Rasaratnākara · Chapter 3.6

RRĀ, 3, 6
nānāraktasupītapuṣpanicayād ādāya sāraṃ nijam /
tasmiñchodhitapannagaṃ drutamataḥ saṃḍhālyaṃ vāraṃ śatam /
paścādrañjanavedhanaṃ ca vidhinā candrārkatāmrasya yat /
tatsarvaṃ guruśāstrataḥ svamatinā saṃkathyate sāṃpratam

{mercury:: raktapārada:: production}
stambhitā gandhapiṣṭī yā gandhajāraṇavarjitā /
tasyāḥ ṣoḍaśabhāgā vai bhāgaikaṃ mṛtavajrakam

devadālyāḥ śaṅkhapuṣpyā dravairmardya dinatrayam /
pacetkacchapayantrasthaṃ puṭaikena samuddharet

yāmaikaṃ pūrvajairdrāvairmardya tatpūrvavatpuṭet /
evaṃ saptapuṭaiḥ pakvo yāmaṃ mardyaśca tairdravaiḥ

dinaikaṃ pātanāyantre pācayellaghunāgninā /
punarmardyaṃ punaḥ pācyaṃ yāvadūrdhvaṃ na gacchati

adhoyantre yadā tiṣṭhettadā syād raktapāradaḥ /
{lead => gold}
raktapāradabhāgaikaṃ dvayaṃ kṛṣṇābhrasattvakam

ṭaṅkaṇasya ca bhāgaikaṃ sarvaṃ mardyaṃ dināvadhi /
vajrīkṣīraistu tatpiṇḍaṃ ruddhvā gajapuṭe pacet

punarmardyaṃ punaḥ pācyamevaṃ vārāṃścaturdaśa /
ṣoḍaśāṃśena nāgasya vedhe datte ca kāñcanam

jāyate divyarūpāḍhyaṃ devābharaṇamuttamam /
{lead => gold}
śākakiṃśukakoraṇṭadravaiḥ kaṅguṇitailataḥ

mardayennāgacūrṇaṃ tu dinaṃ saṃpuṭagaṃ pacet /
samyaggajapuṭenaiva mardya pācyaṃ punaḥ punaḥ

catvāriṃśatpuṭaiḥ sidhyaṃ divyaṃ bhavati kāñcanam /
{lead => gold}
rasakaṃ kuṅkumaṃ tutthaṃ bālavatsapurīṣakam

pītābhrakaṃ viṣaṃ tulyaṃ mātuluṅgadravairdinam /
marditaṃ chāyayā śuṣkaṃ madhunā saha kalkayet

tena nāgasya patrāṇi liptvā śoṣyāṇi chāyayā /
andhamūṣāgataṃ dhmātaṃ śākapatradrave tataḥ

secayed uddharet paścāt prakaṭaṃ drāvayetpunaḥ /
śākapatradravaiḥ secyaṃ punardrāvyaṃ ca secayet

ityevaṃ saptadhā kuryātpunaḥ patrāṇi kārayet /
lepayetpūrvavacchoṣyaṃ ruddhvā dhāmyaṃ ca pūrvavat

secanaṃ drāvaṇaṃ caiva saptavārāṇi kārayet /
ityevaṃ saptadhā kuryāllepādi drāvaṇāntakam

tannāgaṃ jāyate divyaṃ jāmbūnadasamaprabham /
{lead => gold}
dagdhaṃ tu cunnapāṣāṇam āranāle vinikṣipet

mṛtpātre lolitaṃ sthāpyaṃ divārātraṃ prayatnataḥ /
tatsvacchaṃ grāhayeddrāvaṃ taddrāvaiḥ śākakuḍmalān

peṣayettena kalkena nāgacūrṇaṃ vimardayet /
yāmānte śoṣayedgharme punarmardya ca śoṣayet

ityevaṃ daśadhā kuryāttadgolaṃ nikṣipetpunaḥ /
śākadaṇḍasya sārdrasya garbhe tenaiva rodhayet

mṛdā liptaṃ tu tacchuṣkaṃ samyaggajapuṭe pacet /
samuddhṛtya bhavet pītaṃ stambhanaṃ cāsya kathyate

{lead => gold}
gomūtraiḥ kṣālayed ādau bhūnāgāñjīvasaṃyutān /
sauvīrāñjanameteṣu tulyaṃ kṣiptvā vimardayet

dinaikaṃ mahiṣīmūtrairjātaṃ golaṃ samuddharet /
tasmātpātālayantreṇa grāhyaṃ tailaṃ prayatnataḥ

tasmiṃstaile pūrvanāgamathavā śuddhanāgakam /
drāvitaṃ drāvitaṃ kṣepyamekaviṃśativārakam

tannāgaṃ jāyate divyaṃ jāmbūnadasamaprabham /
{lead => gold}
śuddhanāgasya cūrṇaṃ tu samaṃ bhūnāgacūrṇakam

śākakiṃśukakoraṇṭapuṣpāṇāṃ grāhayedrasam /
yathālābhena taddrāvairdinamekaṃ vimardayet

aṃdhamūṣāgataṃ dhāmyaṃ tataścūrṇaṃ tu kārayet /
pūrvavanmarditaṃ dhāmyamevaṃ kuryāttrisaptadhā

jāyate kanakaṃ divyaṃ tannāgaṃ devabhūṣaṇam /
{copper => gold}
śuddhanāgapalaikena mūṣā kāryā suvartulā

palaṃ śuddharasaṃ tasyāṃ kṣipedgandhaṃ paladvayam /
tāṃ mūṣāṃ mṛṇmaye pātre dhārayedātape khare

dinaṃ jambīranīreṇa kākamācīdravairdinam /
kāsamardarasaiścāho dinaṃ dhattūrajairdravaiḥ

krameṇa bhāvayedevaṃ gharme dinacatuṣṭayam /
mṛtpātrātsarvamuddhṛtya yathā kiṃcin na gacchati

piṣṭvā dhattūrajairdrāvaiḥ karañjasya tu bījakam /
tenaivāṅgulamātraṃ tu mūṣāgarbhaṃ pralepayet

pūrve piṇḍaṃ kṣipettatra palaikaṃ cātha gandhakam /
bhūnāgānāṃ dravaṃ tatra nikṣipenniṣkapañcakam

vidhāya lepakalkena tato mūṣāṃ nirudhya ca /
bhūdhare dinamekaṃ tu karīṣāgnau vipācayet

svāṅgaśītaṃ samuddhṛtya mūṣāyāṃ pūrvavatkṣipet /
lepaṃ gandhaṃ ca bhūnāgaṃ pūrvavacca puṭe pacet

evaṃ viṃśaguṇaṃ yāvajjāryaṃ gandhaṃ susādhitam /
sārdhaṃ paladvayaṃ tālaṃ rasakaṃ cāpi tatsamam

palaikaṃ ṭaṅkaṇaṃ piṣṭvā dvidhā kuryāttrayaṃ pṛthak /
kācakūpyantare kṣiptvā tālakārdhaṃ tataḥ kṣipet

rasakaṃ ṭaṅkaṇaṃ paścātsiddhaṃ pūrvarasaṃ punaḥ /
ṭaṅkaṇaṃ rasakaṃ tālaṃ kramād dadyāt punastrayam

kācakūpyā mukhaṃ dīpataptaṃ svāṅgana veṣṭayet /
athavā kācakīlena ruddhvā mṛllavaṇena ca

kūpikāṃ ca mṛdā lepya sarvatrāṅgulamātrakam /
tāṃ śuṣkāṃ bhūdhare yantre kṣiptvā pūrvaṃ ca kharparam

dattvā mṛdā lipetsaṃdhiṃ deyaṃ gajapuṭaṃ punaḥ /
svāṅgaśītaṃ samuddhṛtya baliṃ pūjāṃ ca kārayet

catuḥṣaṣṭitamāṃśena drutaṃ śulbaṃ tu vedhayet /
svarṇaṃ bhavati rūpāḍhyaṃ siddhayoga udāhṛtaḥ

{candrārka => gold}
palāni daśa gandhasya sūtakasyaikaviṃśatiḥ /
mahākālasya bījotthatailaṃ pañcapalaṃ bhavet

sarvaṃ snigdhaghaṭe ruddhvā pācayenmṛduvahninā /
māṣapiṣṭapralepena yathā dhūmo na gacchati

sa sūto jāyate khoṭaścandrārke drāvite kṣipet /
sahasrāṃśena tenaiva divyaṃ bhavati kāñcanam

{copper => gold}
pāradaṃ gaṃdhakaṃ tulyaṃ devadālīdravairdinam /
marditaṃ tena tāmrasya patralepaṃ tu kārayet

āvartya cāndhamūṣāyāṃ samuddhṛtya tataḥ punaḥ /
śākavṛkṣasya patrāṇāṃ komalānāṃ dravaṃ haret

taddrave pūrvaśulbaṃ tu drāvitaṃ drāvitaṃ kṣipet /
ityevaṃ śatadhā kuryāddivyaṃ bhavati kāñcanam

{copper => gold}
pītagandhakacūrṇaṃ tu nāgavallyā dravaistryaham /
bhāvitaṃ tena tāmrasya patralepaṃ tu kārayet

śuṣkaṃ ruddhvā puṭe pacyādāraṇyopalakaiḥ śubhaiḥ /
śākavṛkṣatvacā mardyaṃ dravai raktāśvamārakaiḥ

pūrvatāmrasya patrāṇi kalkenānena lepayet /
ruddhvā tīvrāgninā dhāmyamevaṃ vāraśate kṛte

tattāmraṃ jāyate svarṇaṃ jāmbūnadasamaprabham /
{copper => gold}
kāñcanīmūlacūrṇaṃ tu haritālaṃ manaḥśilā

ṭaṅkaṇaṃ mākṣikaṃ tulyaṃ vāsāpuṣpadravais tryaham /
marditaṃ lepayettena tāmrapātraṃ suśodhitam

śanairmandāgninā tāpyaṃ śuṣkalepaṃ ca dāpayet /
punastāpyaṃ punarlepyaṃ saptadhetthaṃ prayatnataḥ

tatastīvrāgninā dhāmyaṃ jāyate kāñcanaṃ śubham /
{copper, silver => gold}
tālaṃ tāpyaṃ daradakunaṭīṃ sūtakaṃ sārdhabhāgam

khalve kṛtvā tridinamathitaṃ kākamācyā dravet /
tenālepyaṃ raviśaśidalaṃ kharpare vahnipakvam

śulbātītaṃ bhavati kanakaṃ saubalaṃ pānthikānām /
{copper => gold}
jvālāmukhīdravairmardyaṃ palaikaṃ śuddhapāradam

dinānte nikṣipettasminpādāṃśaṃ mṛtamabhrakam /
tāmracūrṇasya pādāṃśaṃ pādāṃśaṃ phullatorikā

sarvaṃ jvālāmukhīdrāvairmardayeddinasaptakam /
tadgolaṃ vajramūṣāyāṃ ruddhvā tīvrāgninā dhamet

tatkhoṭaṃ bhāgamekaṃ tu śuddhatāmraṃ catuṣṭayam /
aṃdhamūṣāgataṃ dhāmyaṃ samuddhṛtya tataḥ punaḥ

drāvyaṃ prakaṭamūṣāyāṃ putrajīvotthatailake /
ḍhālayecca punardrāvyamevaṃ kuryāttrisaptadhā

jāyate kanakaṃ divyaṃ nātra kāryā vicāraṇā /
{copper => gold}
gandhakaṃ śvetapālāśaphaladrāvairvibhāvayet

śatavāraṃ prayatnena śoṣyaṃ peṣyaṃ punaḥ punaḥ /
śatavāraṃ prayatnena tena patrāṇi lepayet

samyak śuddhasya tāmrasya ruddhvā gajapuṭe pacet /
samuddhṛtya punardhāmyaṃ tataḥ patrāṇi kārayet

punarlepyaṃ punaḥ pācyaṃ punarāvartayet kramāt /
evaṃ trisaptadhā kuryāddivyaṃ bhavati kāñcanam

{silver, copper => aṣṭavarṇa gold}
bhāgā dvādaśa tārasya śulvasya bhāgaṣoḍaśa /
āvartya kārayetpatraṃ liptvā ruddhvā puṭe pacet

mahindīpatraniryāsairevaṃ vārāṇi ṣoḍaśa /
rasagandhaśilā bhāgānkramavṛddhyā vimardayet

dinamaṅkolatailena pūrvavacca krameṇa tu /
liptvā ruddhvā dhamedgāḍhaṃ punaḥ patraṃ ca kārayet

punarlepyaṃ punaḥpācyaṃ yāvatkāṃsyaṃ kṣayaṃ vrajet /
aṣṭavarṇaṃ bhaveddhema nātra kāryā vicāraṇā

{mercury => gold}
auṣadhī karuṇī nāma prāvṛṭkāle prajāyate /
nīlapuṣpā śvetapatrā picchilātirasā tu sā

taddravaṃ pārade śuddhe dhāmyamāne vinikṣipet /
vajramūṣāsthite caiva yāvatsaptadināvadhi

jāyate kanakaṃ divyaṃ rasa eva na saṃśayaḥ /
{mercury, lead, gold => gold}
palaṃ sūtaṃ palaṃ gandhaṃ kṛṣṇonmattadravais tryaham

marditaṃ vajramūṣāyāṃ ruddhvā vaktraṃ pidhāya ca /
dinānte tatsamuddhṛtya tadvanmardyaṃ ca pācayet

evaṃ saptadinaṃ kuryānmṛto bhavati vai rasaḥ /
tadrasaṃ pannagaṃ svarṇaṃ candrārkair veṣṭayet kramāt

samāṃśaṃ cāndhitaṃ dhāmyaṃ divyaṃ bhavati kāñcanam /
{cakrayantra}
gartāmadhye rasamūṣā bāhyagarte sarvato'gniḥ

cakrayantramidaṃ proktaṃ sarvaśāstrārthakovidaiḥ /
{copper => gold}
mākṣikaṃ rasakaṃ tulyaṃ rasakārdhaṃ ca saindhavam /
mātuluṅgairdinaṃ mardyaṃ mṛdbhāṇḍe pācayed dinam

yāvatkuṅkumavarṇaṃ syāttāvaccullyāṃ vipācayet /
sitākṣaudreṇa saṃyuktaṃ tatkalkaṃ mardayeddinam

punarmṛtkharpare pacyādgokṣīreṇa samāyutam /
cālayan dinamekaṃ tu avatārya vilepayet

śuddhāni śulvapatrāṇi ruddhvā tīvrāgninā dhamet /
tataḥ pattrīkṛtaṃ lepyaṃ tadvaddhāmyaṃ dṛḍhāgninā

ityevaṃ ca punaḥ kuryātpītavarṇaṃ bhavettu tat /
munipuṣpaistryahaṃ bhāvyā atiraktā manaḥśilā

anayā pūrvaśulbaṃ tu patraṃ kṛtvā pralepayet /
andhamūṣāgataṃ dhmātaṃ kaṅguṇītailake kṣipet

ityevaṃ tu tridhā kuryāddivyaṃ bhavati kāñcanam /
{tārāriṣṭa => gold}
anenaiva prakāreṇa tārāriṣṭaṃ tu rañjayet

jāyate kanakaṃ divyaṃ jāmbūnadasamaprabham /
{sulfur:: piṣṭī}
śuddhasūtapalakaṃ tu karṣaikaṃ gandhakasya ca

snigdhakhalve vinikṣipya devadālīrasaplutam /
mardayettu karāṅgulyā jāyate gandhapiṣṭikā

{mercury (khoṭa), candrārka => gold}
dhānyābhrakasya bhāgaikaṃ bhāgāṣṭau śuddhapāradam /
kuṇḍagolakasaṃyuktaṃ mardanātpiṣṭikā bhavet

etatpiṣṭidvayaṃ mardya jambīrotthairdravairdinam /
pālāśamūlakvāthena mardayecca dinatrayam

brahmamūlaṃ guḍaṃ guñjām ūrṇā ṭaṅkaṇakaṃ samam /
piṣṭvā kṣaudreṇa saṃyuktaṃ pūrvapiṇḍaṃ vilepayet

ruddhvā tīvrāgninā dhāmyaṃ khoṭo bhavati tadrasaḥ /
pācyaṃ prakaṭamūṣāyāṃ kācaṃ ṭaṅkaṇakaṃ kṣipet

evaṃ punaḥ punaḥ śodhyaṃ yāvadbhavati nirmalam /
tataśca prakaṭaṃ dhāmyaṃ dattvā nāgaṃ punaḥ punaḥ

triguṇaṃ vāhayedevaṃ rasarājasya pannagam /
kṛṣṇābhraiḥ puṭitaireva tatkhoṭaṃ rañjayet kramāt

mūṣāyāṃ dhāmyamānaṃ tacchatavāraṃ punaḥ punaḥ /
dattvā dattvābhrakaṃ kṛṣṇaṃ rañjito jāyate dhruvam

sahasrāṃśena tenaiva candrārkaṃ kāñcanaṃ bhavet /
{mercury (khoṭa), lead => gold}
stambhitā gandhapiṣṭī yā gandhajāraṇavarjitā

palaikaṃ mardayettasyā jambīrāṇāṃ dravairdinam /
brahmakvāthaistryahaṃ paścāttatsamaṃ guḍaṭaṅkaṇam

ūrṇāṃ guñjāṃ kṣipettasminsarvamekatra mardayet /
chāyāśuṣkāṃ vaṭīṃ kuryānmahadagnigatāṃ dhamet

taṃ khāṭhaṃ śodhayetpaścāt śvetaṭaṅkaṇakācakaiḥ /
śodhayeddhamanenaiva khoṭo bhavati nirmalaḥ

taṃ khoṭaṃ kuṭilaṃ gandhaṃ pratikarṣaṃ pralepayet /
andhamūṣāgataṃ dhāmyaṃ yāvatkhoṭāvaśeṣitam

anena kramayogena vaṅgaṃ nirvāpya ṣaḍguṇam /
tato gandhaṃ ca nāgaṃ ca vāhayet ṣaḍguṇaṃ punaḥ

śulbacūrṇaṃ palaikaṃ tu siddhacūrṇena saṃyutam /
ruddhvā taṃ ca dhamet khoṭaṃ gaṃdhakaṃ tena mardayet

ruddhvā gajapuṭe pacyādevaṃ vārāṃścaturdaśa /
anena pūrvavatkhoṭaṃ drāvitaṃ yojayecchanaiḥ

yāvatkuṅkumavarṇaṃ syāttāvadrañjyaṃ kṣipankṣipan /
tataḥ svarṇaṃ ca gandhaṃ ca khoṭaṃ tulyaṃ pṛthakpṛthak

tato ruddhvā dhamettīvraṃ yāvatkhoṭāvaśeṣitam /
ityevaṃ triguṇaṃ vāhyaṃ svarṇaṃ gandhakasaṃyutam

punaḥ svarṇena tulyena samāvartaṃ tu kārayet /
punardviguṇahemnā tu triguṇena tataḥ punaḥ

tridhaiva sāritaḥ sūtaḥ sahasrāṃśena vidhyate /
drutaṃ śulbaṃ na saṃdeho divyaṃ bhavati kāñcanam

{gold:: rañjana:: sitasvarṇa => ṣaḍvarṇa}
pūrvaṃ yacchodhitaṃ khoṭam āvartyaṃ svarṇatulyakam /
sūkṣmacūrṇaṃ tataḥ kṛtvā triguṇe śuddhapārade

dattvā nirudhya mūṣāyāṃ svedayenmṛduvahninā /
tasyaiva dravate garbhe tāvatsvedyaṃ prayatnataḥ

athavā dolikāyantre svedayed drutasūtakam /
anena śatamāṃśena sitaṃ svarṇaṃ vilepayet

tridinaṃ dolikāyantre arkapatraiśca veṣṭitam /
kāñjikaiḥ svedayettaṃ tu andhamūṣāgataṃ dhamet

svarṇaṃ bhavati rūpāḍhyaṃ ṣaḍvarṇotkarṣaṇaṃ param /
{gold:: rañjana:: => ṣaḍvarṇa}
śodhitaṃ sūtakhoṭaṃ ca bhāgamekaṃ samāharet

svarṇaṃ ṣoḍaśabhāgaṃ syādandhamūṣāgataṃ dhamet /
pūrvavatkramayogena vedhayedrasagarbhakaḥ

tenaiva śatamāṃśena ṣaḍvarṇaṃ pūrvavadbhavet /
{rañjana:: lead => copper => silver => gold}
arkakṣīreṇa dhānyābhraṃ yāmaṃ piṣṭvā tathāndhrayet

kapotākhye puṭe pacyātpunarmardyaṃ punaḥ pacet /
evaṃ viṃśapuṭaiḥ pakvaṃ tadabhraṃ ṣoḍaśāṃśakam

śuddhasūte pradātavyaṃ pakvamūṣodareṇa tat /
arkapatradravaiḥ pūrvaṃ ruddhvā svedyaṃ dinatrayam

tuṣāgninā prayatnena samuddhṛtyātha nikṣipet /
tasminnabhraṃ dravaṃ caiva dattvā tadvatpacet tryaham

ityevaṃ jārayetsūte yāvattulyābhrakaṃ bhavet /
tilaparṇīrasenaiva tatsūtaṃ cābhrakaṃ punaḥ

mardayettaptakhalve tu yāvadbhavati golakaḥ /
pṛthaksūtena tulyena gandhapiṣṭīṃ tu kārayet

stambhitā gandhapiṣṭī yā gandhajāraṇavarjitā /
tatpiṣṭī svarṇapiṣṭī ca rasābhraṃ golakaṃ tathā

samāṃśaṃ tritayaṃ mardyaṃ dravaiḥ kārpāsajairdinam /
tadgolaṃ vartulaṃ kṛtvā vastre baddhvātha śoṣayet

pācayed gandhatailaṃ tu yāvatkuṅkumasaṃnibham /
saṃjātaṃ tatsamuddhṛtya piṣṭvā nirguṇḍijairdravaiḥ

tenaiva cāṣṭamāṃśena nāgapatrāṇi lepayet /
piṣṭvā kārpāsapatrāṇi tatkalkena ca lepayet

nāgapatrāṇi ruddhvātha bhūdharākhye puṭe pacet /
samuddhṛtya punarlepyamaṣṭamāṃśena tena vai

kārpāsapatrakalkena liptvā ruddhvā puṭe pacet /
ūrdhvādhaḥ parivartena ahorātrātsamuddharet

aṣṭamāṃśaṃ punardattvā pūrvakalkaṃ ca mardayet /
dinaṃ nirguṇḍijairdrāvaistadgolaṃ lepayedbahiḥ

kārpāsapatrakalkena ruddhvā gajapuṭe pacet /
evaṃ punaḥ punaḥ kuryānmardanaṃ puṭapācanam

mriyate kuṅkumābhaṃ tannāgaṃ daśapuṭaiḥ kramāt /
anena cāṣṭamāṃśena drutaṃ śulbaṃ tu vedhayet

tena śulbena tāraṃ tu aṣṭamāṃśena vedhayet /
jāyate kanakaṃ śulbaṃ devābharaṇamuttamam /
nāgarañjanamidaṃ viśeṣataḥ śulbasūtaravicandravedhanam /
dharmakāmasukhabhājanair janaiḥ sādhyatām akhilalokarakṣaṇe