Garuda Purana — Purva Khanda — Chapter 76

GaP 1 76.1

श्रीगरुडमहापुराणम्- ७६ सूत उवाच । हिमवत्युत्तरदेशे वीर्यं पतितं सुरद्विषस्तस्य । संप्राप्तमुत्तमानामाकरतां भीष्मरत्नानाम्

śrīgaruḍamahāpurāṇam- 76 sūta uvāca / himavatyuttaradeśe vīryaṃ patitaṃ suradviṣastasya / saṃprāptamuttamānāmākaratāṃ bhīṣmaratnānām

Śrī Garuḍa Mahāpurāṇa 76. The Sūta said: In the northern region, on the Himālaya, the seed of that enemy of the gods fell, and it became a mine of the finest bhīṣma gems.

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GaP 1 76.2

शुक्लाः शङ्खाब्जनिभाः स्योनाकसन्निभा प्रभावन्तः । प्रभवन्ति ततस्तरुणा वज्रनिभा भीष्मपाषाणाः

śuklāḥ śaṅkhābjanibhāḥ syonākasannibhā prabhāvantaḥ / prabhavanti tatastaruṇā vajranibhā bhīṣmapāṣāṇāḥ

White, like a conch or a lotus, resembling the syonāka (blossom), full of lustre — thence arise fresh bhīṣma stones, like diamond.

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

GaP 1 76.3

हेमादिप्रतिबद्धाः शुद्धमपि श्रद्धया विधत्ते यः । भीष्ममणिं ग्रीवादिषु सुसम्पदं स सर्वदा लभते

hemādipratibaddhāḥ śuddhamapi śraddhayā vidhatte yaḥ / bhīṣmamaṇiṃ grīvādiṣu susampadaṃ sa sarvadā labhate

Whoever with faith sets on his neck and other (limbs) a bhīṣma gem, mounted in gold or the like or even unmounted, he obtains abundant wealth always.

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

GaP 1 76.4

निरीक्ष्य पलायन्ते यं तमरण्यनिवासिनः समीपऽपि । द्वीपिवृकशरभकुञ्जरसिंहव्याघ्रादयो हिंस्त्राः

nirīkṣya palāyante yaṃ tamaraṇyanivāsinaḥ samīpa'pi / dvīpivṛkaśarabhakuñjarasiṃhavyāghrādayo hiṃstrāḥ

Seeing whom, the beasts of prey that dwell in the forest — leopards, wolves, śarabhas, elephants, lions, tigers and the rest — flee, even when close by.

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GaP 1 76.5

तसोयत्कलतष्टतरोर्भवति भयं न चास्तीशमुपहसन्ति । भीष्ममणिर्गुणयुक्तो सम्यक्प्राप्ताङ्गुलीकलत्रत्वः

tasoyatkalataṣṭatarorbhavati bhayaṃ na cāstīśamupahasanti / bhīṣmamaṇirguṇayukto samyakprāptāṅgulīkalatratvaḥ

(For him) there is no fear from a tree cut down beside a … , nor do (they) mock the Lord: the awesome gem, endowed with (good) qualities, properly obtains the state of being wedded to the finger (i.e. fits well when set in a ring).

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GaP 1 76.6

पितॄतर्पणे पितॄणां तृप्तिर्बहुवार्षिकी भवति । शाम्यन्त्यद्भुतान्यपि सर्पाण्डजाखुवृश्चिकविषाणि । सलिलाग्निवैरितस्करभयानि भीमानि नश्यन्ति

pitṝtarpaṇe pitṝṇāṃ tṛptirbahuvārṣikī bhavati / śāmyantyadbhutānyapi sarpāṇḍajākhuvṛścikaviṣāṇi / salilāgnivairitaskarabhayāni bhīmāni naśyanti

In the offering of water to the ancestors, the ancestors' satisfaction lasts many years; even portentous poisons of snakes, birds, rats and scorpions are allayed; and dreadful perils from water, fire, enemies and thieves are destroyed.

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GaP 1 76.7

शैवलबलाहकाभं पुरुषं पीतप्रभं प्रभाहीनम् । मलिनद्युति च विवर्णं दूरात्परिवर्जयेत्प्राज्ञः

śaivalabalāhakābhaṃ puruṣaṃ pītaprabhaṃ prabhāhīnam / malinadyuti ca vivarṇaṃ dūrātparivarjayetprājñaḥ

A gem (lit. 'man', i.e. the stone personified) resembling moss or a rain-cloud, of yellow lustre, lacking lustre, of dull sheen and discoloured — the wise man should avoid it from afar.

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GaP 1 76.8

मूल्यं प्रकल्प्यमेषां विबुधवरैर्दैशकालविज्ञानात् । दूरे भूतानां बहु किञ्चिन्निकटप्रसूतानाम्

mūlyaṃ prakalpyameṣāṃ vibudhavarairdaiśakālavijñānāt / dūre bhūtānāṃ bahu kiñcinnikaṭaprasūtānām

Their price is to be fixed by the best of the learned according to knowledge of place and time: much for those produced far away, something (less) for those produced nearby.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition