Garuda Purana — Purva Khanda — Chapter 69
GaP 1 69.1
श्रीगरुडमहापुराणम्- ६९ सूत उवाच । द्विपेन्द्रजीमूतवराहशङ्खमत्स्याहिशुक्त्युद्भववेणुजानि । मुक्ताफलानि प्रथितानि लोके तेषां च शुक्त्युद्भवमेव भूरि
śrīgaruḍamahāpurāṇam- 69 sūta uvāca / dvipendrajīmūtavarāhaśaṅkhamatsyāhiśuktyudbhavaveṇujāni / muktāphalāni prathitāni loke teṣāṃ ca śuktyudbhavameva bhūri
Sūta said: Pearls, as is well known in the world, are those produced from the lordly elephant, the cloud, the boar, the conch, the fish, the snake, the oyster, and the bamboo; and of these the oyster-born is by far the most plentiful.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 69.2
तत्रैव चैकस्य हि मूलमात्र निविश्यते रत्नपदस्य जातु । वेध्यं तु शुक्तयुद्भवमेव तेषां शेषाण्यवेध्यानि वदन्ति तज्ज्ञाः
tatraiva caikasya hi mūlamātra niviśyate ratnapadasya jātu / vedhyaṃ tu śuktayudbhavameva teṣāṃ śeṣāṇyavedhyāni vadanti tajjñāḥ
And there indeed only one of them ever occupies even the basic rank of a gem; and of them only the oyster-born is fit to be bored — the rest, those who know the matter say, cannot be bored.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 1 69.3
त्वक्सारनागेन्द्रतिमिप्रसूतं यच्छङ्खजं यच्च वरा हजातम् । प्रायो विमुक्तानि भवन्ति भासा शस्तानि माङ्गल्यतया तथापि
tvaksāranāgendratimiprasūtaṃ yacchaṅkhajaṃ yacca varā hajātam / prāyo vimuktāni bhavanti bhāsā śastāni māṅgalyatayā tathāpi
That which is produced from bamboo, from the lordly elephant, from the timi fish, that which is conch-born, and that which is born of the boar — these are mostly devoid of lustre; nevertheless they are commended for their auspiciousness.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 69.4
या मौक्तिकानामिह जातये ऽष्टौ प्रकीर्तिता रत्नविनिश्चयज्ञैः । कम्बूद्भवं तेष्वधमं प्रदिष्टमुत्पद्यते यच्च गजेन्द्रकुम्भात्
yā mauktikānāmiha jātaye 'ṣṭau prakīrtitā ratnaviniścayajñaiḥ / kambūdbhavaṃ teṣvadhamaṃ pradiṣṭamutpadyate yacca gajendrakumbhāt
Of the eight kinds of pearls proclaimed here by those expert in the determination of gems, the conch-born is declared the lowest among them, and (likewise) that which arises from the lordly elephant's frontal globe.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 69.5
स्वयोनिमद्यच्छवितुल्यवर्णं शाङ्खं बृहल्लोलफलप्रमाणम् । उत्पद्यते वारणकुम्भमध्यादापीतवर्णं प्रभया विहीनम्
svayonimadyacchavitulyavarṇaṃ śāṅkhaṃ bṛhallolaphalapramāṇam / utpadyate vāraṇakumbhamadhyādāpītavarṇaṃ prabhayā vihīnam
The conch-pearl is of a colour like the sheen of its own source, and of the size of a large lola fruit; that which arises from the midst of an elephant's frontal globe is yellowish and devoid of lustre.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 1 69.6
ये कम्बवः शार्ङ्गमुखावमर्शपीतस्य शङ्खप्रवरस्य गोत्रे । मतङ्गजाश्चापि विशुद्धवंश्यास्ते मौक्तिकानां प्रभवाः प्रदिष्टाः
ye kambavaḥ śārṅgamukhāvamarśapītasya śaṅkhapravarasya gotre / mataṅgajāścāpi viśuddhavaṃśyāste mauktikānāṃ prabhavāḥ pradiṣṭāḥ
Those conches that are in the lineage of the finest conch, yellow to the touch at the horn-like mouth, and elephants of pure descent — these are declared to be the sources of pearls.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 1 69.7
उत्पद्यते मौक्तिकमेषु वृत्तमापीतवर्णं प्रभया विहीनम् । पाठीनपृष्ठस्य समानवर्णं मीनात्सुवृत्तं लघु चातिसूक्ष्मम्
utpadyate mauktikameṣu vṛttamāpītavarṇaṃ prabhayā vihīnam / pāṭhīnapṛṣṭhasya samānavarṇaṃ mīnātsuvṛttaṃ laghu cātisūkṣmam
In these there is produced a pearl that is round, yellowish in colour, devoid of lustre; from a fish (comes one) of a colour like the back of the pāṭhīna fish, well rounded, light and very small.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 69.8
उत्पद्यते वारिचराननेषु मत्स्याश्चे ते मध्यचराः पयोधेः । वराहदंष्ट्राप्रभवं प्रदिष्टं तस्यैव दंष्ट्राङ्कुरतुल्यवर्णम्
utpadyate vāricarānaneṣu matsyāśce te madhyacarāḥ payodheḥ / varāhadaṃṣṭrāprabhavaṃ pradiṣṭaṃ tasyaiva daṃṣṭrāṅkuratulyavarṇam
It arises in the mouths of water-dwellers, namely those fish that move in the middle of the ocean. The boar's-tusk-born (pearl) is declared to be of a colour like the sprouting tip of that very tusk.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 69.9
क्रचित्कथञ्चित्स भुवः प्रदेशे प्रजायते सूकरराड्विशिष्टः । वर्षोपलानां समवर्णशोभं त्वक्सारपर्वप्रभवं प्रदिष्टम्
kracitkathañcitsa bhuvaḥ pradeśe prajāyate sūkararāḍviśiṣṭaḥ / varṣopalānāṃ samavarṇaśobhaṃ tvaksāraparvaprabhavaṃ pradiṣṭam
Somewhere, somehow, in some region of the earth an extraordinary boar-king is born. What arises from a bamboo joint is declared to have the colour and beauty of hailstones.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 69.10
ते वेणवो दिव्यजनोपभोग्ये स्थाने प्ररोहन्ति न सार्वजन्ये । भौजं गमं मीनविशुद्धवृत्तं संस्थानतो ऽत्युज्ज्वलवर्णशोभम्
te veṇavo divyajanopabhogye sthāne prarohanti na sārvajanye / bhaujaṃ gamaṃ mīnaviśuddhavṛttaṃ saṃsthānato 'tyujjvalavarṇaśobham
Those bamboos grow in a place fit for the enjoyment of divine beings, not one belonging to all people. The serpent-born is perfectly round, and in its formation of exceedingly brilliant colour and beauty.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 1 69.11
नितान्तधौतप्रविकल्पमाननिस्त्रिंशधारासमवर्णकान्ति । प्राप्यातिरत्नानि महाप्रभाणि राज्यं श्रियं वा महतीं दुरापाम्
nitāntadhautapravikalpamānanistriṃśadhārāsamavarṇakānti / prāpyātiratnāni mahāprabhāṇi rājyaṃ śriyaṃ vā mahatīṃ durāpām
Its colour and radiance are like the edge of a sword thought to be utterly polished; on obtaining such supreme gems of great lustre (one gains) kingship, or great and hard-to-win prosperity.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 1 69.12
तेजो ऽन्विताः पुण्यकृतो भवन्ति मुक्ताफलस्याहिशिरोभवस्य । जिज्ञासया रत्नधनं विधिज्ञैः शुभेमुहूर्ते प्रयतैः प्रयत्नात्
tejo 'nvitāḥ puṇyakṛto bhavanti muktāphalasyāhiśirobhavasya / jijñāsayā ratnadhanaṃ vidhijñaiḥ śubhemuhūrte prayataiḥ prayatnāt
Those who possess splendour and have done meritorious deeds come to have the pearl that arises from a snake's head. With the wish to test this gem-treasure, by men who know the rite, self-controlled, with effort, at an auspicious hour —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 1 69.13
रक्षाविधानं सुमहद्विधाय हर्म्योपरिष्ठं क्रियते यदा तत् । तदा महादुन्दुभिमन्द्रघोषैर्विद्युल्लताविस्फुरितान्तरालैः
rakṣāvidhānaṃ sumahadvidhāya harmyopariṣṭhaṃ kriyate yadā tat / tadā mahādundubhimandraghoṣairvidyullatāvisphuritāntarālaiḥ
having performed a very great rite of protection, when that (pearl) is placed on top of a mansion, then, with the deep rumbling of great drums, with the intervals (of sky) flashing with vines of lightning,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 69.14
पयोधराक्रान्तिविलम्बिनम्रैर्घनैर्नवैराव्रियते ऽन्तरिक्षम् । न तं भुजङ्गा न तु यातुधाना न व्याधयो नाप्युपसर्गदोषाः
payodharākrāntivilambinamrairghanairnavairāvriyate 'ntarikṣam / na taṃ bhujaṅgā na tu yātudhānā na vyādhayo nāpyupasargadoṣāḥ
the sky is covered over with fresh clouds bent low with the weight of their rain-burdens. Him neither serpents nor demons, nor diseases nor the harms of afflictions
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 69.15
हिंसन्ति यस्याहिशिरः समुत्थं मुक्ताफलं तिष्ठति कोशमध्ये । नाभ्येति मेघप्रभवं धरित्रीं विप्रद्गतं तद्विबुधा हरन्ति
hiṃsanti yasyāhiśiraḥ samutthaṃ muktāphalaṃ tiṣṭhati kośamadhye / nābhyeti meghaprabhavaṃ dharitrīṃ vipradgataṃ tadvibudhā haranti
can injure, in whose treasury there rests a pearl arisen from a snake's head. The cloud-born (pearl) does not reach the earth; gone up into the sky, the gods carry it off.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 69.16
अर्चिः प्रभानावृतदिग्विभागमादित्यवहुः खविभाव्यबिम्बम् । तेजस्तिरस्कृत्य हुताशनेन्दुनक्षत्रताराप्रभवं समग्रम्
arciḥ prabhānāvṛtadigvibhāgamādityavahuḥ khavibhāvyabimbam / tejastiraskṛtya hutāśanendunakṣatratārāprabhavaṃ samagram
Its flaming radiance covers the regions of the sky; its orb, discernible in the heavens, is like the sun; eclipsing entirely the brilliance that comes from fire, moon, constellations and stars,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 69.17
दिवा यथा दीर्प्तिङ्करं तथैव तमो ऽवगाढास्वपि तन्निशासु । विचित्ररत्नद्युतिचारुतोया चतुः समुद्राभरणोपपन्ना
divā yathā dīrptiṅkaraṃ tathaiva tamo 'vagāḍhāsvapi tanniśāsu / vicitraratnadyuticārutoyā catuḥ samudrābharaṇopapannā
it gives light as by day, even so in those nights sunk deep in darkness — (the earth) whose waters are lovely with the sheen of manifold gems, furnished with the ornament of the four oceans.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 1 69.18
मूल्यं न वा स्यादिति निश्चयो मे कृत्स्ना मही तस्य मुवर्णपूर्णा । हीनो ऽपियस्तल्लभते कदाचिद्विपाकयोगान्महतः शुभस्य
mūlyaṃ na vā syāditi niścayo me kṛtsnā mahī tasya muvarṇapūrṇā / hīno 'piyastallabhate kadācidvipākayogānmahataḥ śubhasya
My verdict is that it can have no price at all: the whole earth filled with gold is its price. Even a lowly man, if he ever obtains it, does so through the ripening of some great merit.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 69.19
सापत्न्यहीनां स महीं समग्रां भुनक्ति तत्तिष्ठति यावदेव । न केवलं तच्छुभकृन्नृपस्य भाग्यैः प्रजानामपि तस्य जन्म
sāpatnyahīnāṃ sa mahīṃ samagrāṃ bhunakti tattiṣṭhati yāvadeva / na kevalaṃ tacchubhakṛnnṛpasya bhāgyaiḥ prajānāmapi tasya janma
He enjoys the whole earth undivided, free of rivals, for just as long as that (pearl) remains (with him); and it is auspicious not for the king alone — by his good fortune the people too are (as if) born anew.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 1 69.20
तद्योजनानां परितः सहस्रं सर्वाननर्थान्विमुखी करोति । नक्षत्रमालेव दिवो विशीर्णा दन्तावलिस्तस्य महामुरस्य
tadyojanānāṃ paritaḥ sahasraṃ sarvānanarthānvimukhī karoti / nakṣatramāleva divo viśīrṇā dantāvalistasya mahāmurasya
For a thousand yojanas all around it turns away every misfortune — that row of teeth of the great Mura, like a garland of stars fallen apart from the sky.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 1 69.21
विचित्रवर्णेषु विशुद्धवर्णा पयः सु पत्युः पयसां पपात । सम्पूर्णचन्द्रांशुकलापकान्तेर्माणिप्रवेकस्य महागुणस्य
vicitravarṇeṣu viśuddhavarṇā payaḥ su patyuḥ payasāṃ papāta / sampūrṇacandrāṃśukalāpakāntermāṇipravekasya mahāguṇasya
Into the many-coloured waters of the lord of waters there fell the pure-coloured water of that foremost of gems, of great excellence, whose radiance is like the full moon's mass of beams.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 1 69.22
तच्छुक्तिमत्सु स्थितिमाप बीजमासन्पुराप्यन्यभवानि यानि । यस्मिन्प्रदेशे ऽम्बुनिधौ पपात सुचारुमुक्तामणिरत्नबीजम् । तस्मिन्पयस्तोयधरावकीर्णं शुक्तौ स्थितं मौक्तिकतामवाप
tacchuktimatsu sthitimāpa bījamāsanpurāpyanyabhavāni yāni / yasminpradeśe 'mbunidhau papāta sucārumuktāmaṇiratnabījam / tasminpayastoyadharāvakīrṇaṃ śuktau sthitaṃ mauktikatāmavāpa
That seed found its resting-place among the oyster-bearing (waters); there had also been others of different origin before. In whatever spot in the ocean the seed of the beautiful pearl-gem fell, there the water scattered by the rain-clouds, lodged in an oyster, attained the state of a pearl.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 1 69.23
सैंहलिकपारलौकिकसौराष्ट्रिकताम्रपर्णपारशवाः । कौवेरपाण्ड्यहाटकहेमकमित्याकरास्त्वष्टौ
saiṃhalikapāralaukikasaurāṣṭrikatāmraparṇapāraśavāḥ / kauverapāṇḍyahāṭakahemakamityākarāstvaṣṭau
Saiṃhalika, Pāralaukika, Saurāṣṭrika, Tāmraparṇa, Pāraśava, Kauvera, Pāṇḍya, and Hāṭaka-Hemaka — these are the eight sources.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 1 69.24
शुक्त्युद्भवं नातिनिकृष्टवर्णं प्रमाणसंस्थानगुणप्रभाभिः । उत्पद्यते वर्धनपारसीकपाताललोकान्तरसिंहलेषु
śuktyudbhavaṃ nātinikṛṣṭavarṇaṃ pramāṇasaṃsthānaguṇaprabhābhiḥ / utpadyate vardhanapārasīkapātālalokāntarasiṃhaleṣu
Born of the oyster, of not too poor a colour, (distinguished) by size, shape, quality and lustre, it is produced in Vardhana, Persia, Pātāla, other worlds, and Sri Lanka.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 1 69.25
चिन्त्या न तस्याकरजा विशेषा रूपे प्रमाणे च यतेत विद्वान् । न च व्यवस्थास्ति गुणागुणेषु सर्वत्र सर्वाकृतयो भवन्ति
cintyā na tasyākarajā viśeṣā rūpe pramāṇe ca yateta vidvān / na ca vyavasthāsti guṇāguṇeṣu sarvatra sarvākṛtayo bhavanti
Distinctions of its mine of origin need not be considered; let the learned man take pains over form and size. And there is no fixed rule about good and bad qualities: all shapes occur everywhere.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 69.26
एतस्य शुक्तिप्रभस्य मुक्ताफलस्य चान्येन समुन्मितस्य । मूल्यं सहस्राणि तु रूपकाणां त्रिभिः शतैरप्याधिकानि पञ्च
etasya śuktiprabhasya muktāphalasya cānyena samunmitasya / mūlyaṃ sahasrāṇi tu rūpakāṇāṃ tribhiḥ śatairapyādhikāni pañca
Of this oyster-bright pearl, when weighed out against another (of the same kind), the price is five thousand rūpakas with three hundred more.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 1 69.27
यन्माषकार्धेन ततो विहीनं तत्पञ्चभागद्वयहीनमूल्यम् । यन्माषकांस्त्रीन्बिभृयात्सहस्रे द्वे तस्य मूल्यं परमं प्रदिष्टम्
yanmāṣakārdhena tato vihīnaṃ tatpañcabhāgadvayahīnamūlyam / yanmāṣakāṃstrīnbibhṛyātsahasre dve tasya mūlyaṃ paramaṃ pradiṣṭam
That which falls short of it by half a māṣaka has a price less by two fifths. That which weighs three māṣakas — its highest price is declared to be two thousand.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 69.28
अर्धाधिकौ द्वौ वहतो ऽस्य मूल्यं त्रिभिः शतैरप्यधिकं सहस्रम् । द्विमाष कोन्मानितगौरवस्य शतानि चाष्टौ कथितानि मूल्यम्
ardhādhikau dvau vahato 'sya mūlyaṃ tribhiḥ śatairapyadhikaṃ sahasram / dvimāṣa konmānitagauravasya śatāni cāṣṭau kathitāni mūlyam
For one that carries two and a half, the price is a thousand with three hundred more; for one whose weight is measured at two māṣakas, the price stated is eight hundred.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 1 69.29
अर्धाधिकं माषकमुन्मितस्य समं च विंशत्रितयं शतानाम् । गुञ्जाश्च षड् धारयतः शते द्वे मूल्यं परं तस्य वदन्ति तज्ज्ञाः । अध्यर्धमुन्मान(प) कृतं शतं स्यान्मूल्यं गुणैस्तस्य समन्वितस्य
ardhādhikaṃ māṣakamunmitasya samaṃ ca viṃśatritayaṃ śatānām / guñjāśca ṣaḍ dhārayataḥ śate dve mūlyaṃ paraṃ tasya vadanti tajjñāḥ / adhyardhamunmāna(pa) kṛtaṃ śataṃ syānmūlyaṃ guṇaistasya samanvitasya
For one measured at a māṣaka and a half, (the price is) likewise sixty hundreds(?); and for one that holds six guñjās, those who know it say its highest price is two hundred. For one of one and a half in measure the price would be a hundred, if it is endowed with (the requisite) qualities.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 1 69.30
यदि षोडशभिर्भवेदनूनन्धरणं तत्प्रवदन्ति दार्विकाख्यम् । अधिकं दशभिः शतं च मूल्यं समवाप्नोत्यपि बालिशस्य हस्तात्
yadi ṣoḍaśabhirbhavedanūnandharaṇaṃ tatpravadanti dārvikākhyam / adhikaṃ daśabhiḥ śataṃ ca mūlyaṃ samavāpnotyapi bāliśasya hastāt
If a dharaṇa is made up by no fewer than sixteen (of them), they call that grade 'dārvika'; and it fetches a price of a hundred and ten, even from the hand of a simpleton.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 1 69.31
द्विगुणैर्दशभिर्भवेदनूनं धरणं तद्भवकं वदन्ति तज्ज्ञाः । नवसप्ततिमाप्नुयात्स्वमूल्यं यदि न स्याद्गुणसम्पदा विहीनम्
dviguṇairdaśabhirbhavedanūnaṃ dharaṇaṃ tadbhavakaṃ vadanti tajjñāḥ / navasaptatimāpnuyātsvamūlyaṃ yadi na syādguṇasampadā vihīnam
If a dharaṇa is made up by no fewer than twice ten, those who know call that 'bhavaka'; it would fetch as its price seventy-nine, provided it is not deficient in excellence of quality.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 1 69.32
त्रिंशता धरणं पूर्णं शिक्यं तस्येति कीर्त्यते । चत्वारिंशद्भवेत्तस्याः परं मूल्यं विनिश्चयः
triṃśatā dharaṇaṃ pūrṇaṃ śikyaṃ tasyeti kīrtyate / catvāriṃśadbhavettasyāḥ paraṃ mūlyaṃ viniścayaḥ
When a full dharaṇa (is made up) by thirty, that grade is called 'śikya'; forty would be its highest price — such is the determination.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 1 69.33
चत्वारिंशद्र भवेत्तस्यास्त्रिंशन्मूल्यं लभेत् सा । पञ्चाशत्तु भवेत्सोमस्तस्य मूल्यं तु विंशतिः
catvāriṃśadra bhavettasyāstriṃśanmūlyaṃ labhet sā / pañcāśattu bhavetsomastasya mūlyaṃ tu viṃśatiḥ
(When it is) forty, it would be (the next grade), and it fetches a price of thirty; but fifty is 'soma', and its price is twenty.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 1 69.34
षष्टिर्निकरशीर्षं स्यात्तस्या मूल्यं चतुर्दश । अशीतिर्नवतिश्चैव कूप्येति परिकीर्तिता । एकादश स्यान्नव च तयोर्मूल्यमनुक्रमात्
ṣaṣṭirnikaraśīrṣaṃ syāttasyā mūlyaṃ caturdaśa / aśītirnavatiścaiva kūpyeti parikīrtitā / ekādaśa syānnava ca tayormūlyamanukramāt
Sixty would be 'nikaraśīrṣa', and its price fourteen; eighty and ninety are called 'kūpya', and the price of these two is eleven and nine respectively.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 1 69.35
आदाय तत्सकलमेव ततो ऽन्नभाण्डं जम्बीरजातरसयोजनया विपक्रम् । घृष्टं ततो मृदुतनूकृतपिण्डमूलैः कुर्याद्यथेष्टमनु मौक्तिकमाशु विद्धम्
ādāya tatsakalameva tato 'nnabhāṇḍaṃ jambīrajātarasayojanayā vipakram / ghṛṣṭaṃ tato mṛdutanūkṛtapiṇḍamūlaiḥ kuryādyatheṣṭamanu mauktikamāśu viddham
Taking all of that, then (using) the food-vessel cooked with an infusion of lime juice, and then ground with soft, thinned piṇḍa-roots, one may quickly pierce the pearl as one wishes.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 1 69.36
मृल्लिप्तमत्स्यपुटमध्यगतं तु कृत्वा पश्चात्पचेत्तनु ततश्च बिडालपुट्या । दुग्धे ततः पयसि तं विपचेत्सुधायां पक्रं ततो ऽपि पयसा शुचिचिक्रणेन
mṛlliptamatsyapuṭamadhyagataṃ tu kṛtvā paścātpacettanu tataśca biḍālapuṭyā / dugdhe tataḥ payasi taṃ vipacetsudhāyāṃ pakraṃ tato 'pi payasā śucicikraṇena
Having placed it inside a clay-smeared fish-crucible, one should then cook it gently, and after that with a cat-crucible; then one should cook it in milk, in milk (again), in sudhā; and when it is cooked, then again with milk that is clean and oily.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 1 69.37
शुद्धं ततो विमलवस्त्रनिघर्षणेन स्यान्मौक्तिकं विपुलसद्गुणकान्तियुक्तम् । व्याडिर्जगाद जगतां हि महाप्रभावः सिद्धो विदग्धहिततत्परया दयालुः
śuddhaṃ tato vimalavastranigharṣaṇena syānmauktikaṃ vipulasadguṇakāntiyuktam / vyāḍirjagāda jagatāṃ hi mahāprabhāvaḥ siddho vidagdhahitatatparayā dayāluḥ
Then, cleaned by rubbing with a spotless cloth, the pearl becomes possessed of abundant good qualities and lustre. So spoke Vyāḍi, of great power among the worlds, an adept, compassionate, intent on the welfare of the discerning.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 69.38
श्वेतकाचसमं तारं हेमांशशतयोजितम् । रसमध्ये प्रधार्येत मौक्तिकं देहभूषणम्
śvetakācasamaṃ tāraṃ hemāṃśaśatayojitam / rasamadhye pradhāryeta mauktikaṃ dehabhūṣaṇam
Silver (tāra) like white glass, joined with a hundredth part of gold, should be held in the midst of mercury — (thus is made) a pearl, an ornament for the body.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 1 69.39
एवं हि सिंहले देशे कुर्वन्ति कुशला जनाः । यस्मिन्कृत्रैमसन्देहः क्रचिद्भवति मौक्तिके
evaṃ hi siṃhale deśe kurvanti kuśalā janāḥ / yasminkṛtraimasandehaḥ kracidbhavati mauktike
For thus do skilled men act in the land of Siṃhala, so that there is sometimes doubt about a pearl, whether it is artificial.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 1 69.40
उष्णे सलवणे स्नेहे निशां तद्वासयेज्जले । व्रीहिभिर्मर्दनीयं वा शुष्कवस्त्रोपवेष्टितम्
uṣṇe salavaṇe snehe niśāṃ tadvāsayejjale / vrīhibhirmardanīyaṃ vā śuṣkavastropaveṣṭitam
One should let it soak overnight in warm salted oil, or in water; or it should be rubbed with rice-grains, wrapped in a dry cloth.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 69.43
यत्तु नायाति वैवर्ण्यं विज्ञेयं तदकृत्रिमम् । सितं प्रमाणवत्स्निग्धं गुरु स्वच्छं सुनिर्मलम् ॥ गर्प्_१,६९।४१ ॥ तेजो ऽधिकं सुवृत्तं च मौक्तिकं गुणवत्स्मृतम् ॥ गर्प्_१,६९।४२ ॥ प्रमाणवद्गौरवरश्मियुक्तं सितं सुवृत्तं समसूक्ष्मवेधम् । अक्रेतुरप्यावहति प्रमोदं यन्मौक्तिकं तद्गुणवत्प्रदिष्टम्
yattu nāyāti vaivarṇyaṃ vijñeyaṃ tadakṛtrimam / sitaṃ pramāṇavatsnigdhaṃ guru svacchaṃ sunirmalam // garp_1,69.41 // tejo 'dhikaṃ suvṛttaṃ ca mauktikaṃ guṇavatsmṛtam // garp_1,69.42 // pramāṇavadgauravaraśmiyuktaṃ sitaṃ suvṛttaṃ samasūkṣmavedham / akreturapyāvahati pramodaṃ yanmauktikaṃ tadguṇavatpradiṣṭam
But that which does not lose its colour is to be known as genuine. White, of good size, smooth, heavy, clear, quite spotless, of abundant lustre and well-rounded — such a pearl is held to be of good quality. Of good size, endowed with weight and radiance, white, well-rounded, with an even, fine bore, a pearl that brings delight even to one who is not a buyer — that is declared to be of good quality.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 69.44
एवं समस्तेन गुणोदयेन यन्मौक्तिकं योगमुपागतं स्यात् । न तस्य भर्तारमनर्थजात एको ऽपि कश्चित् समुपैति दोषः
evaṃ samastena guṇodayena yanmauktikaṃ yogamupāgataṃ syāt / na tasya bhartāramanarthajāta eko 'pi kaścit samupaiti doṣaḥ
A pearl that has thus come to be joined with the full rise of all these qualities — to the wearer of it not even one single fault out of the whole brood of misfortunes comes near.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition