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Shloka 7

मुक्ता-उत्पत्ति-भेदाः, मूल्य-मान-निर्णयः, शोधन-परीक्षा-लक्षणानि

Pearl Sources, Valuation, Refinement, and Identification

Devanagari script

उत्पद्यते मौक्तिकमेषु वृत्तमापीतवर्णं प्रभया विहीनम् / पाठीनपृष्ठस्य समानवर्णं मीनात्सुवृत्तं लघु चातिसूक्ष्मम्

Transliteration

utpadyate mauktikameṣu vṛttamāpītavarṇaṃ prabhayā vihīnam / pāṭhīnapṛṣṭhasya samānavarṇaṃ mīnātsuvṛttaṃ laghu cātisūkṣmam

Translation

यांत मोती उत्पन्न होतो—गोलाकार, फिकट पिवळसर व कांतिहीन। त्याचा रंग पाठीना माशाच्या पाठीसारखा असतो; माशापासूनही असे मोती—सुंदर गोल, हलके व अतिसूक्ष्म—उत्पन्न होतात.

Word by Word
उत्पद्यतेarises
उत्पद्यते:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootउत् + पद् (धातु)
Formलट् (वर्तमान), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद — “is produced”
मौक्तिकम्a pearl
मौक्तिकम्:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootमौक्तिक (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन — “a pearl”
एषुin these (sources)
एषु:
Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootएतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुं/नपुं, सप्तमी, बहुवचन; सर्वनाम — “in these”
वृत्तम्round
वृत्तम्:
Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootवृत्त (प्रातिपदिक/कृदन्त)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त — “rounded”
आपीत-वर्णम्pale-colored
आपीत-वर्णम्:
Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootआ + पी (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त) + वर्ण (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; क्तान्त + तत्पुरुष — “pale-colored”
प्रभयाwith luster
प्रभया:
Karana (Instrument/करण)
TypeNoun
Rootप्रभा (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन — “with luster”
विहीनम्devoid (of luster)
विहीनम्:
Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootवि + ही (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; क्तान्त — “devoid”
पाठीन-पृष्ठस्यof the pāṭhīna-fish’s back
पाठीन-पृष्ठस्य:
Shashthi-sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठीसम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootपाठीन (प्रातिपदिक) + पृष्ठ (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन; तत्पुरुष — “of the back of the pāṭhīna-fish”
समान-वर्णम्of similar color
समान-वर्णम्:
Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootसमान (प्रातिपदिक) + वर्ण (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्मधारय — “of similar color”
मीनात्from a fish
मीनात्:
Apadana (Source/अपादान)
TypeNoun
Rootमीन (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (अपादान), एकवचन — “from a fish”
सु-वृत्तम्well-rounded
सु-वृत्तम्:
Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootसु (उपसर्ग/अव्यय) + वृत्त (प्रातिपदिक/कृदन्त)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; उपसर्गपूर्वक क्तान्त; कर्मधारयार्थ — “well-rounded”
लघुsmall/light
लघु:
Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootलघु (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन — “light/small”
चand
च:
Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चयबोधक अव्यय (conjunction)
अति-सूक्ष्मम्very fine
अति-सूक्ष्मम्:
Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootअति (अव्यय) + सूक्ष्म (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; अव्ययीभाव — “very subtle/very fine”
Speaker

Lord Vishnu (in dialogue with Garuda/Vinatā-putra)

Philosophical Teaching

Concept: Lakṣaṇa-śāstra approach: defining an object by form, color, luster, size, and source.

Vedantic Theme: Nāma-rūpa classification within vyavahāra (conventional reality); discernment (viveka) in the phenomenal domain.

Application: When assessing pearls, note roundness, hue, luster, and size; recognize that not all pearls are equally radiant or valuable.

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: adbhuta

Secondary Rasa: shanta

Geographic Context

Type: marine/aquatic setting

Cross References

Related Themes: Garuda Purana 1.69 (continued mauktika-lakṣaṇa and prabhava)

Characters & Entities
V
Vishnu
G
Garuda
M
Mīna (fish)

FAQs

This verse records a Purāṇic natural-history account: pearls are described by origin (from aquatic beings/fish) and by diagnostic qualities (roundness, colour, lustre), reflecting traditional classifications used in ritual and cultural valuation.

It does not address the soul’s journey here; instead, it shifts to descriptive lore about material substances (pearls) and their observable traits within the chapter’s broader cataloguing style.

Use it as a traditional checklist for identifying pearl qualities (shape, colour, lustre) and as a reminder that Purāṇas preserve both spiritual teaching and inherited observations about the natural world.

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