Rasasaṃketakalikā [= Rasasaṅketakalikā] · Chapter 1

Cāmuṇḍa (Kāyastha [= Kāyasthacāmuṇḍa], or Caṇḍa; around 1490 CE):
Rasasaṃketakalikā [= Rasasaṅketakalikā]
RSK, 1
śivaṃ natvā raseśaṃ cāmuṇḍaḥ kāyasthavaṃśabhūḥ /
karoti rasasaṃketakalikām iṣṭasiddhidām

<mercury:: myth. origin>
skandāttārakahiṃsārthaṃ kailāse vidhṛtaṃ suraiḥ /
rate śambhoścyutaṃ reto gṛhītamagninā mukhe

kṣiptaṃ tena caturdikṣu kṣārābdhau tatpṛthak pṛthak /
saumyādidiktrayasthaṃ yad gaurīśāpānna kāryakṛt

paścimāyāṃ vimuktaṃ tat sūto'bhūt sarvakāryakṛt /
<mercury:: subtypes:: colour, caste>
śvetāruṇaharidrābhakṛṣṇā viprādipāradāḥ

dehe lohe gade piṣṭyāṃ yojyā vā svasvajātiṣu /
<rasadoṣāḥ>
teṣu naisargikā doṣāḥ pañca saptātha kañcukāḥ

malādyāḥ pañca doṣāḥ syur bhūjādyāḥ sapta kañcukāḥ /
kuṣṭhādīn hi prakurvanti rasasthā dvādaśaiva te

<18 saṃskāras>
tenāṣṭādaśasaṃskārā uktā jñair doṣamuktaye /
kartuṃ te duṣkarā yasmāt procyante sukarā rase

<mercury:: correct weight>
palādārabhya pañcāśatpalaṃ yāvacca pāradaḥ /
tata ūno'dhiko vāpi na saṃskāryo raso budhaiḥ

<saṃskāra:: mardana>
vastre caturguṇe pūtaḥ sūtaḥ sthāpyaḥ śubhe'hani /
lohārkāśmajakhalve tu tapte caiva vimardayet

niśeṣṭakāsurīdhūmavyoṣāmlalavaṇaiḥ pṛthak /
kālāṃśairmarditaḥ sūto bhavecchuddho dinaikataḥ

<saṃskāra:: svedana>
tataḥ kṣārāmlamūtrādyaiḥ svedyo vastrāvṛto dinam /
<saṃskāra:: mūrchana>
mūrchayet saptadhā paścāt kanyāgnyarkavarāmbubhiḥ

<saṃskāra:: pātana>
tridhordhvapātanāt pātyaḥ pādāṃśārkayutaḥ śuciḥ /
<mercury:: hiṅgulākṛṣṭa:: nat. pureness>
hiṅgulād uddhṛtaḥ sūto bhavedvā doṣavarjitaḥ

<importance of jāraṇa>
guruśāstraṃ parityajya vinā jāritagandhakāt /
rasaṃ nirmāti durmedhāḥ śapettaṃ ca raseśvaraḥ

<saṃskāra:: jāraṇa>
sūtaṃ gandhaṃ rasaikāṃśaṃ stokaṃ stokaṃ tu khalvagam /
kuṭṭanāt kuṭṭanāt piṣṭaṃ bhavedvā tāmrapātragam

tattulyaṃ gandhakaṃ dattvā ruddhvā taṃ lohasampuṭe /
puṭed bhūdharayantre ca yāvajjīryati gandhakam

evaṃ punaḥ punardeyaṃ ṣaḍguṇaṃ gandhacūrṇakam /
ṣaḍguṇe gandhake jīrṇe raso nikhilarogahā

<bandha:: subtypes>
pāṭaḥ khoṭo jalaukā ca bhasmākhyaśca caturthakaḥ /
bandhaścaturvidhaḥ sūte vijñeyo bhiṣaguttamaiḥ

pāṭaḥ parpaṭikābandhaḥ piṣṭibandhastu khoṭakaḥ /
jalaukā pakvabandhaḥ syādbhasma bhasmanibho bhavet

<mercury:: bhasman:: subtypes>
sūtabhasma dvidhā jñeyamūrdhvagaṃ talabhasma ca /
<ūrdhvabhasman:: production>
ūrdhvabhasmakaraṃ yantraṃ sthālikāsampuṭaṃ śṛṇu

kāryaṃ sthālīdvayaṃ madhye sarvataḥ ṣoḍaśāṅgulam /
lavaṇeneṣad ārdreṇāpūrya sthālīm adhogatām

saṃdhiṃ vastramṛdā limpet saṃpuṭīkṛtya cānyayā /
tridvāracullyāṃ saṃsthāpya caturyāmaṃ dṛḍhāgninā

pacettatsvāṅgaśītaṃ vai hyuddhṛtya lavaṇaṃ tyajet /
lāvaṇīmūrdhvagāṃ kṛtvā kṣepyo'nyasyāṃ raseśvaraḥ

pūrvavat saṃpuṭīkṛtya paścāttu cullake nyaset /
dṛḍhaṃ kṛtvālavālaṃ tu jalaṃ tatra vinikṣipet

uṣṇaṃ punaḥ punastyaktvā kṣipecchītaṃ muhurmuhuḥ /
tridvāre kāṣṭhamekaikaṃ dīrghaṃ hastamitaṃ kṣipet

hastavatpiṇḍamānaṃ tu hyādau prajvālayetsudhīḥ /
dve dve kāṣṭhe ca tasyordhvaṃ tadūrdhvaṃ tritayaṃ kṣipet

yāvadyāmadvayaṃ paścādaṅgārāṃśca jalaṃ tyajet /
ūrdhvasthālyāṃ tu yallagnaṃ tadūrdhvaṃ bhasma siddhidam

<mercury:: talabhasman:: production>
gandhakaṃ dhūmasāraṃ ca śuddhasūtaṃ samaṃ trayam /
yāmaikaṃ mardayet khalve kācakūpyāṃ vinikṣipet

ruddhvā dvādaśayāmaṃ tadvālukāyantragaṃ pacet /
sphoṭayetsvāṅgaśītaṃ ca tadūrdhvaṃ gandhakaṃ tyajet

<talabhasman:: medic. properties>
talabhasma bhavedyogavāhi syāt sarvarogahṛt /
auṣadhāntarasaṃyogād vakṣye varṇaviparyayam

raktaṃ pītaṃ tathā kṛṣṇaṃ nīlaṃ ca pāṇḍurāruṇam /
<raktabhasman>
nirguṇḍīrasasaṃyuktaṃ capalena samanvitam

raktavarṇaṃ bhavedbhasma dāḍimīkusumopamam /
<pītabhasman>
bhūdhātrīhastiśuṇḍībhyāṃ rasaṃ gandhaṃ ca mardayet

kācakūpyāṃ caturyāmaṃ pakvaḥ pīto bhavedrasaḥ /
<kṛṣṇabhasman>
sūtaṃ gandhakasaṃyuktaṃ kumārīrasamarditam

kṛṣṇavarṇaṃ bhavedbhasma devānāmapi durlabham /
<śyāma-/nīlabhasman>
vārāhīkandasaṃyuktaṃ rasakena samanvitam

śyāmavarṇaṃ bhavedbhasma valīpalitanāśanam /
<pāṇḍurāruṇabhasman>
lavaṇāntarviliptāyāṃ kūpyāṃ syāt pāṇḍurāruṇam

<mercury:: māraṇa>
lavaṇādviṃśatirbhāgāḥ sūtaścāthaikabhāgikaḥ /
kāñjike mardayitvāgnau puṭanād bhasmatāṃ vrajet

uddhṛtyānyaṃ rasaṃ kṣiptvā yathecchaṃ mārayedrasam /
evaṃ tāmrāhivaṅgābhraṃ māritaṃ syādguṇapradam

tadambupūrite pātre sthāpyaṃ yāmāṣṭakaṃ śanaiḥ /
tyaktvā toyaṃ raso grāhyaḥ pātrastho bhasmasūtakaḥ

<mercury:: māraṇa>
mūṣādvayamapāmārgabījacūrṇaiḥ prakalpayet /
pāradaṃ tatpuṭe kṛtvā malayūrasamarditam

droṇapuṣpyāḥ prasūnāni viḍaṅgamarimedakaḥ /
cūrṇam eṣām adhaścordhvaṃ dattvā mudrāṃ prakalpayet

vidhāya golakaṃ samyaṅmṛnmūṣāsampuṭe kṣipet /
śoṣayenmudritaṃ kṛtvā paced gajapuṭe tataḥ

pārado bhasmatām itthaṃ puṭenaikena gacchati /
svāṅgaśītaṃ samuddhṛtya sarvakarmasu yojayet

prottānakharpare cullyāṃ sphaṭikālepite kṣipet /
punarnavārase pakvo mardanānmriyate rasaḥ

<mercury:: mṛta:: parīkṣā>
atejā aguruḥ śubhro lohahā cācalo rasaḥ /
yadā nāvartate vahnau nordhvaṃ gacchettadā mṛtaḥ

<mercury:: mṛta:: medic. properties>
pāradaḥ sarvarogaghno yogavāhī saro guruḥ /
pāṇḍutākṛmikuṣṭhaghno vṛṣyo balyo rasāyanaḥ

sūto dhāturasāḥ sarve jīrṇā jīrṇā guṇādhikāḥ /
<mercury:: mṛta:: storage>
dante śṛṅge maṇau veṇau rakṣayetsādhitaṃ rasam

<weight of drugs>
pittāni ṣoḍaśāṃśena viṣāṇāmapi raktikā /
guṭīraseṣvanukto 'pi jñeyo vidhirayaṃ svayam

<mercury:: sevana>
sarvarogavināśārthaṃ dehadārḍhyasya hetave /
śuddhakāyaśca pathyāśī seveta pūjyapūjanāt

vallamekaṃ nare'śve tu gadyāṇaṃ ca gaje dvayam /
dattaḥ sūto haredrogān dhātuyugvā nijauṣadhaiḥ

rasasya vikṛtau satyāṃ mūrchā hikkā jvaro'ratiḥ /
kāsaḥ śvāso bhramo moho dāhaḥ kampaśca jāyate

tacchāntyai bījapūrasya rasaṃ śuṇṭhīṃ ca saindhavam /
pibedvā gojale siddhaṃ mūlaṃ karkoṭajaṃ śubham

yatrāgāre rasādhīśaḥ pūjyate bahubhaktitaḥ /
tadapatyadhanaiḥ pūrṇam ādhivyādhivivarjitam