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Garuda Purana — Purva Khanda — Chapter 79

GaP 1 79.1

श्रीगरुडमहापुराणम्- ७९ सूत उवाच । कावेरविन्ध्ययवनचीननेपालभूमिषु । लाङ्गली व्यकिरन्मेदो दानवस्य प्रयत्नतः

śrīgaruḍamahāpurāṇam- 79 sūta uvāca / kāveravindhyayavanacīnanepālabhūmiṣu / lāṅgalī vyakiranmedo dānavasya prayatnataḥ

The glorious Garuḍa Mahāpurāṇa, 79. Sūta said: In the lands of the Kāvera(?), the Vindhya, the Yavanas, China and Nepal, the Plough-bearer (Balarāma) carefully scattered the fat of the Dānava.

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

GaP 1 79.2

आकाशशुद्धं तैलाख्यमुत्पन्नं स्फटिकं ततः । मृणालशङ्खधवलं किञ्चिद्वर्णान्तरन्वितम्

ākāśaśuddhaṃ tailākhyamutpannaṃ sphaṭikaṃ tataḥ / mṛṇālaśaṅkhadhavalaṃ kiñcidvarṇāntaranvitam

From that arose crystal, pure as the sky, called 'oily' (tailaka), white as lotus-fibre and conch, with a slight admixture of another colour.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

GaP 1 79.3

न त्तुल्यं हि रत्नानामथवा पापनाशनम् । संस्कृतं शिल्पिना सद्यो मूल्यं किञ्चिल्लभेत्ततः (दा)

na ttulyaṃ hi ratnānāmathavā pāpanāśanam / saṃskṛtaṃ śilpinā sadyo mūlyaṃ kiñcillabhettataḥ (dā)

There is nothing equal to it among gems, or (rather) it is a destroyer of sin; when at once polished by a craftsman it fetches some price.

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