Adorned with clothes and ornaments, decorated with garlands of flowers,
The teacher, who knows all operations, is praised in the mercury work. (19)

The Third Chapter

Knowing the twenty-four processes, and their doubles, in the mercury work,
The seeker, having known them first, should later commence the work. (1)
(1) Purification of mercury and secondary metals, (2) purification of iron,
(3) The extraction of the essence sattva, and (4) its stabilization. (2)
(5) The manifestation of luster, (6) the beautiful extraction of color,
(7) The characteristics of gems, and (8) their specific melting. (3)
(9) Purification of all metals, (10) and the mixing of gems. (4)
(11) The ripening of seeds, (12) the application of the internal melting,
(13) The incineration jarana of the King of Mercury, (14) and the mixing of luster. (5)
(15) The coloring performed with the correct method, (16) the binding of the King of Mercury. (6)
(17) I will also speak of the transmutation sarana, and (18) the killing marana of the King of Mercury.
(19) The counter-transmutation, and (20) the projection kramana. (6)
(21) The piercing, (22) the opening, and (23) the secure sale. (7)
Equipped with these various works, he is called the King of Debaters.
Incineration is to be known in many ways, as in the sequence starting with one hundred. (8)
I will speak of the dual mixture, (24) the excellent immobilization of paste,
(25) The binding, the shackle-binding, and (26) the unification. (9)
(27) The work of mercury, secondary metals, and iron in detail,
(28) And the purification of gems, which causes great wonder. (10)