Killing (marana) of mercury

The text says mercury is killed (marana, made into bhasma) with the juice of wood-apple (kapittha) fruit, and is killed quickly with gobandhana, the sticky juice of palasha seeds, cumin or kuchi seeds. Verse 4 says killed mercury brings wealth, grain and enjoyment.

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Names and synonyms

Sanskrit: रसमारणरसवध
Hindi: पारे का मारण (भस्म करना)
English: Killing (marana) of mercury

Ingredients and preparation

Chapter 24 · p. 570 · v. 5

Ingredients

Ingredient	As written in the text	Quantity as written
Mercury (parada)पारा (पारद)	रस	Not stated
Wood apple (kapittha)कैथ (कपित्थ)	कपित्थफलसद्रस / कैथ के फल का रस	Not stated
Gobandhanaगोबंधन	गोबंधन	Not stated
Palasha (flame of the forest)ढाक (पलाश)	पलाशनिजबीज तद्रससुचिPण / पलाश बीज के चिPण रस	Not stated
Jiraka (cumin)जीरा (जीरक)	जीरक / जीरा	Not stated
Kuchi seedsकुची बीज	कुचीबीजक / कुची बीज	Not stated

Preparation as described

Mercury is treated with any one of these agents; the text gives no further steps.

कैथ के फल के रस से रस का मरण (भस्म) होता है। गोबंधन से, पलाश बीज के चिPण रस से, जीरे से एवं कुची बीज से रस शीघ्र ही भस्म होता है।

पलाशनिजबीज तद्रससुचिPणैर्जीरकै :, रसस्य सहसा वधो भवति वा कुचीबीजकै:॥5॥Source wording as converted, Chapter 24 · p. 570 · v. 5.

Safety

Needs a trained practitioner. This procedure or preparation is of a kind that should only be carried out under qualified supervision.

Pregnancy, breastfeeding, children, older adults, kidney or liver disease and other medicines all call for professional advice before any traditional remedy is used.

Ingredients6

Gobandhanaगोबंधन Jiraka (cumin)जीरा (जीरक)Kuchi seedsकुची बीज Mercury (parada)पारा (पारद)Palasha (flame of the forest)ढाक (पलाश)Wood apple (kapittha)कैथ (कपित्थ)

Questions2

What are the three processes of mercury named at the start of chapter 24, and what result does the text give for each?अध्याय 24 के आरंभ में पारे के कौन से तीन संस्कार बताए गए हैं और ग्रंथ प्रत्येक का क्या फल बताता है?With what does the text say mercury is swooned and killed, and how is the killed mercury taken?ग्रंथ के अनुसार पारे का मूर्च्छन और मारण किससे होता है, और मृत रस कैसे लिया जाता है?

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Swooning and killing of mercuryपारे का मूर्च्छन और मारण

Sessions1

Mercury and rejuvenating preparationsरसरसायनसिद्धाधिकार

Questions and answers

What are the three processes of mercury named at the start of chapter 24, and what result does the text give for each?

Murcchana (swooning), marana (killing, making bhasma) and bandhana (binding): swooned mercury destroys many bad diseases, killed mercury brings wealth, grain and enjoyment, and bound (siddha) mercury gives the power of moving through the sky and freedom from ageing and death.

Detailed answer and sources

With what does the text say mercury is swooned and killed, and how is the killed mercury taken?

It is swooned by grinding with old jaggery and killed with wood-apple juice, or quickly with gobandhana, sticky palasha-seed juice, cumin or kuchi seeds; the killed mercury, rubbed with gold, is taken daily in well-boiled milk with jaggery according to the measure of the doshas.