Garuda Purana — Purva Khanda — Chapter 73

GaP 1 73.1

श्रीगरुडमहापुराणम्- ७३ सूत उवाच । वैदूर्यपुष्परागाणां कर्केते भीष्मके वदे । परीक्षां ब्रह्मणा प्रोक्तां व्यासेन कथितां द्विजा

śrīgaruḍamahāpurāṇam- 73 sūta uvāca / vaidūryapuṣparāgāṇāṃ karkete bhīṣmake vade / parīkṣāṃ brahmaṇā proktāṃ vyāsena kathitāṃ dvijā

The Glorious Garuḍa Mahāpurāṇa, 73. The Sūta said: Concerning vaidūrya, topaz, karketana and bhīṣmaka I shall speak, O twice-born ones — the testing declared by Brahmā and told by Vyāsa.

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GaP 1 73.2

कल्पान्तकालक्षुबिताम्बुराशेर्निर्ह्रादकल्पाद्दितिजस्य नादात् । वैदूर्यमुत्पन्नमनेकवर्णं शोभाभिरामद्युतिवर्णबीजम्

kalpāntakālakṣubitāmburāśernirhrādakalpādditijasya nādāt / vaidūryamutpannamanekavarṇaṃ śobhābhirāmadyutivarṇabījam

From the roar of the son of Diti, like the thundering of the ocean churned up at the time of the world's end, vaidūrya arose, of many colours, the seed of lustrous hues lovely with beauty.

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GaP 1 73.3

अविदूरे विदूरस्य गिरेरुत्तुङ्गरोधसः । कामभूतिकसीमानमनु तस्याकरोभवत्

avidūre vidūrasya gireruttuṅgarodhasaḥ / kāmabhūtikasīmānamanu tasyākarobhavat

Not far from Mount Vidūra, with its lofty banks, along the border of the Kāmabhūtika region, there came to be a mine of it.

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GaP 1 73.4

तस्य नादसमुत्थत्वादाकरः सुमहागुणः । अभूदुत्तरीतो लोके लोकत्रयविभूषणः

tasya nādasamutthatvādākaraḥ sumahāguṇaḥ / abhūduttarīto loke lokatrayavibhūṣaṇaḥ

Because it arose from that roar, the mine (was) of very great quality; it became foremost in the world, an ornament of the three worlds.

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GaP 1 73.5

तस्यैव दानवपतेर्निनदानुरूपाः प्रवृट्पयोदवरदर्शित चारुरूपाः । वैदूर्यरत्नमणयो विविधावभासस्तस्मात्स्फुलिङ्गनिवहा इव संबभूवुः

tasyaiva dānavapaterninadānurūpāḥ pravṛṭpayodavaradarśita cārurūpāḥ / vaidūryaratnamaṇayo vividhāvabhāsastasmātsphuliṅganivahā iva saṃbabhūvuḥ

Corresponding to the roar of that very lord of the dānavas, having the lovely forms shown by the fine rain-clouds of the monsoon, the vaidūrya jewels, of various lustres, came into being from that (roar), like showers of sparks.

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GaP 1 73.6

पद्मरागमुपादाय मणिवर्णा हि ये क्षितौ । सर्वांस्तान्वर्णशोभाभिर्वैदूर्यमनुगच्छति

padmarāgamupādāya maṇivarṇā hi ye kṣitau / sarvāṃstānvarṇaśobhābhirvaidūryamanugacchati

For all the colours of gems that exist on earth, beginning with the ruby — vaidūrya matches them all in beauty of colour.

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GaP 1 73.7

तेषां प्रधानं शिखिकण्ठनीलं यद्वा भवेद्वेणुदलप्रकाशम् । चाषाग्रपक्षप्रतिमश्रियो ये न ते प्रशस्ता मणिशास्त्रविद्भिः

teṣāṃ pradhānaṃ śikhikaṇṭhanīlaṃ yadvā bhavedveṇudalaprakāśam / cāṣāgrapakṣapratimaśriyo ye na te praśastā maṇiśāstravidbhiḥ

The chief among them is that which is blue like a peacock's throat, or else that which has the sheen of a bamboo leaf; those whose beauty resembles the tip of a blue jay's wing are not commended by those versed in the science of gems.

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GaP 1 73.8

गुणवान्वैदूर्यमणिर्योजयति स्वामिनं परंभा (भो) ग्यैः । दोषैर्युक्तो दोषैस्तस्माद्यत्नात्परीक्षेत

guṇavānvaidūryamaṇiryojayati svāminaṃ paraṃbhā (bho) gyaiḥ / doṣairyukto doṣaistasmādyatnātparīkṣeta

A vaidūrya gem endowed with (good) qualities joins its owner to the highest enjoyments; one attended by defects, (joins him) to misfortunes; therefore one should examine it carefully.

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GaP 1 73.9

गिरिकाचशिशुपालौ काच स्फटिकाश्च धूमनिर्भिन्नाः । वैदूर्यमणेरेते विजातयः सन्निभाः सन्ति

girikācaśiśupālau kāca sphaṭikāśca dhūmanirbhinnāḥ / vaidūryamaṇerete vijātayaḥ sannibhāḥ santi

Rock-crystal-glass and śiśupāla, glass, and crystals shot through with smokiness — these are the spurious kinds resembling the vaidūrya gem.

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GaP 1 73.10

लिख्याभावात्काचं लघुभावाच्छैसुपालकं विद्यात् । गिरिकाचसदीप्तित्वात्स्फटिकं वर्णोज्ज्वलत्वेन

likhyābhāvātkācaṃ laghubhāvācchaisupālakaṃ vidyāt / girikācasadīptitvātsphaṭikaṃ varṇojjvalatvena

One should know glass by its not scratching (i.e., its softness), śiśupāla by its lightness, girikāca by its (excessive) brilliance, and crystal by the brightness of its colour.

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GaP 1 73.11

यदिन्द्रनीलस्य महागुणस्य सुवर्णसंख्याकलितस्य मूल्यम् । तदेव वैदूर्यमणेः प्रदिष्टं पलद्वयोन्मापि तगौरवस्य

yadindranīlasya mahāguṇasya suvarṇasaṃkhyākalitasya mūlyam / tadeva vaidūryamaṇeḥ pradiṣṭaṃ paladvayonmāpi tagauravasya

Whatever is the price of an indranīla of great quality reckoned at a suvarṇa in weight, just that is prescribed for a vaidūrya gem of two palas in weight.

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GaP 1 73.12

जात्यस्य सर्वे ऽपि मणेस्तु यादृग्विजातयः सन्ति समानवर्णाः । तथापि नानाकरणानुमेयभेदप्रकारः परमः प्रदिष्टः

jātyasya sarve 'pi maṇestu yādṛgvijātayaḥ santi samānavarṇāḥ / tathāpi nānākaraṇānumeyabhedaprakāraḥ paramaḥ pradiṣṭaḥ

Although all the spurious kinds of a genuine gem are of the same colour as it, still the supreme means of distinguishing them, inferable by various tests, has been set forth.

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GaP 1 73.13

सुखोपलक्ष्यश्च सदा विचार्यो ह्ययं प्रभेदो विदुषा नरेण । स्नेहप्रभेदो लघुता मृदुत्वं विजातिलिङ्गं खलु सार्वजन्यम्

sukhopalakṣyaśca sadā vicāryo hyayaṃ prabhedo viduṣā nareṇa / snehaprabhedo laghutā mṛdutvaṃ vijātiliṅgaṃ khalu sārvajanyam

And this distinction, easily observable, should always be considered by a knowledgeable man: difference in oiliness (sheen), lightness, softness — these are indeed the universally (valid) marks of a spurious kind.

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GaP 1 73.14

कुशलाकुशलैः प्रपूर्यमाणाः प्रतिबद्धाः प्रतिसत्क्रियाप्रयोगैः । गुणदोषसमुद्भवं लभन्ते मणयोर्ऽथोन्तरमूल्यमेव भिन्नाः

kuśalākuśalaiḥ prapūryamāṇāḥ pratibaddhāḥ pratisatkriyāprayogaiḥ / guṇadoṣasamudbhavaṃ labhante maṇayor'thontaramūlyameva bhinnāḥ

Being worked over by skilled and unskilled (hands), and mounted by applications of the proper finishing, gems acquire an origin of merits and defects; being thus differentiated, their worth turns out otherwise (than it was).

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GaP 1 73.15

क्रमशः समतीतवर्तमानाः प्रतिबद्धा मणिबन्धकेन यत्नात् । यदि नाम भवन्ति दोषहीना मणयः षड्गुणमाप्नुवन्ति मूल्यम्

kramaśaḥ samatītavartamānāḥ pratibaddhā maṇibandhakena yatnāt / yadi nāma bhavanti doṣahīnā maṇayaḥ ṣaḍguṇamāpnuvanti mūlyam

Passed successively (through the stages), and mounted with care by the gem-setter, if indeed the gems turn out free of defects, they attain sixfold value.

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GaP 1 73.16

आकरान्समतीतानामुदधेस्तीरसन्निधौ । मूल्यमेतन्मणीनां तु न सर्वत्र महीतले

ākarānsamatītānāmudadhestīrasannidhau / mūlyametanmaṇīnāṃ tu na sarvatra mahītale

(For stones from) the mines that lie beyond, near the shore of the ocean — this is the price of these gems, but not everywhere on earth.

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GaP 1 73.17

सुवर्णो मनुना यस्तु प्रोक्तः षोडशमाषकः । तस्य सप्ततिमो भागः संज्ञारूपं करिष्यति

suvarṇo manunā yastu proktaḥ ṣoḍaśamāṣakaḥ / tasya saptatimo bhāgaḥ saṃjñārūpaṃ kariṣyati

The suvarṇa, which Manu declared to be sixteen māṣakas — the seventieth part of that will constitute the standard unit (of reckoning).

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