[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) › 1.71 # Garudapurana 1.71 Garuḍapurāṇa 1.71 - **Language:** Sanskrit ## Contents - [1.71.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.71.29) — 1 part ### [1.71.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.71.1) śrīgaruḍamahāpurāṇam- 71 sūta uvāca / dānavādhipateḥ pittamādāya bhujagādhipaḥ / dvidhā kurvanniva vyoma satvaraṃ vāsukiryayau // > The venerable Garuḍa Mahāpurāṇa: Chapter 71. / Sūta said: / Taking the bile of the lord of the Dānavas, Vāsuki the king of serpents / departed swiftly, as if cleaving the sky in two. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.71.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.71.2) sa tadā svaśiroratnaprabhādīpte nabho 'mbudhau / rājataḥ samahānekaḥ khaṇḍaseturivābabhau // > Then, in the ocean of the sky shining with the luster of the crest-jewel on his head, / that great singular \[serpent\] shone brightly like a silver bridge spanning parts of it. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.71.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.71.3) tataḥ pakṣanipātena saṃharanniva rodasī / garutmānpannagendrasya prahartumupacakrame // > Then Garuḍa, as if destroying heaven and earth with the strike of his wings, / set out to attack the lord of serpents. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.71.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.71.4) sahasaiva mumoca tatphaṇīndraḥ surasābhyaktaturuṣka (raṣka) pādapāyām / kalikāghanagandhavāsitā yāṃ varamāṇikyagirerupatyakāyām // > Suddenly the lord of serpents dropped it in the foothills of the excellent Mountain of Rubies, / which were smeared with sweet-scented olibanum trees and fragrant with the rich perfume of flower-buds. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.71.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.71.5) tasya prapātasamanantarakālameva tadvadvarālayamatītya ramāsamīpe / sthānaṃ kṣiterupapayonidhitīralekhaṃyāṃ varamāṇikyagirerupatyakāyām // > Just immediately after its fall, likewise passing beyond the excellent abode near Ramā, / in the valley of the excellent Mountain of Rubies, in a place of the earth lining the shore of the ocean, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.71.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.71.6) tatraiva kiñcitpatatastu pittādupetya jagrāha tato garutmān / mūrchāparītaḥ sahasaiva ghoṇārandhradvayena pramumoca sarvam // > right there, as some of the bile was falling, Garuḍa swooped down and caught it; / then, seized with faintness, he suddenly disgorged it all through the pair of his nostrils. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.71.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.71.7) tatrākaṭhoraśukakaṇṭhaśirīṣapuṣpakhadyotapṛṣṭhacaraśādvalaśaivalānām / kalhāraśaṣpakabhujaṅgabhujāñca patraprāptatviṣo marakatāḥ śubhadā bhavanti // > There, emeralds that have acquired the luster of tender parrots' necks, śirīṣa flowers, fireflies' backs, green pasture grass, moss, / white water-lilies, young grass, snake-skin, and leaves, are auspicious. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.71.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.71.8) tadyatra bhogīndrabhujābhiyuktaṃ papāta pittaṃ ditijādhipasya / tasyākarasyātitarāṃ sa deśo duḥ khopalabhyaśca guṇaiśca yuktaḥ // > Where that bile of the lord of the Ditis, seized by the coils of the serpent king, fell, / that region became a mine exceedingly difficult of access and endowed with virtues. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.71.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.71.9) tasminmarakatasthāne yatkiñcidupajāyate / tatsarvaṃ viṣarogāṇāṃ praśamāya prakīrtyate // > Whatever is produced in that emerald deposit / is proclaimed to be wholly effective for the pacification of poisons and diseases. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.71.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.71.10) sarvamantrau ṣadhigaṇairyanna śakyaṃ cikitsitum / mahāhidaṃṣṭrāprabhavaṃ viṣaṃ tattena śāmyati // > Whatever poison originating from the fangs of great serpents cannot be treated / by all the hosts of mantras and medicines is pacified by it. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.71.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.71.11) anyadapyākare tatra yaddoṣairupavarjitam / jāyate tatpavitrāṇāmuttamaṃ parikīrtitam // > Whatever else is produced in that mine free from faults / is declared to be the best among purifying things. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.71.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.71.12) atyantaharitavarṇaṃ komalamarcirvibhedajaṭilaṃ ca / kāñcanacūrṇasyāntaḥ pūrṇamiva lakṣyate yacca // > That which is intensely green, soft, dense with rays of diverse light, / and which appears internally filled as if with gold dust; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.71.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.71.13) yuktaṃ saṃsthānaguṇaiḥ samarāgaṃ gauraveṇa na vihīnam / savituḥ karasaṃsparśācchurayati sarvāśramaṃ dīptyā // > which is endowed with virtues of shape, of uniform color, not deficient in heaviness, / and which, at the contact of the sun's rays, suffuses the entire hermitage with luster; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.71.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.71.14) hitvā ca haritabhāvaṃ yasyāntarvinihitā bhaveddīptiḥ / aciraprabhāprabhāhatanavaśādvalasannibhā bhāti // > and in which, leaving aside the green state, an inner luster resides / that shines like fresh meadow grass struck by the flash of lightning; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.71.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.71.15) yacca manasaḥ prasādaṃ vidadhāti nirīkṣyamatimātram / nanmarakataṃ mahāgaṇamiti ratnavidāṃ manovṛttiḥ // > and that which, when beheld, brings exceeding serenity to the mind— / that emerald possesses high value: such is the opinion of connoisseurs of gems. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.71.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.71.16) varṇasyāti vibhutvādyasyāntaḥ svacchakiraṇaparidhānam / sāndrasnigdhaviśuddhaṃ komalabarhiprabhādisamakānti // > That which, by the great abundance of its color, has within it a veil of clear rays, / dense, smooth, pure, with a luster equal to the soft brilliance of a peacock's plumage and the like; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.71.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.71.17) varṇojjvalayā kāntyā sāndrākāro vibhāsayā bhāti / tadapi guṇavatsaṃjñāmāpnoti hi yādṛśī pūrvam // > and which, through its radiance endowed with bright color, appears of solid form— / that too attains the designation of 'virtuous', just as the former. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.71.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.71.18) śabalakaṭhoramalinaṃ rūkṣaṃ pāṣāṇakarkaropetam / digdhaṃ śilājatunā marakatamevaṃvidhaṃ viguṇam // > Variegated, hard, dull, dry, accompanied by stony grit, / smeared with mineral pitch—an emerald of such kind is defective. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.71.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.71.19) yatsandhiśoṣitaṃ ratnamanyanmarakatādbhavet / śreyaskāmairna taddhāryaṃ kretavyaṃ vā katañcana // > A gem that is parched at its joints, other than an emerald, / should never be worn or purchased by those who desire their own welfare. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.71.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.71.20) bhallātakī putrikā ca tadvarṇasamayogataḥ / maṇermarakatasyaite lakṣaṇīyā vijātayaḥ // > The bhallātakī and the putrikā, through the association of similar colour, > are to be recognised by experts as false substitutes of the emerald gemstone. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.71.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.71.21) kṣaumeṇa vāsasā mṛṣṭā dīptiṃ tyajati putrikā / lāghavenaiva kācasya śakyā kartuṃ vibhāvanā // > When rubbed with a linen cloth, the putrikā loses its lustre; > and glass can be identified by its lightness alone. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.71.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.71.22) kasyacidanekarūpairmarakatamanugacchato 'pi guṇavarṇaiḥ / bhallātakasyasvanāttu vaiṣamyamupaiti varṇasya // > Even if something imitates an emerald with multiple forms, virtues, and colours, > it reveals its colour's disparity from the sound of the bhallātaka. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.71.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.71.23) vajrāṇi muktāḥ santyanye ye ca keciddvijātayaḥ / teṣāṃ nāpratibaddhānāṃ bhā bhavatyūrdhvagāminī // > There are diamonds, pearls, and whatever other species \[of gems\]; > the light of these does not travel upward when they are unmounted. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.71.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.71.24) ṛjutvāccaiva keṣāñcitkathañcidupajāyate / tiryagālocyamānānāṃ sadyaścaiva praṇaśyati // > In some, it arises somehow only because of straightness; > and when viewed transversely, it immediately vanishes. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.71.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.71.25) snānācamanajapyeṣu rakṣāmantrakriyāvidhau / dadadbhirgohiraṇyāni kurvadbhiḥ sādhanāni ca // > In bathings, sipping water, recitations, in the performance of protective mantras, > when giving cattle and gold, and when performing spiritual practices; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.71.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.71.26) daivapitryātitheyeṣu gurusaṃpūjaneṣu ca / bādhyamāneṣu vividhairdeṣajātairviṣodbhavaiḥ // > in rites for the gods, ancestors, and guests, and in worship of the guru, > when afflicted by various troubles born of defects and arising from poison; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.71.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.71.27) dauṣairhenaṃ guṇairyuktaṃ kāñcanapratiyojitam / saṃgrāme vicaradbhiśca dhāryaṃ marakataṃ budhaiḥ // > and when moving about in battle, an emerald devoid of defects, endowed with virtues, > and set in gold, should be worn by the wise. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.71.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.71.28) tulayā padmarāgasya yanmūlyamupajāyate / labhate 'bhyadhikaṃ tasmādguṇairmarakataṃ yutam // > Whatever value a ruby attains by weight, > an emerald endowed with virtues obtains more than that. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.71.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.71.29) tathā ca padmarāgāṇāṃ doṣairmūlyaṃ prahīyate / tato 'syāpyadhikā hānirdeṣairmarakate bhavet // > Just as the value of rubies is diminished by defects, > so the loss in an emerald due to defects is even greater than that. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.71.29.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.71.29.p1) iti śrīgāruḍe mahāpurāṇe purvakhaṇḍe prathamāṃśākhye ācārakāṇḍa marakataparīkṣaṇaṃ nāmaikasaptatitamo 'dhyāyaḥ > Thus ends the seventy-first chapter, named 'The Examination of Emeralds', in the Ācārakāṇḍa of the first section called the Pūrvakhaṇḍa of the glorious and great Garuḍa Purāṇa. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.71.1) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.71](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.71) · Pramāṇa