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Garudapurana 1.53

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Śrī Garuḍa Mahāpurāṇa — 53
Sūta said: / Thus Brahmā spoke, having heard from Hari, about the eight treasures: / there, Padma and Mahāpadma, and also Makara and Kacchapa,

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Mukunda, Kunda, Nīla, and Śaṅkha as another treasure. / These exist when there is prosperity; I shall describe their nature.

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A person marked by Padma is born endowed with sattva, / a man whose essence is courtesy; he makes an accumulation of gold and the like

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and silver, and gives to ascetics, gods, and sacrificers. / One marked by Mahāpadma gives wealth and the like to a righteous person.

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The two treasures Padma and Mahāpadma are remembered as sattvic persons. / One marked by Makara collects swords, arrows, spears, and the like;

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he gives to the learned, and constantly enters into friendship with kings; / for the sake of wealth, he may go to destruction by an enemy, even in battle.

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Makara and Kacchapa are remembered as tamasic treasures. / One possessing Kacchapa does not trust, nor does he enjoy, nor does he give.

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He deposits a hoard in the earth; that treasure is also for one person only. / Marked by Mukunda, which is rajasic, one acquires a kingdom;

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having enjoyed pleasures, he gives to singers and among courtesans and the like. / Nandin is composed of rajas and tamas, and becomes the support of the family;

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praised, he becomes delighted, and has many wives; / he shows laxity toward former friends and forms affection with others.

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Marked by Nīla, one is endowed with sattva and brilliance; / he gathers cloth, grain, and the like, and makes ponds and the like.

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And that treasure lasts for three generations; he causes mango orchards and the like to be made. / The treasure Śaṅkha belongs to one person alone; he enjoys the end of wealth and the like himself.

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His retinue eats bad food and does not wear fine clothes; / intent on feeding himself, one possessing Śaṅkha gives in vain to other men.

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From a mixed glance, they bestow mixed nature and fruits. / The form of the treasures has thus been stated by Hari to Hara and others. / Just as Hari spoke about the repository of the world and other topics, so I shall speak.

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Thus ends the fifty-third chapter, named 'The Description of the Nine Treasures,' in the Ācārakāṇḍa of the first section called the Pūrvakhaṇḍa of the glorious and great Garuḍa Purāṇa.

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