Garuda Purana — Purva Khanda — Chapter 71
GaP 1 71.1
श्रीगरुडमहापुराणम्- ७१ सूत उवाच । दानवाधिपतेः पित्तमादाय भुजगाधिपः । द्विधा कुर्वन्निव व्योम सत्वरं वासुकिर्ययौ
śrīgaruḍamahāpurāṇam- 71 sūta uvāca / dānavādhipateḥ pittamādāya bhujagādhipaḥ / dvidhā kurvanniva vyoma satvaraṃ vāsukiryayau
The Glorious Great Garuḍa Purāṇa, 71. Sūta said: Taking the gall of the lord of the dānavas, the lord of serpents, Vāsuki, went swiftly, as if splitting the sky in two.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 71.2
स तदा स्वशिरोरत्नप्रभादीप्ते नभो ऽम्बुधौ । राजतः समहानेकः खण्डसेतुरिवाबभौ
sa tadā svaśiroratnaprabhādīpte nabho 'mbudhau / rājataḥ samahānekaḥ khaṇḍaseturivābabhau
Then, in the sky-ocean lit up by the radiance of the jewel on his own head, he shone like a great silver broken bridge, single (and vast).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 1 71.3
ततः पक्षनिपातेन संहरन्निव रोदसी । गरुत्मान्पन्नगेन्द्रस्य प्रहर्तुमुपचक्रमे
tataḥ pakṣanipātena saṃharanniva rodasī / garutmānpannagendrasya prahartumupacakrame
Then Garutmān, as though drawing heaven and earth together with the beating of his wings, set about striking the lord of serpents.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 71.4
सहसैव मुमोच तत्फणीन्द्रः सुरसाभ्यक्ततुरुष्क (रष्क) पादपायाम् । कलिकाघनगन्धवासिता यां वरमाणिक्यगिरेरुपत्यकायाम्
sahasaiva mumoca tatphaṇīndraḥ surasābhyaktaturuṣka (raṣka) pādapāyām / kalikāghanagandhavāsitā yāṃ varamāṇikyagirerupatyakāyām
All at once that lord of hooded snakes let it (the gall) go, in the frankincense grove smeared with fragrant sap, perfumed by the dense scent of buds, there at the foothills of the mountain of excellent rubies.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 1 71.5
तस्य प्रपातसमनन्तरकालमेव तद्वद्वरालयमतीत्य रमासमीपे । स्थानं क्षितेरुपपयोनिधितीरलेखंयां वरमाणिक्यगिरेरुपत्यकायाम्
tasya prapātasamanantarakālameva tadvadvarālayamatītya ramāsamīpe / sthānaṃ kṣiterupapayonidhitīralekhaṃyāṃ varamāṇikyagirerupatyakāyām
In the very moment following its fall, passing likewise beyond the excellent abode, near Ramā, (it reached) a place of the earth along the line of the ocean shore, there at the foothills of the mountain of excellent rubies.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 1 71.6
तत्रैव किञ्चित्पततस्तु पित्तादुपेत्य जग्राह ततो गरुत्मान् । मूर्छापरीतः सहसैव घोणारन्ध्रद्वयेन प्रमुमोच सर्वम्
tatraiva kiñcitpatatastu pittādupetya jagrāha tato garutmān / mūrchāparītaḥ sahasaiva ghoṇārandhradvayena pramumoca sarvam
But there Garutmān, approaching, seized a little of the gall as it fell; then, overcome by a swoon, he all at once released the whole of it through the two openings of his beak.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 71.7
तत्राकठोरशुककण्ठशिरीषपुष्पखद्योतपृष्ठचरशाद्वलशैवलानाम् । कल्हारशष्पकभुजङ्गभुजाञ्च पत्रप्राप्तत्विषो मरकताः शुभदा भवन्ति
tatrākaṭhoraśukakaṇṭhaśirīṣapuṣpakhadyotapṛṣṭhacaraśādvalaśaivalānām / kalhāraśaṣpakabhujaṅgabhujāñca patraprāptatviṣo marakatāḥ śubhadā bhavanti
There emeralds arise, having attained the lustre of the throat of a young parrot, of the śirīṣa blossom, of the back of a firefly, of new grass and water-moss, of the white water-lily, of young shoots, of a serpent's coil, and of leaves — and they are auspicious.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 1 71.8
तद्यत्र भोगीन्द्रभुजाभियुक्तं पपात पित्तं दितिजाधिपस्य । तस्याकरस्यातितरां स देशो दुः खोपलभ्यश्च गुणैश्च युक्तः
tadyatra bhogīndrabhujābhiyuktaṃ papāta pittaṃ ditijādhipasya / tasyākarasyātitarāṃ sa deśo duḥ khopalabhyaśca guṇaiśca yuktaḥ
Therefore the region where the gall of the lord of the sons of Diti fell, held in the coils of the serpent king — that region of the mine is exceedingly hard to reach, and is endowed with (good) qualities.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 71.9
तस्मिन्मरकतस्थाने यत्किञ्चिदुपजायते । तत्सर्वं विषरोगाणां प्रशमाय प्रकीर्त्यते
tasminmarakatasthāne yatkiñcidupajāyate / tatsarvaṃ viṣarogāṇāṃ praśamāya prakīrtyate
Whatever arises in that place of emeralds is all declared to be for the allaying of poison-diseases.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 71.10
सर्वमन्त्रौ षधिगणैर्यन्न शक्यं चिकित्सितुम् । महाहिदंष्ट्राप्रभवं विषं तत्तेन शाम्यति
sarvamantrau ṣadhigaṇairyanna śakyaṃ cikitsitum / mahāhidaṃṣṭrāprabhavaṃ viṣaṃ tattena śāmyati
The poison arising from the fangs of a great snake, which cannot be treated by all the mantras and the classes of herbs, is quelled by that (emerald).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 71.11
अन्यदप्याकरे तत्र यद्दोषैरुपवर्जितम् । जायते तत्पवित्राणामुत्तमं परिकीर्तितम्
anyadapyākare tatra yaddoṣairupavarjitam / jāyate tatpavitrāṇāmuttamaṃ parikīrtitam
And whatever else arises in that mine free of flaws is declared the best of purifying things.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 71.12
अत्यन्तहरितवर्णं कोमलमर्चिर्विभेदजटिलं च । काञ्चनचूर्णस्यान्तः पूर्णमिव लक्ष्यते यच्च
atyantaharitavarṇaṃ komalamarcirvibhedajaṭilaṃ ca / kāñcanacūrṇasyāntaḥ pūrṇamiva lakṣyate yacca
And that which is of an intensely green colour, soft, thick with the play of its rays, and which looks as if filled within with gold-dust —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 1 71.13
युक्तं संस्थानगुणैः समरागं गौरवेण न विहीनम् । सवितुः करसंस्पर्शाच्छुरयति सर्वाश्रमं दीप्त्या
yuktaṃ saṃsthānaguṇaiḥ samarāgaṃ gauraveṇa na vihīnam / savituḥ karasaṃsparśācchurayati sarvāśramaṃ dīptyā
— endowed with the virtues of good shape, of even hue, not lacking in weight, at the touch of the sun's rays it suffuses the whole hermitage with its brilliance.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 71.14
हित्वा च हरितभावं यस्यान्तर्विनिहिता भवेद्दीप्तिः । अचिरप्रभाप्रभाहतनवशाद्वलसन्निभा भाति
hitvā ca haritabhāvaṃ yasyāntarvinihitā bhaveddīptiḥ / aciraprabhāprabhāhatanavaśādvalasannibhā bhāti
And that whose brilliance, set within, abandons the green cast and shines like new grass struck by the light of a rainbow —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 1 71.15
यच्च मनसः प्रसादं विदधाति निरीक्ष्यमतिमात्रम् । नन्मरकतं महागणमिति रत्नविदां मनोवृत्तिः
yacca manasaḥ prasādaṃ vidadhāti nirīkṣyamatimātram / nanmarakataṃ mahāgaṇamiti ratnavidāṃ manovṛttiḥ
— and which, when looked at, produces exceeding serenity of mind: that the judgement of jewel-experts (holds) to be an emerald of the great class.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 71.16
वर्णस्याति विभुत्वाद्यस्यान्तः स्वच्छकिरणपरिधानम् । सान्द्रस्निग्धविशुद्धं कोमलबर्हिप्रभादिसमकान्ति
varṇasyāti vibhutvādyasyāntaḥ svacchakiraṇaparidhānam / sāndrasnigdhaviśuddhaṃ komalabarhiprabhādisamakānti
That within which, because of the great abundance of its colour, there is a covering of clear rays, dense, glossy, pure, of a beauty equal to the soft sheen of a peacock's tail —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 1 71.17
वर्णोज्ज्वलया कान्त्या सान्द्राकारो विभासया भाति । तदपि गुणवत्संज्ञामाप्नोति हि यादृशी पूर्वम्
varṇojjvalayā kāntyā sāndrākāro vibhāsayā bhāti / tadapi guṇavatsaṃjñāmāpnoti hi yādṛśī pūrvam
— (that) of dense form shines with a beauty blazing in colour, with radiance; that too obtains the name 'possessed of virtues', just as the former did.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 1 71.18
शबलकठोरमलिनं रूक्षं पाषाणकर्करोपेतम् । दिग्धं शिलाजतुना मरकतमेवंविधं विगुणम्
śabalakaṭhoramalinaṃ rūkṣaṃ pāṣāṇakarkaropetam / digdhaṃ śilājatunā marakatamevaṃvidhaṃ viguṇam
Mottled, hard, dirty, dry, furnished with stony roughness, smeared with bitumen — an emerald of this kind is without virtue.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 71.19
यत्सन्धिशोषितं रत्नमन्यन्मरकताद्भवेत् । श्रेयस्कामैर्न तद्धार्यं क्रेतव्यं वा कतञ्चन
yatsandhiśoṣitaṃ ratnamanyanmarakatādbhavet / śreyaskāmairna taddhāryaṃ kretavyaṃ vā katañcana
Should any other jewel than an emerald be one dried up at the joins, it should not be worn by those desiring welfare, nor bought on any account.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 1 71.20
भल्लातकी पुत्रिका च तद्वर्णसमयोगतः । मणेर्मरकतस्यैते लक्षणीया विजातयः
bhallātakī putrikā ca tadvarṇasamayogataḥ / maṇermarakatasyaite lakṣaṇīyā vijātayaḥ
The bhallātakī and the putrikā, by their agreement in that colour, are to be recognized as the false kinds of the emerald gem.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 71.21
क्षौमेण वाससा मृष्टा दीप्तिं त्यजति पुत्रिका । लाघवेनैव काचस्य शक्या कर्तुं विभावना
kṣaumeṇa vāsasā mṛṣṭā dīptiṃ tyajati putrikā / lāghavenaiva kācasya śakyā kartuṃ vibhāvanā
The putrikā, when rubbed with a linen cloth, loses its brilliance; and glass can be detected simply by its lightness.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 71.22
कस्यचिदनेकरूपैर्मरकतमनुगच्छतो ऽपि गुणवर्णैः । भल्लातकस्यस्वनात्तु वैषम्यमुपैति वर्णस्य
kasyacidanekarūpairmarakatamanugacchato 'pi guṇavarṇaiḥ / bhallātakasyasvanāttu vaiṣamyamupaiti varṇasya
Even in the case of some (stone) that comes close to the emerald by its manifold qualities and colours, from the (application of) bhallātaka (marking-nut) the colour turns uneven.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 1 71.23
वज्राणि मुक्ताः सन्त्यन्ये ये च केचिद्द्विजातयः । तेषां नाप्रतिबद्धानां भा भवत्यूर्ध्वगामिनी
vajrāṇi muktāḥ santyanye ye ca keciddvijātayaḥ / teṣāṃ nāpratibaddhānāṃ bhā bhavatyūrdhvagāminī
Diamonds, pearls, and whatever others are 'twice-born' (i.e. transparent) gems — when these are unobstructed, their radiance goes upward.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 71.24
ऋजुत्वाच्चैव केषाञ्चित्कथञ्चिदुपजायते । तिर्यगालोच्यमानानां सद्यश्चैव प्रणश्यति
ṛjutvāccaiva keṣāñcitkathañcidupajāyate / tiryagālocyamānānāṃ sadyaścaiva praṇaśyati
And in some it arises somehow by reason of (their) straightness; but for those looked at sidelong it vanishes at once.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 1 71.25
स्नानाचमनजप्येषु रक्षामन्त्रक्रियाविधौ । ददद्भिर्गोहिरण्यानि कुर्वद्भिः साधनानि च
snānācamanajapyeṣu rakṣāmantrakriyāvidhau / dadadbhirgohiraṇyāni kurvadbhiḥ sādhanāni ca
In bathings, sippings of water and mutterings of prayers, in the procedure of protective mantra-rites, by those giving cows and gold and by those performing rites of accomplishment,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 71.26
दैवपित्र्यातिथेयेषु गुरुसंपूजनेषु च । बाध्यमानेषु विविधैर्देषजातैर्विषोद्भवैः
daivapitryātitheyeṣu gurusaṃpūjaneṣu ca / bādhyamāneṣu vividhairdeṣajātairviṣodbhavaiḥ
in (rites) for the gods, for the ancestors and for guests, and in the honouring of elders, and by those afflicted by various ailments arising from poison,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 71.27
दौषैर्हेनं गुणैर्युक्तं काञ्चनप्रतियोजितम् । संग्रामे विचरद्भिश्च धार्यं मरकतं बुधैः
dauṣairhenaṃ guṇairyuktaṃ kāñcanapratiyojitam / saṃgrāme vicaradbhiśca dhāryaṃ marakataṃ budhaiḥ
an emerald free of flaws, endowed with (good) qualities and set in gold should be worn by the wise, and by those who move about in battle.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 71.28
तुलया पद्मरागस्य यन्मूल्यमुपजायते । लभते ऽभ्यधिकं तस्माद्गुणैर्मरकतं युतम्
tulayā padmarāgasya yanmūlyamupajāyate / labhate 'bhyadhikaṃ tasmādguṇairmarakataṃ yutam
Whatever price is reached by a ruby by weight, an emerald endowed with (good) qualities fetches more than that.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 71.29
तथा च पद्मरागाणां दोषैर्मूल्यं प्रहीयते । ततो ऽस्याप्यधिका हानिर्देषैर्मरकते भवेत्
tathā ca padmarāgāṇāṃ doṣairmūlyaṃ prahīyate / tato 'syāpyadhikā hānirdeṣairmarakate bhavet
And just as the price of rubies is reduced by flaws, so the loss in an emerald from flaws would be even greater than that.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition