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[1.72.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.72.2) tatpratyayādubhayaśobhanavīcibhāsā vistāriṇī jalanidherupakacchabhūmiḥ / prodbhinnaketakavanapratibaddhalekhāsāndrendranīlamaṇiratnavatī vibhāti // > From that cause, the extensive shore-land of the ocean, having the lustre of waves of twofold splendour > and bordered by fringes of blooming ketaka groves, shines forth, possessing dense sapphire gemstones. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.72.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.72.3) tatrāsitābjahalabhṛdvasanāsibhṛṅgaśārṅgāyudhāṅgaharakaṇṭhakaṣāyapuṣpaiḥ / śuṣketaraiśca kusumairgirikarṇikāyāstasmādbhavanti maṇayaḥ sadṛśāvabhāsaḥ // > There, gems resembling the hue of blue lotuses, Balarāma's garment, a sword, a bee, Śārṅga-bearer's body, the brown mark on Hara's throat, > and fresh flowers of the girikarṇikā plant, are produced. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.72.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.72.4) anye prasannapayasaḥ payasāṃ nidhāturambutviṣaḥ śikhigaṇapratimāstathānye / nīlīrasaprabhavabudvudabhāśca kecitkecittathā samadakokilakaṇṭhabhāsaḥ // > Others possess the brilliance of the clear waters of the ocean, others resemble \[the necks of\] peacocks, > some have the lustre of bubbles produced in indigo juice, and some have the lustre of the neck of an impassioned cuckoo. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.72.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.72.5) ekaprakārā vispaṣṭavarṇaśobhāvabhāsinaḥ / jāyante maṇayastasminnindranīlā mahāguṇāḥ // > Possessing a uniform nature and shining with clearly distinct beauty of colour, > sapphires of great virtue are produced there. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.72.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.72.6) mṛtpāṣāṇaśilārandhrakarkarātrāsasaṃyutāḥ / abhrikāpaṭalacchāyāvarṇadoṣaiśca dūṣitāḥ // > Some are accompanied by clay, stone, cavities, gravel, and flaws of internal fracture, > and spoiled by mica flakes, clouds, and defects of colour. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.72.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.72.7) tata eva hi jāyante maṇayastatra bhūrayaḥ / sāstrasambodhitadhiyastānpraśaṃsanti sūrayaḥ // > Abundant gems are indeed born right there; > the wise whose intellects are enlightened by the treatises praise them. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.72.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.72.8) dhāryamāṇasya ye dṛṣṭā padmarāgamaṇerguṇāḥ / dhāraṇādindranīlasya tānevāpnoti mānavaḥ // > Whatever virtues are observed in wearing a ruby gemstone, > a human being obtains those very same from wearing a sapphire. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.72.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.72.9) yathā ca padmarāgāṇāṃ jātakatritayaṃ bhavet / indra nīleṣvapi tathā draṣṭavyamaviśeṣataḥ // > And just as there is a threefold classification of rubies, > it should be observed without difference among sapphires as well. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.72.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.72.10) parīkṣāpratyayairyaiśca padmarāgaḥ parīkṣyate / ta eva pratyayā dṛṣṭā indranīlamaṇerapi // > And by whatever tests a ruby is tested, > those very same tests are observed for the sapphire gemstone as well. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.72.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.72.11) yāvantaṃ ca kramedagniṃ padmarāgopayogataḥ / indranīlamaṇistasmātkrameta sumahattaram // > To whatever extent a ruby withstands fire when put to use, > a sapphire gemstone can withstand a far greater \[extent\] than that. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.72.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.72.12) tathāpi na parīkṣārthaṃ guṇānāmabhi (ti) vṛddhaye / maṇiragnau samādheyaḥ kathañcidapi kaścana // > Even so, not for the purpose of testing, nor for the increase of qualities, > should any gem be placed in fire in any way whatsoever. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.72.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.72.13) agnimātrāparijñāne dāhadoṣaiśca dūpitaḥ / so 'narthāya bhavedbhartuḥ kartuḥ kārayitustathā // > If the measure of fire is not properly known and it is spoiled by the defect of burning, > it brings ruin to the owner, to the maker, and likewise to the commissioner. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.72.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.72.14) kācotpalakaravīrasphaṭikādyā iha budhaiḥ savaidūryāḥ / kathitā vijātaya ime sadṛśā maṇinendranīlena // > Glass, blue water lily, karavīra, quartz, and so forth, along with cat's-eye, > are stated here by the wise to be false substitutes resembling the sapphire gemstone. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.72.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.72.15) gurubhāvakaṭhinabhāvāveteṣāṃ nityameva vijñeyau / kācādyathāvaduttaravivardhamānau viśeṣeṇa // > The heaviness and hardness of these should always be known > as increasing successively in order, beginning particularly from glass. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.72.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.72.16) indranīlo yathā kaścidvibhartyātāmravarṇatām / rakṣaṇayau tathā tāmrau karavīrotpalāvubhau // > Just as a certain sapphire bears a coppery hue, > so both the karavīra and utpala gems are to be observed as coppery. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.72.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.72.17) yasya madhyagatā bhāti nīlasyendrāyudhaprabhā / tamindranīlamityāhurmahārhaṃ bhuvi durlabham // > That in whose centre the brilliance of a rainbow shines amidst the blue > they call an indranīla, exceedingly precious and rare on earth. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.72.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.72.18) yasya varṇasya bhūyastvātkṣīre śataguṇe sthitaḥ / nīlatāṃ tannayetsarvaṃ mahānīlaḥ sa ucyate // > That which, placed in milk a hundred times its quantity, makes it all turn blue > because of the abundance of its colour, is called a mahānīla. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.72.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.72.19) yatpadmarāgasya mahāguṇasya mūlyaṃ bhavenmāṣasamunmitasya / tadindranīlasya mahāguṇasya suvarṇa saṃkhyātu litasya mūlyam // > Whatever is the price of an excellent ruby weighing a māṣa, > that is the price of an excellent sapphire weighed against a suvarṇa. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.72.19.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.72.19.p1) iti śrīgāruḍe mahāpurāṇe pūrvakhaṇḍe prathamāṃśākhye ācārakāṇḍe indranīlaparīkṣaṇaṃ nāma dvisaptatitamo 'dhyāyaḥ > Thus ends the seventy-second chapter, named 'The Examination of Sapphires', 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.1.72.1) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.72](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.72) · Pramāṇa