Rasaprakāśasudhākara · Chapter 4

athedānīṃ pravakṣyāmi dhātuśodhanamāraṇam
anubhūtaṃ mayā kiṃcit kiṃcit śāstrānusārataḥ //

suvarṇaṃ rajataṃ ceti śuddhalohamudīritam
tāmraṃ caivāśmasāraṃ ca nāgavaṃgau tathaiva //

pūtilohaṃ nigaditaṃ dvitīyaṃ rasavedinā
saṃmiśralohaṃ tritayaṃ saurāṣṭrarītivartakam
ete'ṣṭau dhātavo jñeyā lohānyevaṃ bhavanti hi //

suvarṇaṃ dvividhaṃ jñeyaṃ rasajaṃ khanisaṃbhavam
anye trayaḥ suvarṇasya prakārāḥ santi noditāḥ //

rasajaṃ rasavedhena jāyate hema sundaraṃ
taccaturdaśavarṇāḍhyaṃ sarvakāryakaraṃ param //

parvate bhūmideśeṣu khanyamāneṣu kutracit
dṛśyate khanijaṃ prājñais taccaturdaśavarṇakam //

rūpyādiyogena yadā miśraṃ svarṇaṃ hi jāyate
hemakāryaṃ na cettena tadā śodhyaṃ bhiṣagvaraiḥ //

hīnavarṇasya hemnaśca patrāṇyeva tu kārayet
khaṭikāpaṭucūrṇaṃ ca kāṃjikena pramardayet //

patrāṇi lepayettena kalkenātha prayatnataḥ
āraṇyotpalakaiḥ kāryā koṣṭhikā nātivistṛtā //

madhye tatsaṃpuṭaṃ muktvā vahniṃ prajvālayettataḥ
evaṃ puṭatrayaṃ dattvā śuddhaṃ hema samuddharet //

na tu śuddhasya hemnaśca śodhanaṃ kārayedbhiṣak
anyeṣāmeva lohānāṃ śodhanaṃ kārayed bhiṣak //

tataḥ svarṇabhavaṃ patraṃ tāpitaṃ hi vinikṣipet
jvālāmukhīrase ṣaṣṭhī puṭairbhasmībhavatyalam //

guruṇā kathitaṃ samyak nirutthaṃ jāyate dhruvam
rogānhinasti sakalān nātra kāryā vicāraṇā //

hemnaḥ patrāṇi sūkṣmāṇi sūcivedhyāni kārayet
purāmbubhasmasūtena lepayitvātha śoṣayet //

saṃpuṭe ca tato rundhyāt puṭayeddaśabhiḥ puṭaiḥ
mriyate nātra saṃdeho nirutthaṃ bhasma jāyate //

hemnaḥ sūkṣmadalāni bhūrjasadṛśānyādāya saṃlepya vai vajrīdugdhakahiṅguhiṅgulasamair ekatra piṣṭīkṛtaiḥ
satyaṃ saṃpuṭake nidhāya daśabhiścaivaṃ puṭaiḥ kukkuṭaiḥ pācyaṃ hema ca raktagairikasamaṃ saṃjāyate niścitam //

lohaparpaṭīkābaddhaṃ mṛtaṃ sūtaṃ samāṃśakam
vidrute hemni nikṣiptaṃ svarṇabhūtiprabhaṃ bhavet //

tadbhasma puratoyena daradena samanvitam
mardayed dinam ekaṃ tu saṃpuṭe dhārayettataḥ //

puṭitaṃ daśavāreṇa svarṇaṃ siṃdūrasannibham
jāyate nātra saṃdeho raṃjanaṃ kurute dhruvam
dehaṃ lohaṃ ca matimān sudhanī sādhayedidam //

etatsvarṇabhavaṃ karotica rajaḥ saundaryatāṃ vai sadā rogāndaivakṛtān nihanti sakalānyevaṃ tridoṣodbhavān
yaḥ seveta naraḥ samān dvidaśakān vṛddhaśca no jāyate doṣāścaiva garodbhavā viṣakṛtā āgantujā naiva hi //

rūpyaṃ ca trividhaṃ proktaṃ khanijaṃ sahajaṃ tathā
kṛtrimaṃ ca trayo bhedāḥ kathitāḥ pūrvasūribhiḥ //

bhūdhare kutra cetprāptaṃ khanyamāne ca khanijam
kailāsaśikharājjātaṃ sahajaṃ tadudīritam //

rasavedhena yajjātaṃ vaṅgāttatkṛtrimaṃ matam
yadrūpyaṃ vahninā taptam ujjvalaṃ hi viniḥsaret
tacchuddhaṃ kaladhūtaṃ hi sarvakāryakaraṃ param //

tāmrādisaṃsargabhavaṃ tvaśuddhaṃ rūpyaṃ hi miśraṃ khalu doṣalaṃ ca
tacchodhayedvai bhasitasya mūṣyāṃ sīsena sārdhaṃ rajataṃ tu dhmāpayet //

tārācca ṣaḍguṇaṃ nāgaṃ dhmāpayedyatnataḥ sudhīḥ
śanair vidhamyamānaṃ hi doṣaśūnyaṃ prajāyate //

anenaiva prakāreṇa śodhayedrajataṃ sadā
sarvakārye prayoktavyaṃ sarvasiddhividhāyakam //

bhāgamekaṃ tu rajataṃ sūtabhāgacatuṣṭayam
mardayed dinamekaṃ tu satataṃ nimbuvāriṇā //

peṣaṇājjāyate piṣṭīr dinaikena tu niścitam
mūṣāmadhye tu tāṃ muktvā adhordhvaṃ gaṃdhakaṃ nyaset //

vālukāyaṃtramadhyasthāṃ dinaikaṃ tu dṛḍhāgninā
pācitāṃ tu prayatnena svāṃgaśītalatāṃ gatām //

tālenāmlena sahitāṃ marditāṃ hi śilātale
tato dvādaśavārāṇi puṭānyatra pradāpayet //

anena vidhinā samyak rajataṃ mriyate dhruvam
tāramākṣikayoścūrṇam amlena saha mardayet //

viṃśatpuṭena tattāraṃ bhūtībhavati niścitam
puṭādhikyaṃ hi lohānāṃ samyak syād guṇakāri ca
raṃjanaṃ kurute'tyarthaṃ raktaṃ śvetatvamādiśet //

śuddhaṃ bhasmīkṛtaṃ rūpyaṃ sāraghājyasamanvitam
netrarogānapi sadā kṣavajāngudajānapi //

pittajān kāsasambhūtān pāṇḍujānudarāṇi ca
doṣajānapi sarvāṃśca nāśayedaruciṃ sadā //

tāmraṃ cāpi dvidhā proktaṃ nepālaṃ mlecchadeśajam
nepāladeśajād anyan mlecchaṃ tatkathitaṃ budhaiḥ //

sīsakena samaṃ tāmraṃ rajatenaiva śodhayet
paścānmāraṇakaṃ samyak kartavyaṃ rasavādinā //

kṛtvā tāmrasya patrāṇi kanyāpatre niveśayet
kukkuṭākhye puṭe samyak puṭayettadanaṃtaram //

sūtagaṃdhakayoḥ piṣṭiḥ kāryā cātimanoramā
vimardya nimbutoyena tāni patrāṇi lepayet //

sthālīmadhye nirundhyātha pacedyāmacatuṣṭayam
pañcadoṣavinirmuktaṃ śulbaṃ tenaiva jāyate //

ravitulyena balinā sūtakena samena ca
tālakena tadardhena śilayā ca tadardhayā //

cūrṇaṃ kajjalasaṃkāśaṃ kārayenmatimān bhiṣak //

śarāvasaṃpuṭasyāntaḥ patrāṇyādhāya yatnataḥ
uparyupari patrāṇi kajjalīṃ ca nidhāpayet //

yāmaikaṃ pācayedagnau garbhayantrodarāntare
svāṃgaśītaṃ samuttārya khalve sūkṣmaṃ pracūrṇayet //

lehayenmadhusaṃyuktam anupānair yathocitaiḥ
śuddhatāmrasya patrāṇi kartavyāni prayatnataḥ //

tatsamāṃśasya gaṃdhasya pāradasya samasya ca //

tālakasya tadardhasya śilāyāśca tadardhataḥ
lāṃgalīcitrakavyoṣa tālamūlīkarañjakaiḥ //

viṣaśamyākātiviṣā saiṃdhavaiśca samāṃśakaiḥ
jaṃbīrasya draveṇātha cūrṇaṃ cātidravīkṛtam //

tatsarvaṃ hi śilābhāṇḍe vinidhāya prayatnataḥ
sūcīvedhyāni patrāṇi rasenālepitāni ca //

kalkamadhye viniḥkṣipya dinasaptakameva hi
cūrṇīkṛtaṃ tu madhvājyaiḥ kaṇādvayasamanvitam //

lehitaṃ vallamātraṃ hi jarāmṛtyuvināśanam
kathitaṃ somadevena somanāthābhidhaṃ śubham //

śuddhaṃ śulvaṃ gaṃdhakaṃ vai samāṃśaṃ pūrvaṃ sthālyāṃ sthāpayedgaṃdhakārdham
madhye śulbaṃ sthāpanīyaṃ prayatnāt tasyordhvaṃ vai gaṃdhacūrṇasya cārdham //

sthālīmukhe cūrṇaghaṭīṃ niveśya lepaṃ tathā saindhavamṛtsnayāpi
cullyāṃ ca kuryādatha vahnimeva yāmatrayeṇaiva supācitaṃ bhavet //

śītībhūtaṃ doṣahīnaṃ tadeva kṛtvā cūrṇaṃ gālitaṃ vastrakhaṇḍe
sevyaṃ samyak caikavallapramāṇaṃ kāsaṃ śvāsaṃ hanti gulmapramehān //

vallam ekaṃ tāmrabhasma pūrvāhṇe bhiṣajājñayā
pariṇāmabhavaṃ śūlaṃ tathā cāṣṭavidhaṃ ca ruk //

udaraṃ pāṇḍuśophaṃ ca gulmaplīhayakṛtkṣayān
agnisādakṣayakṛtān mehādīn grahaṇīgadān //

jayedbahuvidhān rogān anupānaprabhedataḥ
pippalīmadhunā sārdhaṃ sarvadoṣaharaṃ param //

arśo'jīrṇajvarādīṃśca nihanti ca rasāyanam
vṛddhiśvasanakāsaghnaṃ jarāmṛtyuvināśanam //

yathottaraṃ syād guṇavarṇahīnaṃ prakāśitaṃ vaidyavareṇa samyak
kāṃtaṃ tathā tīkṣṇavaraṃ hi muṇḍaṃ lohaṃ bhavedvai trividhaṃ krameṇa //

kāṃtaṃ caturdhā kila kathyate'tra tadromakaṃ bhrāmakacumbake ca
saṃdrāvakaṃ śreṣṭhatamaṃ tathā hi saṃkathyate śāstravidai rasajñaiḥ //

khanyāṃ saṃkhanyamānāyāṃ pāṣāṇā niḥsaranti ye
tebhyo yaddrāvitaṃ lohaṃ romakaṃ tatpracakṣate //

yatra kvāpi girau śreṣṭhe labhyate bhrāmakopalaḥ
tasmājjātaṃ tu yallauhaṃ bhrāmakaṃ tadihocyate //

viṃdhyācale bhavedaśmā lohaṃ cumbati cādbhutam
na muñcatyeva satataṃ śivabhaktiṃ yathānugaḥ //

himādrau labhyate duḥkhād yaḥ spṛṣṭo drāvayedayaḥ
suvarṇādīṃśca tadvaddhi tatkāṃtaṃ drāvakaṃ bhavet //

śuddhe kāṃtabhave pātre śṛtaṃ dugdhaṃ hi nodgiret
pānīyaṃ kvathitaṃ cāsmin hiṃgugaṃdhasamaṃ bhavet //

tailabiṃdurjale kṣipto na cātiprasṛto bhavet
lepo'pi naiva jāyeta śuddhakāṃtasya lakṣaṇam //

muṃḍācchataguṇaṃ tīkṣṇaṃ tīkṣṇātkāṃtaṃ mahāguṇam
koṭisaṃkhyāguṇaṃ proktaṃ cuṃbakaṃ drāvakaṃ tathā //

śaśaraktena liptaṃ hi saptavāreṇa tāpitam
kāṃtādisarvalohaṃ hi śudhyatyeva na saṃśayaḥ //

sāmudralavaṇaistadval lepitaṃ triphalājale
nirvāpitaṃ bhavecchuddhaṃ satyaṃ guruvaco yathā //

lohacūrṇaṃ ghṛtāktaṃ hi kṣiptvā lohasya kharpare
agnivarṇaprabhaṃ yāvat tāvaddarvyā pracālayet //

khalve ca vipacettadvat pañcavāram ataḥ param
varodakaiḥ puṭellohaṃ caturvāram idaṃ khalu //

supeṣitaṃ vāritaraṃ jāyate nātra saṃśayaḥ
anena vidhinā kāryaṃ sarvalohasya sādhanam //

jāyate sarvarogānāṃ sevitaṃ palitāpaham
lohacūrṇaṃ paladvaṃdvaṃ guḍagaṃdhau samāṃśakau //

khalve vimardya nitarāṃ puṭedviṃśativārakam
peṣaṇaṃ tu prakartavyaṃ puṭaḥ paścātpradīyate //

anena vidhinā samyag bhasmībhavati niścitam
sarvarogānnihantyeva nātra kāryā vicāraṇā //

śvetā punarnavāpatra toyena daśasaṃkhyakāḥ
puṭāstatra pradeyāśca sindūrābhaṃ prajāyate //

athāparaḥ prakāro'tra kathyate lohamāraṇe
lohacūrṇasamaṃ gaṃdhaṃ mardayetkanyakādravaiḥ //

piṇḍīkṛtaṃ lohapātre chāyāyāṃ sthāpayecciram
mriyate nātra saṃdeho hy anubhūtaṃ mayaiva hi //

nirutthaṃ lohajaṃ bhasma sevetātra pumānsudhīḥ
vyoṣavellājyamadhunā ṭaṃkamānena miśritam //

jarāṃ ca maraṇaṃ vyādhiṃ hanyātputrapradāyakam
jarādoṣakṛtān rogān vinihanti śarīriṇām //

baṃgaṃ tu dvividhaṃ proktaṃ khuraṃ miśraṃ tathaiva ca
yacchuddhaṃ saralaṃ śubhraṃ khuraṃ tadabhidhīyate //

bhallātakabhave taile khuraṃ śudhyati ḍhālitam
punarnavāsindhucūrṇa viṣayuktaṃ praḍhālitam
takramadhye trivāraṃ hi miśraṃ baṃgaṃ viśudhyati //

chāṇopari kṛte garte ciṃcātvakcūrṇakaṃ kṣipet
karṣamānāṃ baṃgacakrīṃ tatropari nidhāpayet //

cakrīṃ caturguṇenaiva veṣṭitāṃ dhārayettataḥ
chagaṇena viśuṣkeṇa puṭāgniṃ dāpayettataḥ //

svāṃgaśītaṃ samuddhṛtya sarvakāryeṣu yojayet
anena vidhinā śeṣam apakvaṃ mārayed dhruvam //

athāparaḥ prakāro hi vakṣyate cādhunā mayā
śuddhabaṃgasya patrāṇi samānyeva tu kārayet //

ajāśakṛt varā tulyā cūrṇitā ca niśā tathā
caturasramatho nimnaṃ gartaṃ hastapramāṇakam //

kṛtvā chagaṇakaiścārdhaṃ pūrayetsatataṃ bhiṣak
tataḥ śaṇabhavenāpi vastreṇācchādya gartakam //

pūrvaṃ prakalpitaṃ cūrṇaṃ tatropari ca vinyaset
tasyopari ca patrāṇi samāni parito nyaset //

cūrṇenācchādya yatnena chagaṇenātha pūrayet
puṭayedagninā samyak svāṃgaśītaṃ samuddharet //

mṛtaṃ baṃgaṃ tataḥ paścān mardayetpūravāriṇā
samāṃśaṃ rasasindūram anena saha melayet //

khalve dṛḍhataraṃ piṣṭvā kācakūpyāṃ niveśayet
vipacedagniyogena yāmaṣoḍaśamātrayā //

hemaprabhaṃ mṛtaṃ baṃgaṃ jāyate rasavaṅgakam
baṃgaṃ vātakaraṃ rūkṣaṃ tiktaṃ mehapraṇāśanam
medaḥkṛmyāmayaghnaṃ hi kaphadoṣaviṣāpaham //

sarvarogān haratyāśu śaktidāyi guṇādhikam //

yathārogabalaṃ vīkṣya dātavyaṃ vallamātrakam
aśītirvātajān rogān tathā mehāṃśca viṃśatiḥ
hanti bhakṣaṇamātreṇa saptakaikena nānyathā //

baṃgaṃ vātakaraṃ rūkṣaṃ proktaṃ mehapraṇāśanam
kṛmimedāmayaghnaṃ hi kaphadoṣaviṣāpaham //

chede kṛṣṇaṃ guru snigdhaṃ drutadrāvam athojjvalam
kṛṣṇavarṇaṃ bahiḥ śuddhaṃ nāgaṃ hitamato'nyathā //

dālayecca rase nāgaṃ sinduvāraharidrayoḥ
evaṃ nāgo viśuddhaḥ syān mūrcchāsphoṭādi nācaret //

śuddhanāgasya patrāṇi sadalānyeva kārayet
śilāṃ vāsārasenāpi mardayed yāmamātrakam //

patrāṇyālepayettena tataḥ saṃpuṭake nyaset
puṭena vipaced dhīmān vārāheṇa kharāgninā
evaṃ kṛte trivāreṇa nāgabhasma prajāyate //

athāparaprakāreṇa nāgamāraṇakaṃ bhavet
lohapātre drute nāge gharṣaṇaṃ tu prakārayet //

caturyāmaṃ prayatnena mūlaiścaiva palāśajaiḥ
adhastājjvālayetsamyak haṭhāgniṃ mriyate dhruvam
raktābhaṃ jāyate cūrṇaṃ sarvakāryeṣu yojayet //

jāyate sarvakāryeṣu rogocchedakaraṃ sadā
nāgasya māraṇaṃ proktaṃ bahudhā bahubhirbudhaiḥ //

sarvathā sūtanāgasya śaṃbhośca maraṇaṃ nahi //

pramehān vātajān rogān dhanurvātādikān gadān
viṃśatiśleṣmajāṃścaiva nihanti ca na saṃśayaḥ //

pittalaṃ dvividhaṃ proktaṃ rītikā kākatuṃḍikā
taptā tuṣajale kṣiptā śuklavarṇā tu rītikā //

nikṣiptā kāṃjike kṛṣṇā sā smṛtā kākatuṇḍikā //

pītābhā mṛdu cedgurvī sārāṅgī hemavarṇikā
masṛṇāṅgī tu susnigdhā śubhā rītīti kathyate //

durgandhā pūtigandhā vā kharasparśā ca pāṇḍurā
ghanaghātākṣamā rūkṣā rītirneṣṭā rasāyane //

tāpitā caiva nirguṃḍī rase kṣiptā prayatnataḥ
pañcavārāṇi cāyāti śuddhiṃ rītistu tatkṣaṇāt //

śilāgaṃdhakasindhūttha rasaiścātipramarditaiḥ
rītipatrāṇi lepyāni puṭitānyaṣṭadhā punaḥ
sadyo bhasmatvamāyānti tato yojyā rasāyane //

raktapittaharā rūkṣā kṛmighnī rītikā matā
kākatuṃḍā kuṣṭhaharā soṣṇavīryā sarā matā //

caturbhāgena raviṇā bhāgaikaṃ trapu cottamam
jāyate pravaraṃ kāṃsyaṃ tatsaurāṣṭrabhavaṃ śubham //

taptaṃ kāṃsyaṃ gavāṃ mūtre saptavāreṇa śudhyati
haritālakagaṃdhābhyāṃ mriyate pañcabhiḥ puṭaiḥ //

mṛtaṃ kāṃsyaṃ vātaharaṃ pramehāṇāṃ ca nāśanam
śuddhe kāṃsyabhave pātre sarvameva hi bhojanam
pathyaṃ saṃjāyate nāmlaṃ ghṛtaśākādivarjitam //

lohakāṃsyārkarītibhyo jātaṃ tad vartalohakam
tadeva viḍalohākhyaṃ vidvadbhiḥ samudāhṛtam //

hayamūtre drutaṃ samyak nikṣiptaṃ śuddhimṛcchati
gandhatālena puṭitaṃ mriyate vartalohakam //

śleṣmapittaharaṃ cāmlaṃ rucyaṃ kṛmiharaṃ tathā
netrarogapraśamanaṃ galaroganibarhaṇam //

pathyaṃ sarvaṃ hi tadbhāṇḍe sarvadoṣaharaṃ param
kṣāreṇāmlena ca vinā dīptikṛtpācanaṃ param //

saṃśodhanānyeva hi māraṇāni guṇāguṇānyeva mayoditāni
anyāni śāstrāṇi suvistarāṇi nirīkṣya yatnātkṛtameva samyak //