Garudapurana 1.78
English (machine translation) 1.78
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1.78.1
The glorious Garuḍa Mahāpurāṇa — 78
Sūta said: / Taking [the eyes of] the dānava as desired, Agni / threw [some] into the Narmadā, and a portion into lowlands and other places.
1.78.2
There, taking on the hue of an indragopa insect or the colour of a parrot's beak, in form clear and equal in size to a pīlu fruit, / produced in various ways, is the gem known as rudhirākṣa, arising entirely uniform from him.
1.78.3
That which is pale in the middle like the moon, of exceedingly pure colour, and has a layer resembling a sapphire, in weight, / is said to grant sovereignty and servants at that very time; when mature, it is said to have the colour of Indra's thunderbolt.
1.78.3.p1
Thus ends the seventy-eighth chapter, entitled “Examination of the Rudhirākṣa Gem,” in the section on conduct, the first division of the first section of the glorious and great Garuḍa Purāṇa.
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- Garuḍapurāṇa — Vyāsa, Sanskrit