[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Purāṇas](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana) › [Garuḍapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda) › [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt) › 1.78 # Garudapurana 1.78 English (machine translation) 1.78 - **Language:** English ## Contents - [1.78.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.78.3) — 1 part ### [1.78.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.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](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.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](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.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](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.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. ## Linked texts (1) - [Garuḍapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.78.1) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.78](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.78) · Pramāṇa