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Mercury (rasa, parada) is said to be also called rasaraja.

The twenty-fourth chapter (pariccheda) begins here. From the next page on its running head names it the section on mercury and rasayana accomplishment (rasarasayanasiddhadhikara).

Seeing the purified mercury shining with a lustre like the sun, the physician bows to the siddhas and worships it with care, then puts into it a quarter part of suitable, very red bija…

To the purified tikshna iron powder good gold powder (the commentary: an equal amount) and six times as much svarnamakshika powder are added; this powder, the food (grasa) of mercury, is…

Bound siddha mercury (the verse: two pala; the commentary: one pala) is put into a good iron vessel with one pala of ghee prepared with triphala water, cooked on a very mild fire, and two…

The verse speaks of bright red lamps with layers dyed with lac (alaktaka); the commentary says the lamp vessels are first smeared with lac juice, the sulphur group and the poison group…

The processing of mercury is described as threefold, murcchana (swooning), marana (killing, making bhasma) and bandhana (binding), each with a different result.

After the fire treatment sarana is to be done: with the oil fit for sarana an equal measure of liquid gold is added; after sarana a globule (gulika) is made, which is then given sarana…

To strengthen (brimhana) the mercury it is always made fire-resistant by tapana, vasana and kasana: rock salt, orpiment, Multani earth and grain husk are ground thick with juices, raisins…

Matsyakshi, girikarnika, shikhishikha, jangharuha and kshirini (the commentary: machheci, white kinihi, shikhi, kalihari, janghavriksha and milky-sap trees) are said to bring about the…

Murcchana (swooning), marana (killing, making bhasma) and bandhana (binding): swooned mercury destroys many bad diseases, killed mercury brings wealth, grain and enjoyment, and bound…

Introducing, from the scripture of the chief yogis, the processing of bija (gold), mica, tikshna iron, makshika and their essences (sattva) for binding gold-making mercury, the text first…

The verse says that with arama-shitala, vrishchika and similar plants mica is to be fed to the mercury as its food; the commentary says that mica used with arama-shitala and bidhuva grass…

Perfected mercury with mica powder, joined with gold (the commentary: gold bhasma), becomes steady in fire, and one who eats this swooned nectar is said to gain quickly imperishable vigour,…

Killed mercury (mrita rasa) rubbed with gold is taken daily by the patient, according to the measure (strength) of the doshas, in well-boiled milk with jaggery; afterwards woman's milk is…

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…

After worshipping the Jina, the presiding deities, the lords of the yakshas, Ambika and the yakshi Kushmandini, reciting the five-salutation mantra 24 times and taking the preliminary…

The verse says matsyakshi, girikarnika, shikhishikha, jangharuha and kshirini bring about the nirmukha union of mica and mercury; the commentary says that mica and mercury mixed with the…

Mercury is ground well in a stone mortar with brick powder and milk (the verse: milk from the breast) and washed with kanji, which purifies it. The purified mercury is mixed with dry…

To strengthen (brimhana) mercury the text says it should always be made fire-resistant (agnisaha) by tapana, vasana and kasana, in the order of the Jina doctrine, by which it becomes very…

The text says mercury ground (mardana) with old jaggery becomes swooned (murcchita); verse 4 says swooned mercury destroys many bad diseases.

Perfected mercury that has been tested for steadiness in fire is taken (the commentary: in a measure like the fine flies spread in the sky) and placed carefully on the ground; a little of…

Mercury bound by the proper method (baddha rasa) is rasayana. Mercury processed with other metal groups containing rasa is not to be eaten, since the text says eating it gives rise to…

The text says the juices of five plants, kanta, meghaninadika, shravanika, tambula and sankshirini, which the commentary names musta, palasha, gorakhmundi, betel and milky-sap trees, always…