Arthashastra

siva.sh/arthashastra/adhyaksa-pracara/12/10

मधु मधुकम् अजा पयः स तैलं घृत गुड किण्व युतं स कन्दलीकम् । यद् अपि शत सहस्रधा विभिन्नं भवति मृदु त्रिभिर् एव तन् निषेकैः ॥

sanskrit

Whatever metal is split into a hundred thousand parts is rendered soft when it is thrice soaked in the mixture made up of honey (madhu), madhuka (Bassia Latifolia), sheep's milk, sesamum oil, clarified butter, jaggery, kinva (ferment) and mushroom.

english translation

madhu madhukam ajA payaH sa tailaM ghRta guDa kiNva yutaM sa kandalIkam । yad api zata sahasradhA vibhinnaM bhavati mRdu tribhir eva tan niSekaiH ॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript

siva.sh/arthashastra/adhyaksa-pracara/12/10

मधु मधुकम् अजा पयः स तैलं घृत गुड किण्व युतं स कन्दलीकम् । यद् अपि शत सहस्रधा विभिन्नं भवति मृदु त्रिभिर् एव तन् निषेकैः ॥

sanskrit

Whatever metal is split into a hundred thousand parts is rendered soft when it is thrice soaked in the mixture made up of honey (madhu), madhuka (Bassia Latifolia), sheep's milk, sesamum oil, clarified butter, jaggery, kinva (ferment) and mushroom.

english translation

madhu madhukam ajA payaH sa tailaM ghRta guDa kiNva yutaM sa kandalIkam । yad api zata sahasradhA vibhinnaM bhavati mRdu tribhir eva tan niSekaiH ॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript