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# Garudapurana 1.77.4

Garuḍapurāṇa 1.77.4

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [1.77.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.77.4)

kākā (ka.)śvarāsabhasṛgālavṛkograrūpairgṛdhraiḥ samāṃsarudhirārdramukhairupetāḥ /  
mṛtyupradāśca viduṣā parivarjanīyā mūlyaṃ palasya kathitaṃ ca śatāni pañca //

> Those \[gems\] having fierce shapes resembling crows, dogs, donkeys, jackals, or wolves, or vultures with mouths moist with flesh and blood, / bring death and should be avoided by the wise; the price of one pala is said to be five hundred \[coins\].  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.77.4.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.77.4.p1)

iti śrīgāruḍe mahāpurāṇe pūrvakhaṇḍe prathamāṃśākhye ācārakāṇḍe pulakaparīkṣaṇaṃ nāma saptasaptatitamo 'dhyāyaḥ

> Thus ends the seventy-seventh chapter, entitled “Examination of Pulaka Gems,” in the section on conduct, the first division of the first section 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.1.77.4) — English, machine translation

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