Garuda Purana — Purva Khanda — Chapter 70

GaP 1 70.1

श्रीगरुडमहापुराणम्- ७० सूत उवाच । दिवाकरस्तस्य महामहिम्नो महासुरस्योत्तमरत्नबीजम् । असृग्गृहीत्वा चरितुं प्रतस्थे निस्त्रिंशनीलेन नभः स्थलेन

śrīgaruḍamahāpurāṇam- 70 sūta uvāca / divākarastasya mahāmahimno mahāsurasyottamaratnabījam / asṛggṛhītvā carituṃ pratasthe nistriṃśanīlena nabhaḥ sthalena

Sūta said: The sun, having taken up the blood of that great demon of great might — the seed of the finest gems — set out to travel across the plain of the sky, dark blue as a sword.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

GaP 1 70.2

जेत्त्रा सुराणां समरेष्वजस्त्रं वीर्यावलेपोद्धतमानसेन । लङ्काधिपेनार्धपथे समेत्य स्वर्भानुनेव प्रसभं निरुद्धः

jettrā surāṇāṃ samareṣvajastraṃ vīryāvalepoddhatamānasena / laṅkādhipenārdhapathe sametya svarbhānuneva prasabhaṃ niruddhaḥ

Meeting him midway, the lord of Laṅkā — ever the conqueror of the gods in battles, his mind puffed up with pride in his valour — forcibly blocked him, as Rāhu might.

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GaP 1 70.3

तत्सिंहलीचारुनितम्बबिम्बविक्षो भितागाधमहाह्रदायाम् । पूगद्रुमाबद्धतटद्वयायां मुमोच सूर्यः सरिदुत्तमायाम्

tatsiṃhalīcārunitambabimbavikṣo bhitāgādhamahāhradāyām / pūgadrumābaddhataṭadvayāyāṃ mumoca sūryaḥ sariduttamāyām

The sun let that (blood) fall into the best of rivers, whose deep great pools were stirred by the lovely orbs of the hips of Siṃhala women, and whose two banks were hemmed in by areca palms.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

GaP 1 70.4

ततः प्रभृति सा गङ्गा तुल्यपुण्यफलोदया । नाम्ना रावणगङ्गेति प्रथिमानमुपागता

tataḥ prabhṛti sā gaṅgā tulyapuṇyaphalodayā / nāmnā rāvaṇagaṅgeti prathimānamupāgatā

From that time on that river, yielding a fruit of merit equal (to the Ganges'), attained renown under the name Rāvaṇagaṅgā.

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GaP 1 70.5

ततः प्रभृत्येव च शर्वरीषु कूलानि रत्नैर्निचितानि तस्याः । सुवर्णनाराचशतैरिवान्तर्बहिः प्रदीप्तैर्निशितानि भान्ति

tataḥ prabhṛtyeva ca śarvarīṣu kūlāni ratnairnicitāni tasyāḥ / suvarṇanārācaśatairivāntarbahiḥ pradīptairniśitāni bhānti

And from that time on, in the nights, her banks, thick-set with gems, shine as though bristling with hundreds of golden arrows blazing within and without.

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GaP 1 70.6

तस्यास्तटेपूज्ज्वचारुरागा भवन्ति तोयेषु च पद्मरागाः । सौगन्धिकोत्थाः कुरुविन्दजाश्च महागुणाः स्फाटिकसंप्रसूताः

tasyāstaṭepūjjvacārurāgā bhavanti toyeṣu ca padmarāgāḥ / saugandhikotthāḥ kuruvindajāśca mahāguṇāḥ sphāṭikasaṃprasūtāḥ

On her banks and in her waters there come to be rubies of brilliant, lovely colour: those arising from saugandhika, those born of kuruvinda, and those of great quality produced from crystal.

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GaP 1 70.7

बन्धू कगुञ्जासकलेन्द्रगोपजवासमासृक्समवर्णशोभाः । भ्राजिष्णवो दाडिमबीजवर्णास्तथापरे किशुकपुष्पभासः

bandhū kaguñjāsakalendragopajavāsamāsṛksamavarṇaśobhāḥ / bhrājiṣṇavo dāḍimabījavarṇāstathāpare kiśukapuṣpabhāsaḥ

Some have a beauty of colour like the bandhūka flower, the guñjā berry, the whole indragopa insect, the java flower, or blood; others gleam with the colour of pomegranate seeds, and yet others have the sheen of kiṃśuka blossoms.

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GaP 1 70.8

खिन्दुरपद्मोत्पलकुङ्कुमानां लाक्षारसस्यापि समानवर्णः । सांद्रे ऽपि रागे प्रभया स्वयैव भान्ति स्वलक्ष्याः स्फुटमध्यशोभाः

khindurapadmotpalakuṅkumānāṃ lākṣārasasyāpi samānavarṇaḥ / sāṃdre 'pi rāge prabhayā svayaiva bhānti svalakṣyāḥ sphuṭamadhyaśobhāḥ

(Some are) of a colour equal to that of khindura, the lotus, the blue water-lily, saffron, or even lac-juice; and even when the colour is dense, they shine by their own radiance, clearly marked, with a bright beauty in their middle.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

GaP 1 70.9

भानोश्च भासामनुवेधयोगामासाद्य रशमि प्रकरेण दूरम् । पार्श्वानि सर्वाण्यनुरञ्जयन्ति गुणापपन्नाः स्फटिकप्रसूताः

bhānośca bhāsāmanuvedhayogāmāsādya raśami prakareṇa dūram / pārśvāni sarvāṇyanurañjayanti guṇāpapannāḥ sphaṭikaprasūtāḥ

And the crystal-born ones, endowed with the (right) qualities, having received the sun's rays penetrating them, tinge all sides far around with their mass of beams.

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GaP 1 70.10

कुसुंभनीलव्यतिमिश्ररागप्रत्युग्ररक्ताबुजतुल्यभासः । तथापरे ऽरुष्करकण्टकारिपुष्पत्विषो हिङ्गुलवत्त्विषो ऽन्ये

kusuṃbhanīlavyatimiśrarāgapratyugraraktābujatulyabhāsaḥ / tathāpare 'ruṣkarakaṇṭakāripuṣpatviṣo hiṅgulavattviṣo 'nye

Others have a radiance like a freshly opened red lotus, with a colour blended of safflower-red and blue; still others have the hue of the flowers of the marking-nut or the kaṇṭakārī, and others the hue of vermilion.

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GaP 1 70.11

चकोरपुंस्कोकिलसारसानां नेत्रावभासश्च भवन्ति केचित् । अन्ये पुनः सन्ति च पुष्पितानां तुल्यत्विषा कोकनदोत्तमानाम्

cakorapuṃskokilasārasānāṃ netrāvabhāsaśca bhavanti kecit / anye punaḥ santi ca puṣpitānāṃ tulyatviṣā kokanadottamānām

And some have the look of the eyes of the cakora, the male cuckoo, or the sārasa crane; and there are others with a lustre equal to that of the finest red lotuses in bloom.

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GaP 1 70.12

प्रभावकाठिन्यगुरुत्वयोगैः प्रायः समानाः स्फटिकोद्भवानाम् । आनीलरक्तोत्पलचारुभासः सौगन्धिकोत्था मणयो भवन्ति

prabhāvakāṭhinyagurutvayogaiḥ prāyaḥ samānāḥ sphaṭikodbhavānām / ānīlaraktotpalacārubhāsaḥ saugandhikotthā maṇayo bhavanti

Generally equal to the crystal-born in radiance, hardness and weight, the gems that arise from saugandhika have the lovely sheen of a bluish-red water-lily.

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GaP 1 70.13

कामं तु रागः कुरुविन्दजेषु स नैव यादृक् स्फटिकोद्भवेषु । निरर्चिषो ऽन्तर्बहुला भवन्ति प्रभाववन्तो ऽपि नतैः समस्तैः

kāmaṃ tu rāgaḥ kuruvindajeṣu sa naiva yādṛk sphaṭikodbhaveṣu / nirarciṣo 'ntarbahulā bhavanti prabhāvavanto 'pi nataiḥ samastaiḥ

Granted, there is colour in those born of kuruvinda, but it is not such as in those born of crystal: they are without flame and thick within, even though they possess radiance in all (their parts).

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

GaP 1 70.14

ये तु रावणगङ्गायां जायन्ते कुरुविन्दकाः । पद्मरागघनं रागं बिभ्राणाः स्फटिकार्चिषः

ye tu rāvaṇagaṅgāyāṃ jāyante kuruvindakāḥ / padmarāgaghanaṃ rāgaṃ bibhrāṇāḥ sphaṭikārciṣaḥ

But those kuruvinda stones that are produced in the Rāvaṇagaṅgā bear a colour dense as a ruby's and have the fire of crystal;

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GaP 1 70.15

वर्णानुयायिनस्तेषा मान्ध्रदेशे तथा परे । न जायन्ते हि ये केचिन्मूल्यलेशमवाप्नुयुः

varṇānuyāyinasteṣā māndhradeśe tathā pare / na jāyante hi ye kecinmūlyaleśamavāpnuyuḥ

and others matching them in colour (are produced) in the Andhra country; but any that are not so produced would fetch only a fraction of the price.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

GaP 1 70.16

तथैव स्फाटिकोत्थानां देशे तुम्बुरुसंज्ञके । सधर्माणः प्रजायन्ते स्वल्पमूल्या हि ते स्मृताः

tathaiva sphāṭikotthānāṃ deśe tumburusaṃjñake / sadharmāṇaḥ prajāyante svalpamūlyā hi te smṛtāḥ

Just so, in the region called Tumburu there arise (stones) of the same character as those produced from crystal; they are reckoned to be of little value.

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GaP 1 70.17

वर्णाधिक्यं गुरुत्वं च स्निग्धता समताच्छता । अर्चिष्मत्ता महत्ता च मणीनां गुणसंग्रहः

varṇādhikyaṃ gurutvaṃ ca snigdhatā samatācchatā / arciṣmattā mahattā ca maṇīnāṃ guṇasaṃgrahaḥ

Excellence of colour, weight, smoothness, evenness, transparency, radiance and size — this is the collection of the (good) qualities of gems.

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GaP 1 70.18

ये कर्करच्छिद्रमलोपदिग्धाः प्रभाविमुक्ताः परुषा विवर्णाः । न ते प्रशस्ता मणयो भवन्ति समानतो जातिगुणैः समस्तैः

ye karkaracchidramalopadigdhāḥ prabhāvimuktāḥ paruṣā vivarṇāḥ / na te praśastā maṇayo bhavanti samānato jātiguṇaiḥ samastaiḥ

Those (gems) that are rough, pitted, smeared with dirt, devoid of lustre, harsh and discoloured are not commended, even though they are equal in respect of all the qualities of their class.

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GaP 1 70.19

दोषोपसृष्टं मणिमप्रबोधाद्विभर्ति यः कश्चन कञ्चिदेव । तं शोकचिन्तामयमृत्युवित्तनाशादयो दोषगणा भजन्ते

doṣopasṛṣṭaṃ maṇimaprabodhādvibharti yaḥ kaścana kañcideva / taṃ śokacintāmayamṛtyuvittanāśādayo doṣagaṇā bhajante

Whoever, out of ignorance, wears any gem at all that is afflicted with a flaw — him the hosts of evils, such as grief, anxiety, death and loss of wealth, attend.

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GaP 1 70.20

कामं चारुतराः पञ्च जातीना प्रतिरूपकाः । विजा तयः प्रयत्नेन विद्वांस्तनुपलक्षयेत्

kāmaṃ cārutarāḥ pañca jātīnā pratirūpakāḥ / vijā tayaḥ prayatnena vidvāṃstanupalakṣayet

Granted, the counterfeits of the (true) classes are five, and very beautiful; the learned man should carefully mark out these (spurious) kinds.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

GaP 1 70.21

कलशपुरोद्भवसिंहलतुम्बुरुदेशोत्थमुक्तपाणीयाः । श्रीपूर्णकाश्च सदृशा विजातयः पद्मरागाणाम्

kalaśapurodbhavasiṃhalatumburudeśotthamuktapāṇīyāḥ / śrīpūrṇakāśca sadṛśā vijātayaḥ padmarāgāṇām

The kalaśapura-born, the siṃhala, the one arisen in the Tumburu country, the muktā and the pāṇīya, and the śrīpūrṇaka — these are the spurious kinds resembling ruby.

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GaP 1 70.22

तुषोपसर्गात्कलशाभिधानमाताम्रभावादपि तुम्बुरूत्थम् । कार्ष्ण्यात्तथा सिंहलदेशजातं मुक्ताभिधानं नभसः स्वभावात्

tuṣopasargātkalaśābhidhānamātāmrabhāvādapi tumburūttham / kārṣṇyāttathā siṃhaladeśajātaṃ muktābhidhānaṃ nabhasaḥ svabhāvāt

From its being affected by husk-like specks (comes) the name kalaśa; from its faintly coppery character, the Tumburu-born; likewise from blackness, that produced in the Siṃhala country; the one named muktā from the (pale) nature of the sky.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

GaP 1 70.23

श्रीपूर्णकं दीप्तिविनाकृतत्वाद्विजातिलिङ्गाश्रय एव भेदः । यस्ताम्रिकां पुष्यति पद्मरागो योगात्तुषाणामिव पूर्णमध्यः

śrīpūrṇakaṃ dīptivinākṛtatvādvijātiliṅgāśraya eva bhedaḥ / yastāmrikāṃ puṣyati padmarāgo yogāttuṣāṇāmiva pūrṇamadhyaḥ

The śrīpūrṇaka (is so called) from being made without brilliance; the distinction rests solely on the marks of the spurious kinds. That ruby which shows a coppery tinge, as if from an admixture of husks, has a full centre.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

GaP 1 70.24

स्त्रेहप्रदिग्धः प्रतिभाति यश्च यो वा प्रघृष्टः प्रजहाति दीप्तिम् । आक्रान्तमूर्धा च तथाङ्गुलिभ्यां यः कालिकां पार्श्वगतां बिभर्ति

strehapradigdhaḥ pratibhāti yaśca yo vā praghṛṣṭaḥ prajahāti dīptim / ākrāntamūrdhā ca tathāṅgulibhyāṃ yaḥ kālikāṃ pārśvagatāṃ bibharti

And that which appears as though smeared with oil, or which loses its brilliance when rubbed, and that whose top when pressed with two fingers shows a dark spot on the side...

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

GaP 1 70.25

संप्राप्य चोत्क्षिप्य यथानुवृत्तिं विभर्तियः सर्वगुणानतीव । तुल्यप्रमाणस्य च तुल्यजातेर्यो वा गुरुत्वेन भवेत्तु तुल्यः । प्राप्यापि रत्नाकरजा स्वजातिं लक्षेद्गुरुत्वेन गुणेन विद्वान्

saṃprāpya cotkṣipya yathānuvṛttiṃ vibhartiyaḥ sarvaguṇānatīva / tulyapramāṇasya ca tulyajāteryo vā gurutvena bhavettu tulyaḥ / prāpyāpi ratnākarajā svajātiṃ lakṣedgurutvena guṇena vidvān

...and he who, taking it up and lifting it, bears (finds) the sequence of all the qualities in full measure; or (a stone) which would be equal in weight to one of equal size and equal class — even having obtained (a stone) born of the ocean, the learned man should determine its own kind by the quality of weight.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

GaP 1 70.26

अप्रणश्यति सन्देहे शाणे तु परिलेखयेत् । सु(स्व) जातकसमुत्थेन लिखित्वापि परस्परम्

apraṇaśyati sandehe śāṇe tu parilekhayet / su(sva) jātakasamutthena likhitvāpi parasparam

But when the doubt is not removed, one should scratch (the stone) on a whetstone, having also scratched (them) against one another with one produced from its own class.

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GaP 1 70.27

वज्रं वा कुरुविन्दं वा विमुच्यानेन केनचित् । नाशक्यं लेखनं कर्तुं पद्मरागेन्द्रनीलयोः

vajraṃ vā kuruvindaṃ vā vimucyānena kenacit / nāśakyaṃ lekhanaṃ kartuṃ padmarāgendranīlayoḥ

Except with diamond or with corundum, it is impossible to make a scratch on ruby or sapphire with anything.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

GaP 1 70.28

जात्यस्य सर्वे ऽपि मणेर्न जातु विजातयः सन्ति समानवर्णाः । तथापि नानाकरणार्थमेव भेदप्रकारः परमः प्रदिष्टः

jātyasya sarve 'pi maṇerna jātu vijātayaḥ santi samānavarṇāḥ / tathāpi nānākaraṇārthameva bhedaprakāraḥ paramaḥ pradiṣṭaḥ

Never are there spurious kinds of the same colour as a gem of true class; nevertheless the supreme method of distinction has been set forth precisely for the sake of telling them apart.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

GaP 1 70.29

गुणोपपन्नेन सहावबद्धोमेणिर्न धार्यो विगुणो हि जात्या । न कौस्तुभेनापि सहावबद्धं विद्वान्विजातिं बिभृयात्कदाचित्

guṇopapannena sahāvabaddhomeṇirna dhāryo viguṇo hi jātyā / na kaustubhenāpi sahāvabaddhaṃ vidvānvijātiṃ bibhṛyātkadācit

A gem lacking quality should not be worn bound together with one endowed with quality, for it is (base) by class; nor should a wise man ever wear a spurious stone bound together even with the Kaustubha.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

GaP 1 70.30

चाण्डाल एको ऽपि यथा द्विजातीन्समेत्य भूरीनपि हन्त्ययत्नात् । अथो मणीन्भूरिगुणोपपन्नाञ्छक्रोति विप्लावयितुं विजात्यः

cāṇḍāla eko 'pi yathā dvijātīnsametya bhūrīnapi hantyayatnāt / atho maṇīnbhūriguṇopapannāñchakroti viplāvayituṃ vijātyaḥ

Just as a single caṇḍāla, on meeting twice-born men, destroys even many of them without effort, so a spurious stone is able to spoil gems endowed with many qualities.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

GaP 1 70.31

सपत्नमध्ये ऽपि कृताधिवासं प्रमादवृत्तावपि वर्तमानम् । न पद्मरागस्य महागुणस्य भर्तारमापत्स्पृशतीह काचित्

sapatnamadhye 'pi kṛtādhivāsaṃ pramādavṛttāvapi vartamānam / na padmarāgasya mahāguṇasya bhartāramāpatspṛśatīha kācit

No calamity here touches the wearer of a ruby of great quality, even though he dwells among enemies and even though he behaves negligently.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

GaP 1 70.32

दोषोपसर्गप्रभवाश्च ये ते नोपद्रवास्तं समभिद्रवन्ति । गुणैः समुत्तेजितचारुरागं यः पद्मरागं प्रयतो बिभर्ति

doṣopasargaprabhavāśca ye te nopadravāstaṃ samabhidravanti / guṇaiḥ samuttejitacārurāgaṃ yaḥ padmarāgaṃ prayato bibharti

And those afflictions which arise from the onset of faults do not assail him who, being pure, wears a ruby whose lovely glow is heightened by its (good) qualities.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

GaP 1 70.33

वज्रस्य यत्तण्डुलसंख्ययोक्तं मूल्यं समुत्पादितगौरवस्य । तत्पद्मरागस्य महागुणस्य तन्माषकल्पाकलितस्य मूल्यम्

vajrasya yattaṇḍulasaṃkhyayoktaṃ mūlyaṃ samutpāditagauravasya / tatpadmarāgasya mahāguṇasya tanmāṣakalpākalitasya mūlyam

The price stated for a diamond by the count of rice-grains, once its weight has been established — that is the price of a ruby of great quality, reckoned by the measure of a māṣa.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

GaP 1 70.34

वर्णदाप्त्यपपन्नं हि मणिरत्नं प्रशस्यते । ताभ्यामीषदपि भ्रष्टं मणिमूल्यात्प्रहीयते

varṇadāptyapapannaṃ hi maṇiratnaṃ praśasyate / tābhyāmīṣadapi bhraṣṭaṃ maṇimūlyātprahīyate

For a jewel of a gem is praised when it is endowed with colour and brilliance; falling short even a little in these two, it declines from the price of a (true) gem.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition