Garuda Purana — Purva Khanda — Chapter 53

GaP 1 53.1

श्रीगरुडमहापुराणम्- ५३ सूत उवाच । एवं ब्रह्माब्रवीच्छ्रुत्वा हरेरष्टनिधींस्तथा । तत्र पद्ममहापद्मौ तथा मकरकच्छपौ

śrīgaruḍamahāpurāṇam- 53 sūta uvāca / evaṃ brahmābravīcchrutvā hareraṣṭanidhīṃstathā / tatra padmamahāpadmau tathā makarakacchapau

The Śrī Garuḍa Mahāpurāṇa, 53. The Sūta said: Thus Brahmā spoke, having heard of Hari's eight treasures: therein (are) Padma and Mahāpadma, and Makara and Kacchapa,

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GaP 1 53.2

मुकुन्दकु(न) न्दौ नीलश्च शङ्खश्चैवापरो निधिः । सत्यामृद्धौ भवन्त्येते स्वरूपं कथयाम्यहम्

mukundaku(na) ndau nīlaśca śaṅkhaścaivāparo nidhiḥ / satyāmṛddhau bhavantyete svarūpaṃ kathayāmyaham

Mukunda and Kunda, and Nīla, and Śaṅkha as the other treasure; these bring about truth and prosperity — I shall tell (their) forms.

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GaP 1 53.3

पद्मेन लक्षितश्चैव सात्त्विको जायते नरः । दाक्षिण्यसारः पुरुषः सुवर्णादिकसंग्रहम्

padmena lakṣitaścaiva sāttviko jāyate naraḥ / dākṣiṇyasāraḥ puruṣaḥ suvarṇādikasaṃgraham

A man marked by (the treasure) Padma is born of sāttvika nature; a man whose essence is generosity, (he makes) collection of gold and the like,

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GaP 1 53.4

रुप्यादि कुर्याद्दद्यात्तु यतिदैवादियज्वनाम् । महापद्माङ्कितो दद्याद्धनाद्यं धार्मिकाय च

rupyādi kuryāddadyāttu yatidaivādiyajvanām / mahāpadmāṅkito dadyāddhanādyaṃ dhārmikāya ca

He would deal in silver and so forth, and would give to ascetics and to those who sacrifice to the gods and the rest; one marked with Mahāpadma would give wealth and the like to a righteous man.

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GaP 1 53.5

नीधी पद्ममहापद्मौ सात्त्विकौ पुरुषौ स्मृती । मकरेणाङ्कितः खड्गबाणकुन्तादिसंग्रही

nīdhī padmamahāpadmau sāttvikau puruṣau smṛtī / makareṇāṅkitaḥ khaḍgabāṇakuntādisaṃgrahī

The treasures Padma and Mahāpadma are remembered as sāttvika men (i.e. marking such men). One marked by Makara is a collector of swords, arrows, spears and the like;

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GaP 1 53.6

दद्याच्छ्रुताय मैत्रीं च याति नित्यं च राजभिः । द्रव्यार्थं शत्रुणा नाशं संग्रामे चापि संव्रजेत्

dadyācchrutāya maitrīṃ ca yāti nityaṃ ca rājabhiḥ / dravyārthaṃ śatruṇā nāśaṃ saṃgrāme cāpi saṃvrajet

He would give to a learned man, and constantly forms friendship with kings; for the sake of wealth he would meet destruction at an enemy's hand, and (go) into battle too.

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GaP 1 53.7

मकरः कच्छपश्चैव तामसौ तु निधी स्मृतौ । कच्छपी विश्वसेन्नैव न भुङ्केन (ना) ददाति च

makaraḥ kacchapaścaiva tāmasau tu nidhī smṛtau / kacchapī viśvasennaiva na bhuṅkena (nā) dadāti ca

Makara and Kacchapa are remembered as the two tāmasa treasures. One of the Kacchapa (type) trusts no one, and neither enjoys nor gives;

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GaP 1 53.8

निधानमुर्व्यां कुरुते निधिः सोप्येकपूरुषः । राजसेनमुकुन्देन लक्षिता राज्यसंग्रही

nidhānamurvyāṃ kurute nidhiḥ sopyekapūruṣaḥ / rājasenamukundena lakṣitā rājyasaṃgrahī

He makes a hoard in the earth; that treasure too belongs to a single man. One marked by the rājasa Mukunda is an amasser of kingship;

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GaP 1 53.9

भुक्तभोगो गायनेभ्यो दद्याद्वेश्यादिकासु च । रजस्तमोमयो नन्दी आधारः स्यात्कुलस्य च

bhuktabhogo gāyanebhyo dadyādveśyādikāsu ca / rajastamomayo nandī ādhāraḥ syātkulasya ca

Having enjoyed pleasures, he would give to singers and to courtesans and such women. Nandī (Kunda), made of rajas and tamas, would be the support of (his) family.

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GaP 1 53.10

स्तुतः प्रीतो भवति वै बहुभार्या भवन्ति च । पूर्वमित्रेषु शैथिल्यं प्रीतिमन्यैः करोति च

stutaḥ prīto bhavati vai bahubhāryā bhavanti ca / pūrvamitreṣu śaithilyaṃ prītimanyaiḥ karoti ca

When praised he becomes pleased; and he has many wives; he becomes slack toward former friends and forms affection with others.

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GaP 1 53.11

नीलन चाङ्कितः सत्त्वतेजसा संयुतो भवेत् । वस्त्रधान्यादिसंग्राही तडागादि करोति च

nīlana cāṅkitaḥ sattvatejasā saṃyuto bhavet / vastradhānyādisaṃgrāhī taḍāgādi karoti ca

And (the man) marked by (the nidhi called) Nīla is endowed with the energy of goodness; he is a gatherer of cloth, grain and the like, and he has tanks and such made.

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GaP 1 53.12

त्रिपू(पौ) रुषो निधिश्चैव आम्रारामादि कारयेत् । एकस्य स्यान्निधिः शङ्खः स्वयं भुङ्क्ते धनादि(न्त)कम्

tripū(pau) ruṣo nidhiścaiva āmrārāmādi kārayet / ekasya syānnidhiḥ śaṅkhaḥ svayaṃ bhuṅkte dhanādi(nta)kam

Tripuruṣa too is a nidhi; (its possessor) has mango-groves and the like made. The Śaṅkha nidhi belongs to one man alone; he himself enjoys the wealth and the rest.

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GaP 1 53.13

कदन्नभुक्परिजनो न च शोभनवस्त्रधृक् । स्वपोषणपरः शङ्खी दद्यात्परनरे वृथा

kadannabhukparijano na ca śobhanavastradhṛk / svapoṣaṇaparaḥ śaṅkhī dadyātparanare vṛthā

His attendants eat bad food and wear no fine clothing; the possessor of the Śaṅkha, bent on feeding only himself, gives to another man only in vain.

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GaP 1 53.14

मिश्रावलोकनान्मिश्रस्वभावफलदायिनः । निधीनां रूपमुक्तं तु हरिणापि हरादिके । हरिर्भुवनकोशादि यथोवाच तथा वदे

miśrāvalokanānmiśrasvabhāvaphaladāyinaḥ / nidhīnāṃ rūpamuktaṃ tu hariṇāpi harādike / harirbhuvanakośādi yathovāca tathā vade

Through mixed aspect (of the nidhis) they give fruits of mixed nature. The form of the nidhis has been declared by Hari also to Hara and the others. As Hari told of the treasury of the worlds (cosmography) and the rest, so shall I tell it.

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