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प्रवृत्ता सरित्प्रवरा हाटकी नाम भवयोर्वीर्येण यत्र
चित्रभानुर्मातरिश्वना समिध्यमान ओजसा पिबति तन्निष्ठ्यूतं
हाटकाख्यं सुवर्णं भूषणेनासुरेन्द्रावरोधेषु पुरुषाः सह पुरुषीभिर्धारयन्ति
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tato 'dhastÄd vitale haro bhagavÄn hÄá¹akeÅ›varaḥ sva-pÄrá¹£ada-bhÅ«ta-gaṇÄvá¹›taḥ prajÄpati-sargopabá¹›á¹haṇÄya bhavo bhavÄnyÄ saha mithunÄ«-bhÅ«ta Äste yataḥ pravá¹›ttÄ sarit-pravarÄ hÄá¹akÄ« nÄma bhavayor vÄ«ryeṇa yatra citrabhÄnur mÄtariÅ›vanÄ samidhyamÄna ojasÄ pibati tan niá¹£á¹hyÅ«taá¹ hÄá¹akÄkhyaá¹ suvarṇaá¹ bhÅ«á¹£aṇenÄsurendrÄvarodheá¹£u puruá¹£Äḥ saha puruṣībhir dhÄrayanti
tataḥ - the planet Atala; adhastÄt - beneath; vitale - on the planet; haraḥ - Lord Åšiva; bhagavÄn - the most powerful personality; hÄá¹akeÅ›varaḥ - the master of gold; sva-pÄrá¹£ada - by his own associates; bhÅ«ta-gaṇa - who are ghostly living beings; Ävá¹›taḥ - surrounded; prajÄpati-sarga - of the creation of Lord BrahmÄ; upabá¹›á¹haṇÄya - to increase the population; bhavaḥ - Lord Åšiva; bhavÄnyÄ saha - with his wife, BhavÄnÄ«; mithunÄ«-bhÅ«taḥ - being united in sex; Äste - remains; yataḥ - from that planet (Vitala); pravá¹›ttÄ - being emanated; sarit-pravarÄ - the great river; hÄá¹akÄ« - HÄá¹akÄ«; nÄma - named; bhavayoḥ vÄ«ryeṇa - due to the semina and ovum of Lord Åšiva and BhavÄnÄ«; yatra - where; citra-bhÄnuḥ - the fire-god; mÄtariÅ›vanÄ - by the wind; samidhyamÄnaḥ - being brightly inflamed; ojasÄ - with great strength; pibati - drinks; tat - that; niá¹£á¹hyÅ«tam - spit out with a hissing sound; hÄá¹aka-Äkhyam - named HÄá¹aka; suvarṇam - gold; bhÅ«á¹£aṇena - by different types of ornaments; asura-indra - of the great asuras; avarodheá¹£u - in the homes; puruá¹£Äḥ - the males; saha - with; puruṣībhiḥ - their wives and women; dhÄrayanti - wear.
The next planet below Atala is Vitala, wherein Lord Åšiva, who is known as the master of gold mines, lives with his personal associates, the ghosts and similar living entities. Lord Åšiva, as the progenitor, engages in sex with BhavÄnÄ«, the progenitress, to produce living entities, and from the mixture of their vital fluid the river named HÄá¹akÄ« is generated. When fire, being made to blaze by the wind, drinks of this river and then sizzles and spits it out, it produces gold called HÄá¹aka. The demons who live on that planet with their wives decorate themselves with various ornaments made from that gold, and thus they live there very happily.
It appears that when Bhava and BhavÄnÄ«, Lord Åšiva and his wife, unite sexually, the emulsification of their secretions creates a chemical which when heated by fire can produce gold. It is said that the alchemists of the medieval age tried to prepare gold from base metal, and ÅšrÄ«la SanÄtana GosvÄmÄ« also states that when bell metal is treated with mercury, it can produce gold. ÅšrÄ«la SanÄtana GosvÄmÄ« mentions this in regard to the initiation of low-class men to turn them into brÄhmaṇas. SanÄtana GosvÄmÄ« said:
yathÄ kÄñcanatÄá¹ yÄti
kÄá¹syaá¹ rasa-vidhÄnataḥ
tathÄ dÄ«ká¹£Ä-vidhÄnena
dvijatvaá¹ jÄyate nṛṇÄm
“As one can transform kaá¹sa, or bell metal, into gold by treating it with mercury, one can also turn a lowborn man into a brÄhmaṇa by initiating him properly into Vaiṣṇava activities.†The International Society for Krishna Consciousness is trying to turn mlecchas and yavanas into real brÄhmaṇas by properly initiating them and stopping them from engaging in meat-eating, intoxication, illicit sex and gambling. One who stops these four principles of sinful activity and chants the Hare Kṛṣṇa mahÄ-mantra can certainly become a pure brÄhmaṇa through the process of bona fide initiation, as suggested by ÅšrÄ«la SanÄtana GosvÄmÄ«.
Apart from this, if one takes a hint from this verse and learns how to mix mercury with bell metal by properly heating and melting them, one can get gold very cheaply. The alchemists of the medieval age tried to manufacture gold, but they were unsuccessful, perhaps because they did not follow the right instructions.
