Rasārṇavakalpa (English critical edition)

O Queen of Gods, by smearing the rasa-rāja (king of mercury) with that root juice and mixing it with citron juice, the abhraka (mica) moves [dissolves] in an instant. (165)

I shall speak of another herb that causes the binding of mercury, O beloved. It has a single stalk, surrounded by fine hairs. (166)

At its tip, there is a flower resembling a parrot's beak. Its leaves, O Queen of Gods, resemble parrot feathers. (167)

Its root looks like a tortoise, and its milk resembles vermilion. Its water flows like peacock-waste; take that, O Pārvatī. (168)

Grind the mercury with its juice for seven days. By that, one may properly transmute all base metals into gold. (169)

Grind mercury and tālaka (orpiment) in equal parts with the juice of uccatā. By the power of the divine herb, the mercury is consumed when heated in the sun. (170)

It transmutes the seven metals a hundred thousand times over, O fair lady. The moon and sun sheets [silver and gold] become gold of beautiful luster. (171)

Mercury [treated] with lotus-juice and combined with red citraka (Plumbago zeylanica), when used to coat a sheet, turns the sun and moon [metals] into gold. (172)

The creeper known as jyotiṣmatī (Celastrus paniculatus) is golden in appearance. It has many spreading vines and auspicious, gold-colored fruits. (173)

In the bright fortnight of the month of Āṣāḍha, take the best seeds. Crush them like sesame, either with one's hands or feet. (174)

Take its oil and pour it into a copper pot. Heat the pot from above with a fire of rice husks. (175)

After six months have passed, its essence becomes gold. Copper becomes gold when mixed with the oil and mākṣika (pyrite). (176)

I shall speak of the dagdhāroha (the burnt-climber herb), which causes the binding of mercury. It should be known as capable of touch-transmutation, granting merit, desire, and wealth. (177)

O Great Goddess, if it is cut by the scriptures or burned by fire, the great medicine sprouts again in an instant when touched. (178)

Its flowers are white, black, or yellow. Its leaves resemble those of a chickpea; one should recognize it as such. (179)

It exists on the great bank of the Ganges, dwelling on the mountain. It is also seen on the outskirts of Ujjain and at the end of the Vedas. (180)

One should make a pill using its divine root juice mixed with a black stalk. (181)

Use snuhi (Euphorbia) milk to coat a copper sheet. Then quench the heated sheet [with the pill mixture] to give it the luster of gold. (182)

The mercury, red snuhi milk, kunaṭī (realgar), gandhaka (sulfur), abhraka (mica), darada (cinnabar), and the metals—transmute them a thousand-fold. (183)

Take snuhi milk, heat half a niṣka of gold; by that [process] of making a pill, it transmutes lead instantly. (184)

Citraka is known to be of three kinds: red, black, and white. The red and black are for alchemy; the white is best for curing diseases. (185)

Grind mercury with the powder of its five parts (root, bark, leaf, flower, fruit). Heat it in a sealed crucible; it becomes a lump instantly. (186)

By the heat-cycle of red citraka and bhallātaka (marking nut) oil, O Goddess, the sun and moon sheets become gold of beautiful luster. (187)

With red citraka powder, heat tin three times; freed from all impurities, it instantly becomes stable. (188)