Results of the processes of mercury

Each process gives mercury a quality: steaming (svedana) makes it intense, grinding (mardana) frees it of impurities, processing with metals makes it strong, digestion (jirna) makes it pure, binding (bandhana) makes it siddha, garbhadravana makes it blend into one, colouring (ranjana) makes it coloured, and proper sarana, by its use, lets it pervade the body and spread.