Rasārṇavakalpa (English critical edition)

It should be ground for a week with the juice of the mahā-auṣadhi (great medicine). Through sweating, heating, and rubbing with the juice of the great medicine [it is purified]. (98)

By grinding the mercury for two weeks, it gains steadiness. It becomes a million-fold transmuter of mercury and turns all metals into gold. (99)

In three weeks, O Goddess, it transmutes ten hundred thousand. It grants the khecarī-siddhi (the power of moving through the sky), which is beyond the reach of others. (100)

In the fourth week, the great elixir becomes a crore-fold transmuter. (101)

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By the juice of the mahā-auṣadhi, even the dead become alive. With this, perform the killing of mercury and complete the five states [of refinement], O beloved. (102)

After it is dead, rub it on its hands and feet. There is no doubt that it will especially bring life to the dead. (103)

I shall speak again of another excellent method of binding mercury. By the juice of narasāra (sal ammoniac), the mercury is subdued in half a moment. (104)

By adding narasāra juice along with the powder of dvipadā, it reaches a bound state by the end of the day and transmutes all metals. (105)

When mercury has digested six times its weight in pannaga (lead/serpent-metal) using narasāra juice, process the śilā (orpiment/arsenic) with it using dvipadā powder. (106)

It becomes free of sulfurous odor; use it to kill the pannaga. By applying it to silver or copper, it acts as a crore-fold transmuter. (107)

Process the rasendra (king of mercury) seven times separately with narasāra juice and breast milk; it attains a state [suitable] for the vessel known as vidyādhara. (108)

O Goddess, the gaganam (mica/sky-essence) is digested and moves without resistance in an instant. [It is done] with narasāra juice and the juice of siṃhatuṇḍa. (109)

It turns into divine gold, [derived] from a niṣka (coin weight) of the sun (gold). O Goddess, adding mañjiṣṭhā (madder) and red sandalwood to narasāra juice— (110)

Grind it in the fresh juice, then heat the concentrated mass, O Goddess. By repeating this seven times, it surely turns into divine gold. (111)

Process the rasaka (zinc ore/calamine) seven times with narasāra juice. That mercury, rasaka, tīkṣṇa-loha (sharp/steel iron), and pannaga (lead)— (112)

Grind them all together with narasāra juice. Instantly, the mercury and the rasaka become bound together. (113)

By tinting the iron, lead, and copper with rasaka, the whole becomes gold with the luster of a pumpkin flower. (114)

I shall speak of another very rare method of binding mercury. An herb with seeds should be taken, which is a creeping shrub, O beloved. (115)

It is named kajjāla-khecarī; O Goddess of the supreme, when the second day arrives, treat the vajra-ratna (diamond) [with it]. (116)

Heat it in the fire until it glows like a burning flame. Then, quench the diamond in the oil of kajjāla-khecarī. (117)

After being quenched ten times, it turns into ash. Make that ash equivalent to the seed of gold, [and use it] for [transmutation]. (118)

Adding one-third part of ṭaṅkaṇa (borax), heat it in a closed crucible. Instantly, it fuses and the bound diamond becomes gold. (119)