[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Purāṇas](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana) › [Garudapurana](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda) › 1.70 # Garudapurana 1.70 Garuḍapurāṇa 1.70 - **Language:** Sanskrit ## Contents - [1.70.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.70.34) — 1 part ### [1.70.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.70.1) śrīgaruḍamahāpurāṇam- 70 sūta uvāca / divākarastasya mahāmahimno mahāsurasyottamaratnabījam / asṛggṛhītvā carituṃ pratasthe nistriṃśanīlena nabhaḥ sthalena // > Śrī Garuḍa Mahāpurāṇa, Chapter 70 / Sūta said: / Taking the blood—the seed of the excellent gems of that great asura of great majesty— / the Sun set out to traverse through the sky, which was blue as a sword. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.70.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.70.2) jettrā surāṇāṃ samareṣvajastraṃ vīryāvalepoddhatamānasena / laṅkādhipenārdhapathe sametya svarbhānuneva prasabhaṃ niruddhaḥ // > By the conqueror of the gods in battles continuously, his mind haughty with pride in his valour, / by the lord of Laṅkā, meeting him halfway, he was forcibly checked as if by Rāhu. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.70.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.70.3) tatsiṃhalīcārunitambabimbavikṣo bhitāgādhamahāhradāyām / pūgadrumābaddhataṭadvayāyāṃ mumoca sūryaḥ sariduttamāyām // > In that excellent river whose deep, great pools were agitated by the shapely hips of Siṃhala maidens, / and whose two banks were lined with areca-nut trees, the Sun released it. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.70.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.70.4) tataḥ prabhṛti sā gaṅgā tulyapuṇyaphalodayā / nāmnā rāvaṇagaṅgeti prathimānamupāgatā // > From that time forward, yielding the fruit of religious merit equal to the Gaṅgā, / that river attained renown by the name of Rāvaṇagaṅgā. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.70.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.70.5) tataḥ prabhṛtyeva ca śarvarīṣu kūlāni ratnairnicitāni tasyāḥ / suvarṇanārācaśatairivāntarbahiḥ pradīptairniśitāni bhānti // > And from that time forward, during the nights, her banks, piled with gems, / shine, sharpened within and burning without, as if by hundreds of golden arrows. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.70.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.70.6) tasyāstaṭepūjjvacārurāgā bhavanti toyeṣu ca padmarāgāḥ / saugandhikotthāḥ kuruvindajāśca mahāguṇāḥ sphāṭikasaṃprasūtāḥ // > On its banks and in its waters are rubies of bright and charming hues— / those arising from saugandhika, those born of kuruvinda, and those of great qualities produced from crystal. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.70.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.70.7) bandhū kaguñjāsakalendragopajavāsamāsṛksamavarṇaśobhāḥ / bhrājiṣṇavo dāḍimabījavarṇāstathāpare kiśukapuṣpabhāsaḥ // > Some possess the colour and beauty of bandhūka flowers, guñjā seeds, whole indragopa insects, javā flowers, and fresh blood; / others are brilliant with the colour of pomegranate seeds, and others have the lustre of kiṃśuka blossoms. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.70.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.70.8) khindurapadmotpalakuṅkumānāṃ lākṣārasasyāpi samānavarṇaḥ / sāṃdre 'pi rāge prabhayā svayaiva bhānti svalakṣyāḥ sphuṭamadhyaśobhāḥ // > Having the colour of vermilion, red lotuses, blue lotuses, saffron, or lac-dye, / even in deep redness they shine by their own brilliance, their inner beauty clearly discernible. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.70.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.70.9) bhānośca bhāsāmanuvedhayogāmāsādya raśami prakareṇa dūram / pārśvāni sarvāṇyanurañjayanti guṇāpapannāḥ sphaṭikaprasūtāḥ // > Attaining connection with the sun's rays and piercing far with an abundance of rays, / those produced from crystal, endowed with good qualities, illuminate all sides with red. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.70.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.70.10) kusuṃbhanīlavyatimiśrarāgapratyugraraktābujatulyabhāsaḥ / tathāpare 'ruṣkarakaṇṭakāripuṣpatviṣo hiṅgulavattviṣo 'nye // > Some have a brilliance like very fierce red lotuses blended with the colours of safflower and blue; / likewise, others have the lustre of the flowers of aruṣkara or kaṇṭakāri, while others have the lustre of cinnabar. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.70.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.70.11) cakorapuṃskokilasārasānāṃ netrāvabhāsaśca bhavanti kecit / anye punaḥ santi ca puṣpitānāṃ tulyatviṣā kokanadottamānām // > And some possess the glow of the eyes of cakora birds, male cuckoos, or sārasa cranes; / while yet others have a lustre equal to blossoming, excellent red lotuses. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.70.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.70.12) prabhāvakāṭhinyagurutvayogaiḥ prāyaḥ samānāḥ sphaṭikodbhavānām / ānīlaraktotpalacārubhāsaḥ saugandhikotthā maṇayo bhavanti // > In power, hardness, and heaviness, they are generally equal to those born of crystal; / gems arising from saugandhika possess the charming lustre of slightly bluish-red lotuses. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.70.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.70.13) kāmaṃ tu rāgaḥ kuruvindajeṣu sa naiva yādṛk sphaṭikodbhaveṣu / nirarciṣo 'ntarbahulā bhavanti prabhāvavanto 'pi nataiḥ samastaiḥ // > Granted, the redness in those born of kuruvinda is not at all like that in those born of crystal; / they are inner-dense, devoid of rays, yet powerful though lacking all \[such features\]. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.70.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.70.14) ye tu rāvaṇagaṅgāyāṃ jāyante kuruvindakāḥ / padmarāgaghanaṃ rāgaṃ bibhrāṇāḥ sphaṭikārciṣaḥ // > Those kuruvinda gems, however, which are born in the Rāvaṇagaṅgā, / possess the dense redness of rubies and the rays of crystals. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.70.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.70.15) varṇānuyāyinasteṣā māndhradeśe tathā pare / na jāyante hi ye kecinmūlyaleśamavāpnuyuḥ // > Those that follow their color in the Andhra country and others / do not arise such that they obtain even a fraction of the value. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.70.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.70.16) tathaiva sphāṭikotthānāṃ deśe tumburusaṃjñake / sadharmāṇaḥ prajāyante svalpamūlyā hi te smṛtāḥ // > Likewise, in the region named Tumburu, stones of similar qualities to those born of crystal are produced; / they are indeed regarded as having little value. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.70.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.70.17) varṇādhikyaṃ gurutvaṃ ca snigdhatā samatācchatā / arciṣmattā mahattā ca maṇīnāṃ guṇasaṃgrahaḥ // > Richness of color, heaviness, smoothness, symmetry, clarity, / brilliance, and largeness constitute the sum of virtues of gems. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.70.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.70.18) ye karkaracchidramalopadigdhāḥ prabhāvimuktāḥ paruṣā vivarṇāḥ / na te praśastā maṇayo bhavanti samānato jātiguṇaiḥ samastaiḥ // > Gems that are filled with gravel, fissures, and impurities, devoid of luster, harsh, and discolored, / are not praised, even if equal in all qualities of their class. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.70.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.70.19) doṣopasṛṣṭaṃ maṇimaprabodhādvibharti yaḥ kaścana kañcideva / taṃ śokacintāmayamṛtyuvittanāśādayo doṣagaṇā bhajante // > Whosoever, out of ignorance, wears a gem that is afflicted with defects, / him a multitude of misfortunes pursues, such as grief, anxiety, sickness, death, and loss of wealth. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.70.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.70.20) kāmaṃ cārutarāḥ pañca jātīnā pratirūpakāḥ / vijā tayaḥ prayatnena vidvāṃstanupalakṣayet // > Granted, the counterfeits of the genuine classes are exceedingly attractive; / a wise man should carefully discern these false varieties. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.70.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.70.21) kalaśapurodbhavasiṃhalatumburudeśotthamuktapāṇīyāḥ / śrīpūrṇakāśca sadṛśā vijātayaḥ padmarāgāṇām // > Those born in Kalaśapura, Siṃhala, and the Tumburu region, as well as Muktapānīya / and Śrīpūrṇaka, are similar false varieties of rubies. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.70.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.70.22) tuṣopasargātkalaśābhidhānamātāmrabhāvādapi tumburūttham / kārṣṇyāttathā siṃhaladeśajātaṃ muktābhidhānaṃ nabhasaḥ svabhāvāt // > The Kalaśa stone \[is known\] by the flaw of husk-like specks; that from Tumburu by its coppery hue; / that born in the Siṃhala country by its blackness; the Muktā stone by the appearance of the sky; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.70.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.70.23) śrīpūrṇakaṃ dīptivinākṛtatvādvijātiliṅgāśraya eva bhedaḥ / yastāmrikāṃ puṣyati padmarāgo yogāttuṣāṇāmiva pūrṇamadhyaḥ // > and the Śrīpūrṇaka by its absence of brilliance: the distinction relies purely on the marks of false varieties. / The ruby that develops a coppery tint, whose interior is filled as if with husks, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.70.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.70.24) strehapradigdhaḥ pratibhāti yaśca yo vā praghṛṣṭaḥ prajahāti dīptim / ākrāntamūrdhā ca tathāṅgulibhyāṃ yaḥ kālikāṃ pārśvagatāṃ bibharti // > and which appears smeared with grease, or which loses brilliance when rubbed, / and which, when its top is pressed by two fingers, displays a black tint on the sides; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.70.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.70.25) saṃprāpya cotkṣipya yathānuvṛttiṃ vibhartiyaḥ sarvaguṇānatīva / tulyapramāṇasya ca tulyajāteryo vā gurutvena bhavettu tulyaḥ / prāpyāpi ratnākarajā svajātiṃ lakṣedgurutvena guṇena vidvān // > and that which, having been taken and weighed according to custom, exceedingly possesses all virtues, / or which is equal in heaviness to one of equal size and equal class— / even when found in the ocean, a wise man should identify its true class by weight and quality. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.70.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.70.26) apraṇaśyati sandehe śāṇe tu parilekhayet / su(sva) jātakasamutthena likhitvāpi parasparam // > If doubt does not vanish, one should test it on the whetstone / or by scratching them mutually with a stone of their own kind. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.70.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.70.27) vajraṃ vā kuruvindaṃ vā vimucyānena kenacit / nāśakyaṃ lekhanaṃ kartuṃ padmarāgendranīlayoḥ // > Leaving aside diamond or corundum, it is impossible / for anyone to make a scratch upon a ruby or a sapphire. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.70.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.70.28) jātyasya sarve 'pi maṇerna jātu vijātayaḥ santi samānavarṇāḥ / tathāpi nānākaraṇārthameva bhedaprakāraḥ paramaḥ pradiṣṭaḥ // > Never are all false varieties identical in color to a genuine gem; / nevertheless, the supreme method of distinction is set forth purely for the purpose of differentiation. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.70.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.70.29) guṇopapannena sahāvabaddhomeṇirna dhāryo viguṇo hi jātyā / na kaustubhenāpi sahāvabaddhaṃ vidvānvijātiṃ bibhṛyātkadācit // > A gem defective in its kind should not be worn set together with one endowed with virtues; / a wise man should never wear a false variety set even with the Kaustubha. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.70.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.70.30) cāṇḍāla eko 'pi yathā dvijātīnsametya bhūrīnapi hantyayatnāt / atho maṇīnbhūriguṇopapannāñchakroti viplāvayituṃ vijātyaḥ // > Just as a single caṇḍāla, approaching twice-born men, effortlessly ruins even many of them, / so also can a false variety spoil gems endowed with many virtues. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.70.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.70.31) sapatnamadhye 'pi kṛtādhivāsaṃ pramādavṛttāvapi vartamānam / na padmarāgasya mahāguṇasya bhartāramāpatspṛśatīha kācit // > Even dwelling among enemies, even acting with negligence, / no misfortune touches in this world the possessor of a ruby of great qualities. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.70.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.70.32) doṣopasargaprabhavāśca ye te nopadravāstaṃ samabhidravanti / guṇaiḥ samuttejitacārurāgaṃ yaḥ padmarāgaṃ prayato bibharti // > Whatever calamities arise from sins and afflictions do not assail him / who attentively wears a ruby whose lovely red is heightened by its qualities. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.70.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.70.33) vajrasya yattaṇḍulasaṃkhyayoktaṃ mūlyaṃ samutpāditagauravasya / tatpadmarāgasya mahāguṇasya tanmāṣakalpākalitasya mūlyam // > The value that is declared for a diamond according to grain count of proven weight, / that is the value for a ruby of high quality measured by the unit of a māṣa. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.70.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.70.34) varṇadāptyapapannaṃ hi maṇiratnaṃ praśasyate / tābhyāmīṣadapi bhraṣṭaṃ maṇimūlyātprahīyate // > A precious gem is indeed praised when endowed with color and luster; / fallen even slightly from both of these, it loses a gem's value. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.70.34.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.70.34.p1) iti śrīgāruḍe mahāpurāṇe pūrvakhaṇḍe prathamāṃśākhye ācārakāṇḍe padmarāgaparīkṣaṇaṃ nāma saptatitamo 'dhyāyaḥ > Thus ends the seventieth chapter, named 'The Examination of Rubies,' in the Ācārakāṇḍa of the first section called Pūrvakhaṇḍa in the glorious Garuḍa Mahāpurāṇa. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.70.1) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.70](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.70) · Pramāṇa