Rasaratnākara · Chapter 3.5

RRĀ, 3, 5
mahārasaiścoparasaiḥ sasūtair hemno dalaṃ rañjanamatra yuktyā /
nānāvidhaṃ varṇavivardhanaṃ ca tatkathyate vārttikabhuktiyogyam

{gold:: from sitasvarṇa}
vaikrāntasattvabhāgaikaṃ śuddhavaikrāntameva vā /
kāṃsyākhyā vimalā vāpi hemākhyā vimalāpi vā

samena nāgacūrṇena andhamūṣāgataṃ dhamet /
siddhacūrṇena saṃyuktaṃ mardanādipuṭāntakam

ādāya madhunā peṣyaṃ yāmamātraṃ prayatnataḥ /
svarṇaṃ tāraṃ samaṃ drāvyaṃ tena patrāṇi kārayet

sitasvarṇamidaṃ khyātaṃ pūrvakalkena lepayet /
ruddhvā gajapuṭe pacyādevaṃ vāratraye kṛte

jāyate kanakaṃ divyaṃ secayellavaṇodakaiḥ /
lohasaṃkrāntinuttyarthaṃ secyaṃ brāhmīdraveṇa vā

evaṃ vimalanāgābhyāṃ pṛthagyoga udāhṛtaḥ /
{gold:: from sitasvarṇa}
nāgavaikrāntayogena madhūcchiṣṭena lepayet

sahasrāṃśe site heme divyaṃ bhavati kāñcanam /
{sitasvarṇa => gold}
meṣīkṣīrāmlavargābhyāṃ daradaṃ gharmabhāvitam

śatadhā tatprayatnena śoṣyaṃ peṣyaṃ punaḥ punaḥ /
anena sitasvarṇasya patraṃ liptvā puṭe pacet

evaṃ trisaptadhā kuryāddivyaṃ bhavati kāñcanam /
{sitasvarṇa => gold}
nāgacūrṇaṃ tāpyacūrṇaṃ nāgavaikrāntameva vā

aṃdhamūṣāgataṃ khoṭaṃ siddhacūrṇena saṃyutam /
mardanaṃ puṭapākaṃ ca pūrvavat kārayet kramāt

tenaiva madhunāktena śuddhaṃ hāṭakapatrakam /
liptvā liptvā puṭaiḥ pacyādyāvat kuṅkumasaṃnibham

etatsvarṇaśatāṃśena sitasvarṇaṃ tu vedhayet /
jāyate kanakaṃ divyaṃ raktavargeṇa secayet

{sitasvarṇa => gold}
vaikrāntaṃ nāgacūrṇaṃ ca puṭāntaṃ pūrvavatkṛtam /
śatāṃśe naiva vedhaṃtu sitahemena pūrvavat

lepanātpuṭapākācca divyaṃ bhavati kāṃcanam /
{sitasvarṇa => gold}
mākṣikasya samāṃśena rājāvartaṃ dinatrayam

mātuluṅgadravairmardya tena patrāṇi lepayet /
pūrvāktasitasvarṇasya ruddhvā gajapuṭe pacet

punarlepyaṃ punaḥ pācyaṃ saptadhā kāṃcanaṃ bhavet /
{silver => gold}
rājāvartaṃ ca sindūraṃ pārāvatamalaṃ samam

aśītyaṃśena kurute svarṇaṃ raupyaṃ ca pūrvavat /
{mixture of gold and silver => gold}
rasaiḥ śirīṣapuṣpasya ārdrakasya rasaiḥ samaiḥ

bhāvayetsaptavārāṇi rājāvartaṃ sucūrṇitam /
tenaiva śatamāṃśena svarṇatāraṃ drutaṃ samam

vedhayetpūrvavat siddhaṃ divyaṃ bhavati kāñcanam /
{mixture of gold and silver => gold}
kaṅkuṣṭhaṃ vimalā tāpyaṃ rasakaṃ daradaṃ śilā

rājāvartaṃ pravālaṃ ca kāṅkṣīgairikaṭaṅkaṇam /
saindhavaṃ cūrṇayettulyamaśītyaṃśena vāpayet

drute same svarṇatāre pūrvavat secayet kramāt /
trivāraṃ vāpayedevaṃ divyaṃ bhavati kāñcanam

{bīja:: pakva:: production}
gairikaṃ ca pravālaṃ ca kākamācyā dravaiḥ samam /
yāmaṃ mardyaṃ tu tadruddhvā āraṇyotpalakaiḥ puṭet

ityevaṃ tu tridhā kuryānmardanaṃ puṭapācanam /
tadardhaṃ hiṅgulaṃ śuddhaṃ kṣiptvā tasminvimardayet

kāñjikairyāmamātraṃ tu puṭenaikena pācayet /
asya kalkasya bhāgaikaṃ bhāgāścatvāri hāṭakam

andhamūṣāgataṃ dhmātaṃ samādāya vicūrṇayet /
pūrvavat pūrvakalkena ruddhvā deyaṃ puṭaṃ punaḥ

evaṃ catuḥpuṭaiḥ pakvaṃ svarṇaṃ guñjānibhaṃ bhavet /
pakvabījamidaṃ siddhaṃ tattatkarmaṇi yojayet

{sitasvarṇa => gold}
anena ṣoḍaśāṃśena sitasvarṇaṃ tu vedhayet /
secayet kuṅkuṇītaile raktavargeṇa vāpitam

punarvedhyaṃ punaḥ secyaṃ ṣoḍaśāṃśena buddhimān /
evaṃ vāratrayaṃ vedhyaṃ divyaṃ bhavati kāñcanam

{gold:: rañjana:: daśavarṇa}
pūrvoktapakvabījena vedhayedaṣṭavargakam /
tatsvarṇaṃ daśavarṇaṃ syātpuṭe datte na hīyate

{gold:: raktī (rañjana)}
niṣkāḥ ṣoḍaśa tutthasya sūtahiṅgulagandhakam /
ṭaṅkaṇaṃ ca tathaikaikaṃ yojyaṃ niṣkacatuṣṭayam

sarvametaddinaṃ mardyaṃ tridhārasnukpayo'nvitam /
niṣkamātrāṃ vaṭīṃ kṛtvā śreṣṭhe svarṇe drute kṣipet

ekaikaṃ niṣkamātraṃ tu mūṣāmadhye dinaṃ dhamet /
jīrṇe jīrṇe punardeyā evaṃ sarvāḥ pradāpayet

guñjāvarṇaṃ bhavetsvarṇaṃ khyāteyaṃ hemaraktikā /
{gold:: rañjana:: aṣṭavarṇa => daśavarṇa}
aṣṭavarṇasuvarṇasya drāvitasya daśāṃśataḥ

kṣipettajjāyate satyaṃ daśavarṇaṃ tu śobhanam /
{gold:: rañjana:: aṣṭavarṇa => daśavarṇa}
tāmratulyena nāgena śodhayeddhamanena ca

tāmratulyaṃ śuddhahema samāvartya tu pattrayet /
iṣṭikā tuvarī caiva khaṭikā lavaṇaṃ tathā

gairikaṃ bhāgavṛddhyāṃśamāranālena peṣayet /
tena liptvā pūrvapatraṃ ruddhvā gajapuṭe pacet

evaṃ punaḥ punaḥ pācyaṃ yāvatsvarṇāvaśeṣitam /
tatsvarṇaṃ tāmrasaṃyuktaṃ samāvartya tu pattrayet

pūrvavat puṭapākena pacetsvarṇāvaśeṣitam /
ityevaṃ ṣaḍguṇaṃ tāmraṃ svarṇe bāhyaṃ krameṇa tu

tatsarvaṃ jāyate divyaṃ padmarāgasamaprabham /
ṣaṭtriṃśāṃśena tenaiva aṣṭavarṇaṃ tu vedhayet

tatsvarṇaṃ jāyate divyaṃ daśavarṇaṃ na saṃśayaḥ /
{gold:: rañjana:: aṣṭavarṇa => daśavarṇa}
samaṃ tāpyaṃ tāmracūrṇaṃ tāpyārdhaṃ lohacūrṇakam

kanyādrāvaiḥ kṣaṇaṃ mardya gharme tenaiva bhāvayet /
evaṃ vārāṃścatuḥṣaṣṭis tataḥ śuṣkaṃ vicūrṇayet

ṣoḍaśāṃśena tenaiva aṣṭavarṇaṃ tu vedhayet /
tatsvarṇaṃ jāyate divyaṃ daśavarṇaṃ na saṃśayaḥ

{gold:: rañjana:: aṣṭavarṇa => daśavarṇa}
rasakaṃ ghoṣatāmraṃ ca kācaṃ śvetaṃ nṛkeśakam /
palāni pañcapañcaiva pratyekaṃ cūrṇayet pṛthak

rasakāttriguṇaṃ yojyaṃ tīkṣṇacūrṇaṃ punastataḥ /
gandhakaṃ rasakaṃ kāṃsyamākṣikaṃ cāṣṭaniṣkakam

viṃśaniṣkaṃ dhūmasāraṃ sarvametaddināvadhi /
mardyaṃ jambīrajairdrāvaiḥ karṣāṃśaṃ vaṭakīkṛtam

koṣṭhīyantre haṭhāddhāmyaṃ yāvattāmrāvaśeṣitam /
ṣaḍguṇam tasya tāmrasya sīse vāhyaṃ dhamandhaman

ṣaṭtriṃśāṃśena tenaiva aṣṭavarṇaṃ tu vedhayet /
daśavarṇaṃ bhavettattu nātra kāryā vicāraṇā

{copper:: removing kālikā}
athānyasya ca tāmrasya nāgaśuddhasya kārayet /
nirguṇḍikārasenaiva pañcāśadvāraḍhālanam

kuṣmāṇḍasya rasenaiva saptavāraṃ tu ḍhālanam /
niśāyuktena takreṇa saptavāraṃ tu ḍhālanam /
evaṃ tāmraṃ drutaṃ ḍhālyaṃ kālikārahitaṃ bhavet

{copper, silver, gold => gold}
etattāmraṃ tribhāgaṃ syādbhāgāḥ pañcaiva hāṭakam /
raupyaṃ bhāgadvayaṃ śuddhaṃ sarvamāvartayettataḥ

jāyate kanakaṃ divyaṃ purā nāgārjunoditam /
{gold:: rañjana:: Verbesserung um zwei Farbstufen}
aṅkollakāṣṭhaṃ prajvālya āraṇyopalacūrṇakam

aṅkollabījacūrṇaṃ tu jvalatkāṣṭhopari kṣipet /
tadaṅgārān samādāya śītalāṃśca punardhamet

aṅkollabījacūrṇaṃ tu kṣiptvā vastreṇa bandhayet /
taddhūmaiḥ svarṇapatrāṇi daśavarṇāni dhūpayet

drāvayitvā kṣipettaile putrajīvotthite punaḥ /
evaṃ vāradvaye kṣipte vardhate varṇakadvayam

alpālpayukti vibhavaiḥ sukhasādhyayogair alpālpakarmavidhinā bahubhirviśeṣaiḥ /
lābhārthapādadaśamāṃśakaropadeśaḥ prokto mayā sakalalokahitāya satyam