Provisional Edition: chapter 1

Rasendramangalam project at Saktumiva.org: chapter 1

Edmonton [region] Canada University of Alberta [repository] [collection] [manuscript identifier] [NCC identifier] DW-Ed-ch1 [description of manuscript] Nāgārjuna Siddha [commentator] Rasendramaṅgala [title of commentary] || śrīvardhamānajineśvarāya namaḥ || śrīgurubhyo namaḥ || natvā sureṃdraṃ śivasaukhyadāyakaṃ kārakaṃ apārasaṃsārasamudratārakaṃ śrīr astuḥ kalyāṇam astuḥ śubhaṃ bhavatuḥ śreyo stuḥ sakalasajjanasya śrīr astuḥ [Sanskrit in Devanāgarī script.] [height] [width] [height] [width] Scribal foliation 1-25. Modern numerals written in pencil, centre-right margin, recto and verso. [whether the manuscript is complete, description of wear and damage]

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Copied by the scribe Ratnavimala, pupil of Varddhamāna Vimalagaṇi.

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Marginal annotations and corrections throughout.

Marginal illustration of alchemical apparatus on leaf 2r, and 27 fuller illustrations on leaves 24v-25v.

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Vikrama Saṃvat 1737 (AD 1681). [place of production] [record of ownership] [how it was acquired]
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natvā rasendraṃ śivasaukhyakārakaṃ apārasaṃsārasamudratārakaṃ| sarvārthasiddhipradamukhyamaṅgalaṃ granthaṃ pravakṣyāmi rasendramaṅgalam| 1| rasendramaṅgalaṃ śrutvā yaś cikitsec cikitsakaḥ tasya siddhir na sandeho svayaṃ nāgārjuno'bravīt| 2| rasoparasalohānāṃ rasādau śodhanaṃ tathā vajrādau māraṇaṃ vakṣye drāvaṇaṃ sarvadhātuṣu| 3| tṛtīye rasabandhaṃ <ca> caturthe guṭikāvidhiḥ vātādau sarvarogeṣu cikitsā pañcamo mataḥ| 4| citragandhakayuktyādi añjanaṃ ṣaṣṭham eva ca saptame viṣatantraṃ tu aṣṭame guṇasañjñakam| 5| aṣṭādhyāyam iti proktaṃ śāstre'smin rasamaṅgale tatrādau maṅgalaṃ kṛtvā maṅgalaṃ maṅgalāyate| 6| aṇimādyaṣṭaguṇair vibhūtido ghanasaṃsāram apārapāradaḥ muktaikaṃ rasarājabhūtale ko'nyo'py asti ca jarāpaho'paraḥ| 7| baddhaṃ khecaratāṃ padaṃ nayet harate vyādhisamūhamūrcchitaḥ jārīto janmavināśano kramito rañjitabhuktimuktidaḥ| 8| yadi pañcatvagati hi sūtakam asitam syād amaratvakārakaṃ jalukākāranibaddhasarvajo granthito manmatharūpadāyakaḥ| 9| bhasmākāragataṃ girīśajam asitaṃ bhūcarabhūtasiddhidaṃ pārāvāram apārapāradaṃ tasmāt kaḥ karuṇāparoparaḥ| 10| brahmamūrtir abaddhaś ca baddhaś cātha janārdanaḥ rañjitaḥ krāmitaḥ sūtaḥ sākṣāt pratyakṣam īśvaraḥ| 11| tasmāt sevaya bhūpāla rasarājaṃ mahītale nirujatvaṃ mahāsattvaṃ yadīcchet siddihim ātmanaḥ| 12| śatāśvamedhena kṛtena puṇyaṃ gokoṭidānenagajendrakoṭibhiḥ suvarṇadānena samānadharmaṃ nṛṇāṃ labhet sūtakadarśanena| 13| yat sarvatīrtheṣu kṛtābhiṣekaṃ puṇyair avāpyas tridaśeṃdranāthaḥ tad apy avighnaṃ labhate manuṣyaḥ sākṣādrasasparśanasevanena| 14| kāruṇyapuñjaṃ harim īśarūpaṃ sākṣādrasendraṃ prathitampṛthivyāṃ ye vai na jānanti rasendrakarmāṇy asyāṃ pṛthivyāṃ ca kathaṃ sa vaidyaḥ| 15| kiṃ challapallair varavaidyarājaḥ sa rājate bhūpatim agratasya na vetti yo vai rasarājaveśanaṃ kāruṇyakīrttiṃ sa kathaṃ hi lebhe| 16| sarvoṣadhānāṃ kriyayopayogataḥ sa challapallair varayogaratnaiḥ nāyāti tulyaṃ varayogibhūtale rasendrayogāc chatakoṭir aṃśataḥ| 17| malaṃ viṣaṃ vahnigurutvacāpalaṃ naisārgikaṃ doṣam uśaṃti tajjñāḥ utpāditau dvau trapunāgasaṃbhavau raseṃdrarājo sa kathayanti vaidyāḥ| 18| [ṃS Bom begins] malena mūrchā śiṣinā ca doṣaṃ viṣeṇa mṛtyuṃ pravadaṃti saṃtaḥ gurutvadoṣeṇa karoti śūlaṃ na tiṣṭhate tac capalatvadoṣāt| 19| dvau nāgavaṃgau pravalau ca doṣau syus tatprabhāvād galagaṃḍagulmāḥ aśuddhasūtaṃ lihitaṃ pramādāt karoti kruṣṭaṃ pravalaṃ raseṃdraḥ| 20| tasmād ādau saṃproktā karmāṇy aṣṭādaśaiva tu pūrvācāryai raseṃdrasya jñātavyāni prayatnataḥ| 21| saṃsvedanaṃ marddanamūrchanaṃ syād utthāpanaṃ pātanadīpanaṃ ca niyāmanaṃ ruṃdhanacaraṇaṃ ca dvaṃdvaṃ hutīnāṃ dravagarbha jāraṇaṃ| 22| grāsapramāṇaṃ vidhir aṃ[[ca]]janaṃ ca saṃsāraṇaṃ krāmaṇavedhayogaṃ na vetti yo vai vapuṣiprayuṃjanaṃ raseṃdrarājasya karoti nāśaṃ| 23| tasmāt sūtavidā sārddhaṃ sahāyair nipuṇair yutaḥ sarvopaskaram ādāya rasakarma samārabhet| 24| dve sahasropalānāṃ tu sahasraṃ śatam eva ca aṣṭāviṃśatpalāny eva daśapaṃcaikam eva vā| 25| [henceforth based on L.] palārddhena ca saṃskārā kartavyaṃ sūtakasya tu sudine śubhanakṣatre rasaśodhanam ārabhet| 26| phalatrayaṃ citra karatka sarṣapāḥ kumārikānyā brhatī kaṣāyaiḥ vimardya sūtaṃ tridināni yāvat vimucyate paṃcamalādidoṣaiḥ| 27| saptavārasaptamūrddhapātanaṃ tām akṣamiśritarasendrapiṣṭikāṃ| mucyate sa gatidoṣasūtakaṃ nāgavaṃgakagurutvāpi cāpalaṃ| 28| nāgabalātibalā varṣabhūmeṣaviṣāṇimulaṃghananādaṃ ebhi rasair mathitaṃ navasāraṃ svedam idaṃ tridinaṃ rasarāje| 29| rasasya ṣoḍaśāṃśena uṣṇaṃ paṭurājikā arddhasaṃkhyātrayaṃ caiva āranālaṃ samānayet| 30| sarvadhānyasaṃdhānaṃ tuṣavarjaṃ tu kārayet| tatas tatraiva saṃdhāne nikṣiped oṣadhai rasaiḥ| 31| girikarṇā ca mītākṣī sahadevī punarnavā uragā triphalā krāntā laghuparṇā śatāvarī| [31a]| tena yuktaṃ rasaṃ svinnaṃ tridinaṃ mṛduvahninā dolāyantreṇa tīvreṇa marddayitvā punaḥ punaḥ| 32| urṇā haridrāḥ paṭur iṣṭikāmlaiḥ samāranālai grahadhūmamiśraiḥ siddhārtharāji tridināni svalpe saṃmardanaṃ sūtam u saṃti saṃtaḥ| 33| rājikārkapayakā ca māvikā meṣaśṛṅgīrasakṛṣṇahemajam āranālasahitaṃ sutāpācitaṃ saptavārarasarājamūrcchanaṃ| 34| kaṃcukī ca gurujīva rāhikā naṃdinīśvarabalā ca sūlinī sarpavallī rasarājamarditaṃ mūrcchati bhramati yāti paṃcatāṃ| 35|

utthāpanaṃ pātanaṃ pūrvavat

adhordhvāpātanāyantre pātayitvā niyojayet kṣodrāmlalavaṇakṣāra māranālena saṃyutaḥ| 36| dāpayet trīṇi vārāṇi ahorātraṃ tu sūtakam sṛṣṭyāṃbujair yuto rodho hy agninā sūtakasya ca| 37| karkoṭikaṃcukīyogā yogayet tu niyāmake nirmalas te javān sūto jāyate nātra saṃśayaḥ | 38| karatu ḍa garuḍī ṛṣichadā kanyakumārikā ca vāyasī āsurī ca vijayā jayā tathā vahnidīpanakarā ca sūtake| 39|

aparāṇy agre vakṣyāmaḥ

kim atra citraṃ yadi rājavarttikaṃ śirīṣapuṣpārdrarasena bhāvitam āruṇyakair utpalakair vipācitaṃ karoti tāraṃ tripuṭena kāṃcanam| 40| Corresponds to the text at MS Jammu Raghunatha 3153, f. 1v. kim atra citraṃ rasakaṃ rasena rajasvalāyāḥ kusumena bhāvitaṃ krameṇa kṛtvā urageṇa raṃjitam karoti śulvaṃ tridinena kāṃcanam| 41| kim atra citraṃ daradaṃ subhāvitaṃ payena meṣā bahuśo'mlavargaiḥ sitaṃ suvarṇaṃ bahuvarmatāpitam karoti sākṣād varakuṃkumaprabhaṃ| 42| kulatthakodravakvāthair naramūtreṇa pācayet cetasāmlāmlāvargeṇa dattvā kṣāraṃ paṭutrayam| 43| kim atra citraṃ kadalīrasena supācitaṃ sūraṇakaṇdasaṃsthaṃ vātāritailena kṛtena tāpyaṃ puṭena dagdhaṃ varaśuddhim eti| 44| munikusumarasasubhāvitamanaḥśilā vārān saptake śuddhyati| kūṣmāṇḍasalilasvinnaḥ stālaḥ śudhyati sākṣādi naikena kṣāraiḥ snehair ādo paścād amlena bhāvitam bahuśaḥ śudhyanti rasoparasān vi dhātavaḥ sarvān| 45| kuḍūlikā ghanaravaiḥ karavīrakīra jaṃbīranīra kapivetasamāranālaiḥ raktotpalaikaṣavasā samiśāgataila saṃpācito pi gaganaṃ rasarūpam eti| 46| śāmāśamī bhadalakodravamāṣukarṇīṃ śṛṅgīghaṭodbhavaghanadhvanivetasaś ca kvāthaṃ kulitthajaghanīrajavāraśūraṃ saṃpācito tridinaṃ pariśuddhim eti| 47|

ghanīraṃ punar na vā śūraṃ śūraṇaṃ iti vajraśodhanam

vaikrāntasamaparipācitam amlasūtraiḥ kṣārais tathā paṭuvaśā kaṣamehamiśraiḥ kvāthena kodravakulatthasamudbhavena saṃsveditā tridinam āśu bhavanti śuddhāḥ| 48| dvividhā vimalāpācyāraṃbhā toyena saṃyutā lavaṇena vājidugdhena tāmrapatrāṇi lepayet|49| agnau saṃtāpya nirguṃḍī rase kṣiptaṃ ca saptadhā| mādyārkasvarasenaiva śulvaśuddhir bhaviṣyati| 50|

iti śulvaśuddhiḥ

punar ataḥ sarvalohaśodhanam

āmlavetasadhānyāṃbu meṣītoyena śudhyati vimalā śuddhipalāṣādhātavaḥ sarve jaṃbīrarasambhāvitā karkoṭī śṛṅgī kātoye śudhyante nātra saṃśayaḥ| 51| vījamarakaphalāmlabhāvitā śoṣitatridinapaṃcamṛttikā bhūtibhasmalavaṇena saṃyutā sodhayaṃti puṭapāka kāṃvanaṃ | 52| nāge kśārarājena drāvitaṃ śuddhim icchati tāras trivāranikśipto piśācītailamadhyataḥ| 53| aho na citraṃ pṛthivītaṭena rakṣāreṇa meṣīpayasā ghṛtena tālena vṛddhataṃḍuti ṣoḍaśāṃśe bhavec ca śuddham śaśiśaṃkhasaṃnibham| 54|

atha

prakāśo dhṛtāṃ sulvam āroṭam appavāṃ budhaḥ ṣaṭguṇena ca nāgena śodhayitvā tato budhaḥ| 55| śritārvisiṃduvārasya rasamadhye tu ḍhālayet kuṣmāṇḍakarise paścāt niṣekāt sa sadā payet| 56| tatas takre niśāvakre punaḥ saptaiva dāpayet śulvasya kālikā hy evaṃ praṇaśyaṃti nātra saṃśayaḥ| 57| śukatuṃḍakiṃśukābhaṃ chede raktaṃ mṛduṃ tathā snigdhaṃ tāpena bhavati tatsukhaṃ kālikāhitaṃ| 58| kṣāraṃ guḍahaṃsapadaṃ ca lākṣā rase dhṛṣṭā rasadalāni paścāt saṃlepya kaṃkuṣṭa niśācitāsu śuddhācitā śudhyati saptavārān | 59| kṣāraṃ saṭaṃkaṇayutaṃ lavaṇāni paṃca jaṃbīranīraparibhāvita saptavārān kalkena tena parilupya puṭena dugdham tārāraśulvaghanadoṣam upaiti śuddhim| 60| tārāraśulvayaṃ ghanadohaṃ sāhavalpāmṛtaratnamālikāṃ phalatrayaṃ taṃbarulohanighnakaḥ gopālikā gorasanāgu pūrvā haraṃti sarve giridoṣam āyasāt| 61| gorīphalāni rajanīkṣurakaḥ kubera bījāni tuṃbaruyutāni ca mallikāyāḥ kṣārāṇi modgaka phalā samayurajāni saṃbhāvitani payasā kuliśadramasya| 62| vārāni saptaparivā si tanāgarājaṃ kalkena tena khalu śuddhim upaiti sadyaḥ yuktā krameṇa disitkapayeṇa phullī sthaṃbhaṃ karoti kuṭilasya vadanti santaḥ| 63| arkonmattam usuhī valanī kaṃcukī ratnamālā guṃjāvahniḥ surapati surādraṃ gudāvā'śvagaṃdhā takre piṣṭaṃ malaharam idaṃ sarvalohaprasiddhaṃ vaṃgasthaṃbhaṃ kṣaṇam api kurute jyotiṣo nāma yogaḥ| 64| iti śrīman nāgārjunaviracite rasendramaṃgale rasoparasasodhanādihikāra prathamaḥ