The Glorious Sovereign Tantra of Mahākāla
Chapter 9: A Dialogue with the Goddess About the Pill Siddhi

“Now, for the benefit of all yogins,121 I will teach a chapter on the pill siddhi.”

The Blessed One continued, “The term guṭikā, or “pill,” expresses the combination of body, speech, and mind. Gu refers to being based in the body, ṭi refers to the nature of speech, and kā refers to the mind. When all three are combined, it spells the word guṭikā, or “pill.” This pill, a small mass that is the single taste of all three, is the nature of the wisdom of equality related to the two organs, the blazing fire that consumes the world at the end of an eon. It is the primary cause of the consummate bliss of beings.” [F.58.a]

“Blessed One,” the Goddess asked, “what do you mean when you say that it is the primary cause of the consummate bliss of beings?”

The Blessed One responded, “One should gather some Indian valerian root and the root of utpalamadhika during a lunar eclipse122 and store them. Then, during a solar eclipse in the lunar mansion of Kṛttikā, one should wrap them well in the three metals and place them in one’s mouth. The pill siddhi will certainly be attained.

“Following the daily sequence, one should use banyan root on the first day, the root of a palmyra tree that has been struck by lightning123 on the second day, coconut palm on the third day, rosary pea on the fourth day, menstrual blood on the fifth day, and, on the sixth, the supreme siddhi. The Blessed One then engages the samaya of the pill. Otherwise, the siddhi will not come about.

“On the fourteenth day of the waning moon during Puṣya, one should blend viḍāla root and the flowers of touch-me-not. When smeared on the body in the proper sequence the appropriate pill siddhi will be attained.

“One should make a pill at dusk using jalu root,124 then mix it with mercury and apply it. One will then be invisible.

“On the eighth day of the waning moon, one should take the flesh and blood of a person who has died from a knife wound and perform the visualization of six-armed Mahākāla.125 At sunrise, one should place a pill made of the five ambrosias126 in their mouth and become invisible.

“On a Tuesday one should mix mahugaga seeds127 with one’s own semen, then mix that with a powder consisting of the three metals. One should then combine the mixture with the juice of pattrapiśācī,128 make a pill using cat’s bile, hide it in a charnel ground for seven days, and then retrieve it at night. To eliminate any vighnas, one should recite the mantra for the sixteen-armed Mahākāla, reciting it seven times to effect protection while presenting a bali offering. This will pacify vighnas in the area. When one inserts the pill into their rectum they will be invisible while traveling on a road.

“One should take an unspoiled spotted śakula fish129 and some embers from a charnel ground and perform five hundred fire offerings with menstrual blood while chanting the oblation mantra oṁ karāla vikarāla mahānanda hūṁ gṛhṇa gṛhṇa kaṭakī svāhā.130 [F.58.b] This is the siddhi mantra. One will become invisible if they take an eye from this fish and place it in their mouth. A person who uses this siddhi method, which is difficult to find in Jambudvīpa, is certain to succeed.

“One should take the tongue of a child born on a Monday and leave it in sour gruel for one day and in goat butter for two days. One should then remove it and leave it in menstrual blood for three days, make it into a pill, cook it in human fat, and place it in quicksilver131 for seven days. One should next leave it in honey for five days and in the skull of a low caste person for one day, then take it out, coat it with cat’s blood, and let it dry. One should muddle it with the flesh of a bhadra bird and the flesh of a jackal, shape it into a pill, and cook it. If one places it in their mouth they will become invisible. Goddess, this is astonishing.

“One should crush śika,132 camphor, dried ginger, clear liquor,133 hārā,134 and the juice of datura leaves and form it into a pill. This is the supreme pill.

“There is also a recipe that combines sixteen ingredients. One should take human fat135 and fat from someone who died the previous day136 and crush it in the skull of a six- or four-year-old brahmin. One should then mix giṅheka fat137 with the juice of simbi leaves138 and smear it on their body. One will certainly become invisible.

“One should make a wick from a cloth eye-covering in a brahmin’s skull filled with human fat and cow fat that has been rendered in a copper vessel from Nepal. One should then remove it, mix it with the juice of jantupiśācī,139 and use it as a collyrium and a forehead mark. One will become invisible.”

“Blessed One, you have taught this to benefit the beings of Jambudvīpa. I will also explain a little bit about pills.

“If one recites the mantras described in the chapter on mantras seven times while offering supplications, one will attain the supreme pill siddhi. There is no other way. One will be successful if everything is perfectly complete. [F.59.a] The various things that have been explained will lead to success.

“First, one should powder nisundara petals,140 mix equal parts sedakaṇḍā powder,141 sheep’s urine, and human flesh, grind the mixture, and make it into a pill. One will become invisible to the eye.142 Whenever one wants to be visible again, one should simply consume a sour gruel, and one will become visible.

“One should harvest banyan root during the lunar mansion Citrā, valerian root during the lunar mansion in Bharaṇī, soapberry root during the lunar mansion Pūrvabhadrapadā, and star jasmine root during the lunar mansion Mṛgaśirā. Then, one should make a pill following the proper sequence on the fifth lunar day by combining these in equal amounts, crushing them, and mixing them with rainwater. Once the goddess’ mantra has been recited, one will be invisible. To do this on a regular basis, one should place it in black milk until it dissolves. One will then succeed. If ones does not have any black milk, one will be successful by performing the sādhana with the five families, offering gifts of food and curd to a brahmin, and offering the preceptor alcohol.

“One should crush sweet flag, costus, long pepper, dried ginger, yellow myrobalan, emblic myrobalan, neem, vetiver root, and soapberries with the flesh of a stork, an owl, and a man’s testicles.143 This should be placed in sour gruel along with goat butter for seven days. One will become invisible. Whenever one wants to be visible again, they should consume sour gruel and become visible.

“One should combine lotus anther pollen, earth from a termite mound, and the dirt on a uraria plant, make a pill, and place it in their rectum.144 One will then become invisible.

“If these procedures do not work, it will be as if I had committed the five actions entailing immediate retribution.145 One should repeatedly maintain the five families as the true state of the five senses. One should take the five families, coat it with the three metals,146 go to a charnel ground, and embrace the consort. One should recite the mantra aloud, and if people hear the sound filling the air and emerge from their homes, one should apply the collyrium in order to not be seen.

“One should take fresh neem and rub it on their body. On a Sunday one should rub sumāgadhā147 on their body with the left hand and then rub their body with human fat on the eighth day of the lunar month. If one follows this exact procedure, one will become invisible. [F.59.b]

“On a Tuesday one should take rubies from a river.148 On Wednesday, one should take a jeweled sword and sever the nāga Śeṣa’s tongue, take it, and first place it in a golden vessel. Later, one should remove it and coat the outside with copper and the three metals. If one places it in their mouth they will become invisible.

“One should incant śravanti root149 and tie it with string. One should then retrieve it on an auspicious day, cook it with sea salt and human fat, and eat it. One will then become invisible.

“One should incant sesbania leaves with the Goddess’ mantra seven times and leave them in some sour gruel for one day. One should remove them and hide them in a neem tree, then remove them again and place them in a banyan tree. After that, one should pulverize them on the thirteenth day of the waning moon in Mṛgaśirā and rub them on their body. One will be invisible for as long as an entire year.

“For the Goddess’ great pill, one should make twenty-one pills the size of five soapberries out of the seven pollen flowers, coconut flowers, kaṭaka leaves, samayagola,150 cobra saffron, piṇḍatagara root,151 the roots of tripura and datura, and the three myrobalan fruits. Then, one should make twenty-one pills out of piṇḍatagara, menstrual blood,152 and sorghum153 and combine them with twenty-one mahākāla fruit pills. One should crush them with honey and make five pills. One should place the first pill in their mouth, the second in their rectum, and the third and fourth in their right and left hands, and one should use the fifth as a forehead mark. One will certainly become invisible.

“Then, one should pick the roots of a distilling grain on a Tuesday that falls on the twelfth day of the waning moon and cook them with human fat. [F.60.a] One should make pills with the juice of a distilling root154 and the juice of the bhagini plant, incant them seven times with the Goddess’ mantra, make them into a pill, and place it in their rectum. One will become invisible.

“If one recites the Goddess’ mantra for seven days and then eats incanted lizard meat155 and drinks alcohol, one will become entirely invisible.”

Then the Blessed One said, “Goddess, what you have said about the power of all siddhis has revealed them as they are. A capable person who performs them can manifest any of the respective siddhis.”

“Blessed One,” the Goddess replied, “may this be taught just as you have said here, so that it may be of benefit and bring happiness to the beings of Jambudvīpa.”