by putting them into an iron cup, put a cup of sugar inside or an iron cup. Do it as such that it remains 1 finger high. Take the upper cup as bigger than the lower one. The half of sulphur comes out surely, dip (drench) iron into it for 2 days. Svetabhasma. (i.e. it turns into white ashes); it is beneficial, (when) mixed with the essence. True. 6
1. SRSS., Ch: XIII, 2.16
2. SRSS., Ch. IX. 31
x. Not explainable in the absence of commentary!
3. SRSS., Ch. 9. 36
4. SRSS., Ch. X. 31 5. Ibid., Ch. XII. 12
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6. SRSS., Ch. 6. 41
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