Worship and initiation before processing mercury

Before processing mercury, in the workshop, the physician worships with their complete rites Jinendra, the presiding deities, the lords of the yakshas (the commentary names Gomukha and other yakshas), the boon-giving Ambika and the yakshi Kushmandini, and recites the five-salutation (namokara) mantra 24 times in kayotsarga. Then, with folded hands, he bows to all the Jinas, the twenty-four Tirthankaras, reads the Siddhabhakti with devotion, worships the nine planets and takes this preliminary initiation, after which the wise physician begins the processing of mercury.