Garuda Purana — Purva Khanda — Chapter 75

GaP 1 75.1

श्रीगरुडमहापुराणम्- ७५ सूत उवाच । वायुर्नखान्दैत्यपतेर्गृहीत्वा चिक्षेप सत्पद्मवनेषु हृष्टः । ततः प्रसूतं पवनोपपन्नं कर्केतनं पूजयतमं पृथिव्याम्

śrīgaruḍamahāpurāṇam- 75 sūta uvāca / vāyurnakhāndaityapatergṛhītvā cikṣepa satpadmavaneṣu hṛṣṭaḥ / tataḥ prasūtaṃ pavanopapannaṃ karketanaṃ pūjayatamaṃ pṛthivyām

Śrī Garuḍa Mahāpurāṇa 75. The Sūta said: The Wind, taking the nails of the lord of the daityas, joyfully cast them into groves of fine lotuses; from that was born, engendered by the wind, the karketana, most worthy of honour on earth.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

GaP 1 75.2

वर्णेन तद्रुधिरसोममधुप्रकाशमाताम्रपीतदहनोज्ज्वलितं विभाति । नीलं पुनः खलु सितं परुषं विभिन्नं व्याध्यादिदोषकरणेन च तद्विभाति

varṇena tadrudhirasomamadhuprakāśamātāmrapītadahanojjvalitaṃ vibhāti / nīlaṃ punaḥ khalu sitaṃ paruṣaṃ vibhinnaṃ vyādhyādidoṣakaraṇena ca tadvibhāti

In colour it shines with the sheen of blood, of the moon, of honey, glowing coppery-yellow and fiery; but if blue, or white, rough, or cracked, then it shines (only) by producing defects such as disease.

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GaP 1 75.3

स्निग्धा विशुद्धाः समरागिणश्च आपीतवर्णा गुरवो विचित्राः । त्रासव्रणव्यालविवर्जिताश्च कर्केतनास्ते परमं पवित्राः

snigdhā viśuddhāḥ samarāgiṇaśca āpītavarṇā guravo vicitrāḥ / trāsavraṇavyālavivarjitāśca karketanāste paramaṃ pavitrāḥ

Smooth, pure, of even hue, yellowish in colour, heavy, variegated, and free of internal cracks, flaws and streaks — those karketanas are supremely pure.

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GaP 1 75.4

पत्रेण काञ्चनमयेन तु वेष्टयित्वा तप्तं यदा हुतवहे भवति प्रकाशम् । रोगप्रणाशनकरं कलिनाशनं तदायुष्करं कुलकरं च सुखप्रदं च

patreṇa kāñcanamayena tu veṣṭayitvā taptaṃ yadā hutavahe bhavati prakāśam / rogapraṇāśanakaraṃ kalināśanaṃ tadāyuṣkaraṃ kulakaraṃ ca sukhapradaṃ ca

When, wrapped in a leaf of gold and heated in the fire, it becomes luminous, then it destroys disease, destroys strife, and confers long life, family and happiness.

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GaP 1 75.5

एवंविधं बहुगुणं मणिमावहन्ति कर्केतनं शुभलङ्कृतये नरा ये । ते पूजिता बहुधना बहुबान्धवाश्च नित्योज्ज्वलाः प्रमुदिता अपिते भवन्ति

evaṃvidhaṃ bahuguṇaṃ maṇimāvahanti karketanaṃ śubhalaṅkṛtaye narā ye / te pūjitā bahudhanā bahubāndhavāśca nityojjvalāḥ pramuditā apite bhavanti

Those men who wear such a karketana gem, rich in qualities, for auspicious ornament, become honoured, wealthy, with many kinsmen, ever radiant and joyful.

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GaP 1 75.6

एके ऽपनह्य विकृताकुलनीलभासः प्रम्लानरागलुलिताः कलुषा विरूपाः । तेजो ऽतिदीप्ति कुलपुष्टिविहीनवर्णाः कर्केतनस्य सदृशं वपुरुद्वहन्ति

eke 'panahya vikṛtākulanīlabhāsaḥ pramlānarāgalulitāḥ kaluṣā virūpāḥ / tejo 'tidīpti kulapuṣṭivihīnavarṇāḥ karketanasya sadṛśaṃ vapurudvahanti

Some, having been stripped (of their setting?), are of a deformed and confused blue sheen, blurred with faded colour, turbid, misshapen, lacking lustre, excessive brightness, and the colour that makes for family and prosperity — they bear only a body resembling the karketana.

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GaP 1 75.7

कर्केतनं यदि परीक्षितवर्णरूपं प्रत्यग्रभास्वरदिवाकरसुप्रकाशम् । तस्योत्तमस्य मणि शास्त्रविदां महिम्ना तुल्यं तु मूल्यमुदितं तुलितस्य कार्यम्

karketanaṃ yadi parīkṣitavarṇarūpaṃ pratyagrabhāsvaradivākarasuprakāśam / tasyottamasya maṇi śāstravidāṃ mahimnā tulyaṃ tu mūlyamuditaṃ tulitasya kāryam

If a karketana is of tested colour and form, brightly luminous like the freshly risen shining sun, then for that gem, the finest, a price equal (in gold) to its weight when weighed is declared by the authority of those learned in the treatises.

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