Rasaratnākara · Chapter 3.1

RRĀ, 3, 1
yena sṛṣṭaṃ vidā cidātmasvamaruttejojalorvīgaṇāḥ satsaṃvicchivaśaktibhairavakalāḥ śrīkaṇṭhapañcānanaḥ /
īśo rudramurāridhātṛvibudhāś candrārkatārāgaṇāḥ so 'yaṃ pātu carācaraṃ jagadidaṃ nirnāmanāmādhipaḥ

sūte sūtavaro varaṃ ca kanakaṃ śabdātparaṃ sparśanāddhūmādvidhyati tatkṣaṇād aghaharaṃ saṃkhyāṃ sakharvāṃśataḥ /
saṃkhyām arbudakoṭilakṣamayutaṃ yuktyā sahasraṃ śataṃ datte khegatimakṣayaṃ śivapadaṃ tasmai parasmai namaḥ

natvā śrīpārvatīṃ devīṃ bhairavaṃ siddhasaṃtatim /
rasaratnākaraṃ vakṣye dehe lohe śivaṃkaram

{rasanāmāni}
śivabījaḥ sūtarājaḥ pāradaśca rasendrakaḥ /
etāni rasanāmāni tathānyāni śive yathā

datte śivapadaṃ siddhiṃ sādhakānāṃ mahottamām /
śivabījaṃ tadākhyātaṃ sarvasiddhipradāyakam

{mercury:: nirukti}
yataḥ paraśivātsūtastena sūtaḥ sa coditaḥ /
saṃsārasya paraṃ pāraṃ datte'sau pāradaḥ smṛtaḥ

rasībhavanti lohāni dehā api susevanāt /
rasendras tena vikhyāto dravatvācca rasaḥ smṛtaḥ

rasaśāstreṣu sarveṣu śambhunā sūcitaṃ purā /
raso rasāyanaṃ divyaṃ sūcanānnaiva budhyate

siddhaiḥ śivamukhāt prāptaṃ teṣāṃ siddhistu sādhanāt /
sampradāyakramo yuktistaiḥ svaśāstreṣu gopitā

mayāpi tanmukhātprāptaṃ sādhitaṃ bahudhā tataḥ /
rasaśāstrāṇi sarvāṇi samālokya yathākramam

sādhakānāṃ hitārthāya prakaṭīkriyate'dhunā /
na krameṇa vinā śāstraṃ na śāstreṇa vinā kramaḥ

śāstraṃ kramayutaṃ jñātvā yaḥ karoti sa siddhibhāk /
{ācārya}
ācāryo jñānavāndakṣo rasaśāstraviśāradaḥ

mantrasiddho mahāvīro niścalaḥ śivavatsalaḥ /
devībhaktaḥ sadā dhīro devatāyāgatatparaḥ

sarvāmnāyaviśeṣajñaḥ kuśalo rasakarmaṇi /
evaṃ lakṣaṇasaṃyukto rasavidyāgurur bhavet

{śiṣya}
gurubhaktāḥ sadācārāḥ satyavanto dṛḍhavratāḥ /
nirālasāḥ svadharmajñāḥ sadājñāparipālakāḥ

dambhamātsaryanirmuktāḥ kulācāreṣu dīkṣitāḥ /
atyantasādhakāḥ śāntā mantrārādhanatatparāḥ

ityevaṃ lakṣaṇairyuktāḥ śiṣyāḥ syū rasasiddhaye /
{anucarāḥ}
sahāyāḥ sodyamāḥ sarve yathā śiṣyāstato'dhikāḥ

kulīnāḥ svāmibhaktāśca kartavyā rasakarmaṇi /
{bad alchemists}
nāstikā ye durācārāścumbakā gurutalpagāḥ

vidyāṃ gṛhītumicchanti cauryeṇa ca balācchalāt /
na teṣāṃ sidhyate kiṃcinmaṇimantrauṣadhādikam

kurvanti yadi mohena nāśayanti svakaṃ dhanam /
iha loke sukhaṃ nāsti paraloke tathaiva ca

tasmād bhaktibalādeva saṃtuṣyati yathā guruḥ /
tathā śiṣyeṇa sā grāhyā rasavidyātmasiddhaye

hastamastakayogena varaṃ labdhvā susādhayet /
{rasaśālā}
ātaṅkarahite deśe dharmarājye manorame

umāmaheśvaropete samṛddhe nagare śubhe /
kartavyaṃ sādhanaṃ tatra rasarājasya dhīmatā

atyantopavane ramye caturdvāropaśobhite /
tatra śālā prakartavyā suvistīrṇā manoramā

samyagvātāyanopetā divyacitrairvicitritā /
{rasamaṇḍapa}
tatsamīpe same dīrghe kartavyaṃ rasamaṇḍapam

atiguptaṃ suvistīrṇakapāṭārgalabhūṣitam /
dhvajachattravitānāḍhyaṃ puṣpamālāvilambitam

bherīkākalaghaṇṭādiśṛṅginādavināditam /
bhūḥ samā tatra kartavyā sudṛḍhā darpaṇopamā

tanmadhye vedikā ramyā kartavyā lakṣaṇānvitā /
{rasaliṅga}
niṣkatrayaṃ hemapattraṃ rasendro navaniṣkakam

amlena mardayedyāmaṃ tena liṅgaṃ tu kārayet /
dolāyantre sāranāle jambīrasthaṃ dinaṃ pacet

{rasaliṅga:: worship}
talliṅgaṃ pūjayettatra suśubhair upacārakaiḥ /
liṅgakoṭisahasrasya yatphalaṃ samyagarcanāt

tatphalaṃ koṭiguṇitaṃ rasaliṅgārcanād bhavet /
brahmahatyāsahasrāṇi gohatyāprayutānyapi

tatkṣaṇādvilayaṃ yānti rasaliṅgasya darśanāt /
sparśanātprāpyate muktiriti satyaṃ śivoditam /
vāṅmāyāṃ śrīmadghoreṇa mantrarājena vārcayet

aṣṭādaśabhujaṃ śubhraṃ pañcavaktraṃ trilocanam

pretārūḍhaṃ nīlakaṇṭhaṃ rasaliṅgaṃ vicintayet /
tasyotsaṅge mahādevīm ekavaktrāṃ caturbhujām

akṣamālāṅkuśaṃ dakṣe vāme pāśābhayaṃ śubham /
dadhantīṃ taptahemābhāṃ pītavastrāṃ vicintayet

vāṅmāyā śrī kāmarājaśaktir bījarasāṅkuśā /
yai namo dvādaśaiteṣāṃ kāmavidyā rasāṅkuśā

anayā pūjayeddevīṃ gandhapuṣpākṣatādibhiḥ /
nandibhṛṅgimahākālānpūjayet pūrvadikkramāt

pūjayennāmamantraistu praṇavādinamo'ntakaiḥ /
evaṃ nityārcanaṃ tatra kartavyaṃ rasasiddhaye

{rasadīkṣā}
rasadīkṣā śivenoktā dātavyā sādhakāya vai /
yathoktena vidhānena guruṇā muditātmanā

sumuhūrte sunakṣatre candratārābalānvite /
kalaśaṃ toyasampūrṇaṃ hemaratnaphalairyutam

sthāpayed rasaliṅgāgre divyavastreṇa veṣṭitam /
gandhapuṣpākṣatadhūpadīpair naivedyato 'rcayet

pūjānte havanaṃ kuryādyonikuṇḍe sulakṣaṇe /
tilājyaiḥ pāyasaiḥ puṣpairaṣṭādhikaśataiḥ pṛthak

aghoreṇa rasāṅkuśyā homānte śiṣyamāvahet /
kākinīśaktisaṃyuktaṃ rasasiddhiparāyaṇam

{kākinī (def.)}
yasyāḥ saṃkucitāḥ keśāḥ śyāmā yā padmalocanā /
surūpā taruṇī citrā vistīrṇajaghanā śubhā

saṃkīrṇaradanā pīnastanabhāreṇa cānatā /
cumbanāliṅganasparśakomalā mṛdubhāṣiṇī

aśvatthapattrasadṛśayonideśena śobhitā /
kṛṣṇapakṣe puṣpavatī sā nārī kākinī smṛtā

rasabandhe prayoge ca uttamā rasasādhane /
{kākiṇī:: substitute}
tadabhāve surūpā tu yā kācit taruṇāṅganā

tasyā deyaṃ trisaptāhaṃ gandhakaṃ ghṛtasaṃyutam /
karṣaikaikaṃ prabhāte tu sā bhavetkākinīsamā

{rasadīkṣā (cont.)}
evaṃ śaktiyuto yo 'sau dīkṣayettaṃ gurūttamaḥ /
susnātam abhiṣiñceta vimalaiḥ kalaśodakaiḥ

aghoramaṅkuśīṃ vidyāṃ dadyācchiṣyāya sadguruḥ /
yathāśaktyātha śiṣyeṇa dātavyā gurudakṣiṇā

athājñayā gurormantraṃ lakṣaṃ lakṣaṃ pṛthagjapet /
daśāṃśena hunet kuṇḍe trikoṇe hastamātrake

kamalaṃ caturasraṃ ca caturdvāraiḥ suśobhitam /
jātipuṣpaṃ trimadhvaktaṃ pūrṇānte kanyakārcanam /
kṛtvātha praviśecchālāṃ śubhāṃ liptāṃ suvedikām

ṣaṭkoṇaṃ maṇḍalaṃ tatra sindūreṇa dvihastakam /
vedikāyāṃ likhetsamyak tadbahiścāṣṭapattrakam

kamalaṃ caturasraṃ ca caturdvāreṣu śobhitam /
karṇikāyāṃ nyasetkhalvaṃ lohajaṃ svarṇarekhitam

tanmadhye rasarājaṃ tu palānāṃ śatamātrakam /
pañcāśatpañcaviṃśaṃ vā pūjayed rasaliṅgavat

vajravaikrāntavajrābhrakāntapāṣāṇaṭaṅkaṇam /
bhūnāgaṃ śaktayaścaitāḥ ṣaṭsu pattreṣu pūjayet

{uparasāḥ}
gandhatālakakāsīsaśilākaṅkuṣṭhabhūkhagam /
rājāvarto gairikaṃ ca khyātā uparasā amī

{uparasa:: worship}
pūjyā aṣṭadaleṣvete pūrvādīśāntagāḥ kramāt /
{mahārasāḥ}
rasakaṃ vimalā tāpyaṃ capalā tutthamañjanam

hiṅgulaṃ sasyakaṃ caiva khyātā ete mahārasāḥ /
pūrvādīśānaparyantaṃ pattrāgreṣu prapūjayet

pūrvadvāre svarṇaraupye dakṣiṇe tāmrasīsake /
paścime vaṅgakāntau ca uttare tīkṣṇamuṇḍake

sarvametamaghoreṇa pūjayed aṅkuśānvitam /
{Ausstattung des Alchemisten}
viḍakāñjikayantrāṇi kṣāramṛllavaṇāni ca

koṣṭhī mūṣā vaṅkanālī tuṣāṅgāravanopalāḥ /
bhastrikā daṃśakān ekā śilā khalvo'pyudūkhalam

svarṇakāropakaraṇaṃ samastatulanāni ca /
mṛtkāṣṭhatāmralohādyapātrāṇi vividhāni ca

divyauṣadhāni vargāśca rañjakaṃ snehanāni ca /
etāni dvārabāhye tu mūlamantreṇa pūjayet

vāṅmāyāṃ heṃ tataḥ kṣmeṃ ca kṣmaśca pañcākṣaro manuḥ /
anena mūlamantreṇa bhairavaṃ tatra pūjayet

{rasasiddhas}
sarveṣāṃ rasasiddhānāṃ nāmāni kīrtayettadā /
vyālācāryaścandrasenaḥ subuddhirnaravāhanaḥ

nāgārjuno ratnaghoṣaḥ surānando yaśodharaḥ /
indradyumnaśca māṇḍavyaścarpaṭiḥ śūrasenakaḥ

vāḍabo nāgabuddhiśca khaṇḍaḥ kāpāliko haraḥ /
kāmalī tāttvikaḥ śambhurloko lampaṭaśāradau

bāṇāsuro muniśreṣṭho govindaḥ kapilo baliḥ /
ete sarve tu bhūpendrā rasasiddhā mahābalāḥ

caranti sarvalokeṣu nirjarāmaraṇāḥ sadā /
saptaviṃśatisaṃkhyākā rasasiddhipradāyakāḥ

vandyāḥ pūjyāḥ prayatnena tataḥ kuryādrasāyanam /
harṣayed dvijadevāṃśca tarpayediṣṭadevatām

kumārīyoginīyogimunimāyikasādhakān /
tarpayetpūjayed bhaktyā nijaśaktyanusārataḥ

ityevaṃ sarvasambhārayuktaṃ kuryādrasotsavam /
sarvavighnapraśāntyarthaṃ sarvepsitaphalapradam

anyathā cedvimūḍhātmā mantradīkṣākramaṃ vinā /
kartumicchati sūtasya sādhanaṃ guruvarjitaḥ

nāsau siddhimavāpnoti yatnakoṭiśatairapi /
tasmāt sarvaprayatnena śāstroktāṃ kārayet kriyām

samyaksādhanasodyamā guruyutā rājājñayālaṃkṛtā nānākarmaṇi kovidā rasaparāstvāḍhyā janaiścārthitāḥ /
mātrāyantrasupākakarmakuśalāḥ sarvauṣadhīkovidāsteṣāṃ sidhyati nānyathā vidhibalāt śrī pāradaḥ pāradaḥ