Garuda Purana — Purva Khanda — Chapter 72

GaP 1 72.1

श्रीगरुडमहापुराणम्- ७२ सूत उवाच । तत्रैव सिंहलवधूकरपल्लवाग्रव्यालूनबाललवलीकुसुमप्रवाले । देशे पपात दितिजस्य नितान्तकान्तं प्रोत्फुल्लनीरजसमद्युति नेत्रयुग्मम्

śrīgaruḍamahāpurāṇam- 72 sūta uvāca / tatraiva siṃhalavadhūkarapallavāgravyālūnabālalavalīkusumapravāle / deśe papāta ditijasya nitāntakāntaṃ protphullanīrajasamadyuti netrayugmam

The Glorious Garuḍa Mahāpurāṇa, 72. Sūta said: In that very place, in the region where the coral-hued blossoms of young lavalī creepers are plucked by the sprout-like fingertips of Sinhala women, there fell the exceedingly lovely pair of eyes of the son of Diti, with a lustre like a fully opened blue lotus.

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GaP 1 72.2

तत्प्रत्ययादुभयशोभनवीचिभासा विस्तारिणी जलनिधेरुपकच्छभूमिः । प्रोद्भिन्नकेतकवनप्रतिबद्धलेखासान्द्रेन्द्रनीलमणिरत्नवती विभाति

tatpratyayādubhayaśobhanavīcibhāsā vistāriṇī jalanidherupakacchabhūmiḥ / prodbhinnaketakavanapratibaddhalekhāsāndrendranīlamaṇiratnavatī vibhāti

From that cause the broad shore-land of the ocean, with the gleam of waves lovely on both sides, shines, rich in dense sapphire jewels whose lines are bound up with groves of blossoming ketaka.

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GaP 1 72.3

तत्रासिताब्जहलभृद्वसनासिभृङ्गशार्ङ्गायुधाङ्गहरकण्ठकषायपुष्पैः । शुष्केतरैश्च कुसुमैर्गिरिकर्णिकायास्तस्माद्भवन्ति मणयः सदृशावभासः

tatrāsitābjahalabhṛdvasanāsibhṛṅgaśārṅgāyudhāṅgaharakaṇṭhakaṣāyapuṣpaiḥ / śuṣketaraiśca kusumairgirikarṇikāyāstasmādbhavanti maṇayaḥ sadṛśāvabhāsaḥ

There, from that, arise gems whose appearance resembles the blue lotus, the garment of the plough-bearer (Balarāma), a sword, a bee, the body of the wielder of the Śārṅga bow, the throat of Hara, kaṣāya flowers, and the flowers, dried and otherwise, of the girikarṇikā.

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GaP 1 72.4

अन्ये प्रसन्नपयसः पयसां निधातुरम्बुत्विषः शिखिगणप्रतिमास्तथान्ये । नीलीरसप्रभवबुद्वुदभाश्च केचित्केचित्तथा समदकोकिलकण्ठभासः

anye prasannapayasaḥ payasāṃ nidhāturambutviṣaḥ śikhigaṇapratimāstathānye / nīlīrasaprabhavabudvudabhāśca kecitkecittathā samadakokilakaṇṭhabhāsaḥ

Others have the water-sheen of the clear waters of the ocean, and others resemble a flock of peacocks; and some have the look of bubbles produced from indigo juice, and some again the hue of the throat of a rutting cuckoo.

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GaP 1 72.5

एकप्रकारा विस्पष्टवर्णशोभावभासिनः । जायन्ते मणयस्तस्मिन्निन्द्रनीला महागुणाः

ekaprakārā vispaṣṭavarṇaśobhāvabhāsinaḥ / jāyante maṇayastasminnindranīlā mahāguṇāḥ

Of a single kind, shining with clear beauty of colour, sapphires of great virtue are born in that place.

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GaP 1 72.6

मृत्पाषाणशिलारन्ध्रकर्करात्राससंयुताः । अभ्रिकापटलच्छायावर्णदोषैश्च दूषिताः

mṛtpāṣāṇaśilārandhrakarkarātrāsasaṃyutāḥ / abhrikāpaṭalacchāyāvarṇadoṣaiśca dūṣitāḥ

(Others are) beset with earth, stone, rock, holes, grit and cracks, and spoiled by the faults of mica-layers, of shadow and of colour.

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GaP 1 72.7

तत एव हि जायन्ते मणयस्तत्र भूरयः । सास्त्रसम्बोधितधियस्तान्प्रशंसन्ति सूरयः

tata eva hi jāyante maṇayastatra bhūrayaḥ / sāstrasambodhitadhiyastānpraśaṃsanti sūrayaḥ

From that very (place) many gems are indeed produced there; the learned, whose minds are informed by the treatises, praise them.

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GaP 1 72.8

धार्यमाणस्य ये दृष्टा पद्मरागमणेर्गुणाः । धारणादिन्द्रनीलस्य तानेवाप्नोति मानवः

dhāryamāṇasya ye dṛṣṭā padmarāgamaṇerguṇāḥ / dhāraṇādindranīlasya tānevāpnoti mānavaḥ

Whatever virtues have been seen of a ruby when it is worn, a man obtains just those from wearing a sapphire.

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GaP 1 72.9

यथा च पद्मरागाणां जातकत्रितयं भवेत् । इन्द्र नीलेष्वपि तथा द्रष्टव्यमविशेषतः

yathā ca padmarāgāṇāṃ jātakatritayaṃ bhavet / indra nīleṣvapi tathā draṣṭavyamaviśeṣataḥ

And as there is a threefold classification of origin for rubies, so it is to be understood for sapphires too, without any difference.

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GaP 1 72.10

परीक्षाप्रत्ययैर्यैश्च पद्मरागः परीक्ष्यते । त एव प्रत्यया दृष्टा इन्द्रनीलमणेरपि

parīkṣāpratyayairyaiśca padmarāgaḥ parīkṣyate / ta eva pratyayā dṛṣṭā indranīlamaṇerapi

And by whatever tests of examination a ruby is tested, those very tests are held (to apply) to the sapphire also.

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GaP 1 72.11

यावन्तं च क्रमेदग्निं पद्मरागोपयोगतः । इन्द्रनीलमणिस्तस्मात्क्रमेत सुमहत्तरम्

yāvantaṃ ca kramedagniṃ padmarāgopayogataḥ / indranīlamaṇistasmātkrameta sumahattaram

And however much fire (a stone) may endure through the use of the ruby, the sapphire gem endures far more than that.

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GaP 1 72.12

तथापि न परीक्षार्थं गुणानामभि (ति) वृद्धये । मणिरग्नौ समाधेयः कथञ्चिदपि कश्चन

tathāpi na parīkṣārthaṃ guṇānāmabhi (ti) vṛddhaye / maṇiragnau samādheyaḥ kathañcidapi kaścana

Even so, no gem whatsoever should in any way be placed in fire, either for the sake of testing or for the increase of its qualities.

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GaP 1 72.13

अग्निमात्रापरिज्ञाने दाहदोषैश्च दूपितः । सो ऽनर्थाय भवेद्भर्तुः कर्तुः कारयितुस्तथा

agnimātrāparijñāne dāhadoṣaiśca dūpitaḥ / so 'narthāya bhavedbhartuḥ kartuḥ kārayitustathā

If the degree of heat is not properly known, and (the gem is) spoiled by the defects of burning, it becomes a cause of loss for the owner, for the doer, and for the one who has it done.

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GaP 1 72.14

काचोत्पलकरवीरस्फटिकाद्या इह बुधैः सवैदूर्याः । कथिता विजातय इमे सदृशा मणिनेन्द्रनीलेन

kācotpalakaravīrasphaṭikādyā iha budhaiḥ savaidūryāḥ / kathitā vijātaya ime sadṛśā maṇinendranīlena

Glass, blue lotus, oleander, crystal and the rest — these, along with vaidūrya (cat's eye), are declared here by the wise to be spurious kinds, resembling the indranīla gem.

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GaP 1 72.15

गुरुभावकठिनभावावेतेषां नित्यमेव विज्ञेयौ । काचाद्यथावदुत्तरविवर्धमानौ विशेषेण

gurubhāvakaṭhinabhāvāveteṣāṃ nityameva vijñeyau / kācādyathāvaduttaravivardhamānau viśeṣeṇa

Of these, heaviness and hardness are always to be recognized; and, beginning with glass, these increase in order (i.e., in each successive kind), particularly so.

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GaP 1 72.16

इन्द्रनीलो यथा कश्चिद्विभर्त्याताम्रवर्णताम् । रक्षणयौ तथा ताम्रौ करवीरोत्पलावुभौ

indranīlo yathā kaścidvibhartyātāmravarṇatām / rakṣaṇayau tathā tāmrau karavīrotpalāvubhau

Just as some indranīla carries a somewhat coppery hue, so the two, oleander(-stone) and lotus(-stone), are both coppery and are to be guarded (i.e., are valued).

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GaP 1 72.17

यस्य मध्यगता भाति नीलस्येन्द्रायुधप्रभा । तमिन्द्रनीलमित्याहुर्महार्हं भुवि दुर्लभम्

yasya madhyagatā bhāti nīlasyendrāyudhaprabhā / tamindranīlamityāhurmahārhaṃ bhuvi durlabham

That blue (gem) in whose interior the radiance of Indra's bow (the rainbow) shines — that they call indranīla, of great price and hard to obtain on earth.

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GaP 1 72.18

यस्य वर्णस्य भूयस्त्वात्क्षीरे शतगुणे स्थितः । नीलतां तन्नयेत्सर्वं महानीलः स उच्यते

yasya varṇasya bhūyastvātkṣīre śataguṇe sthitaḥ / nīlatāṃ tannayetsarvaṃ mahānīlaḥ sa ucyate

That which, by the abundance of its colour, when placed in a hundred times (its own measure of) milk, turns the whole of it blue — that is called mahānīla.

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GaP 1 72.19

यत्पद्मरागस्य महागुणस्य मूल्यं भवेन्माषसमुन्मितस्य । तदिन्द्रनीलस्य महागुणस्य सुवर्ण संख्यातु लितस्य मूल्यम्

yatpadmarāgasya mahāguṇasya mūlyaṃ bhavenmāṣasamunmitasya / tadindranīlasya mahāguṇasya suvarṇa saṃkhyātu litasya mūlyam

Whatever is the price of a ruby of great quality weighing one māṣa, that is the price of an indranīla of great quality reckoned at (i.e., weighing) a suvarṇa.

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