SB 10.56.11
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
TEXT 11
dine dine svarṇa-bhārān
aṣṭau sa sṛjati prabho
durbhikṣa-māry-ariṣṭāni
sarpādhi-vyādhayo 'śubhāḥ
na santi māyinas tatra
yatrāste 'bhyarcito maṇiḥ
SYNONYMS
dine dine—day after day; svarṇa—of gold; bhārān—bhāras (a measure of weight); aṣṭau—eight; saḥ—it; sṛjati—would produce; prabho—O master (Parīkṣit Mahārāja); durbhikṣa—famine; māri—untimely deaths; ariṣṭāni—catastrophes; sarpa—snake (bites); ādhi—mental disorders; vyādhayaḥ—diseases; aśubhāḥ—inauspicious; na santi—there are none; māyinaḥ—cheaters; tatra—there; yatra—where; āste—it is present; abhyarcitaḥ—properly worshiped; maṇiḥ—the gem.
TRANSLATION
Each day the gem would produce eight bhāras of gold, my dear Prabhu, and the place in which it was kept and properly worshiped would be free of calamities such as famine or untimely death, and also of evils like snake bites, mental and physical disorders and the presence of deceitful persons.
PURPORT
Śrīla Śrīdhara Svāmī gives the following śāstric reference concerning the bhāra:
- caturbhir vrīhibhir guñjāṁ
- guñjāḥ pañca paṇaṁ paṇān
- aṣṭau dharaṇam aṣṭau ca
- karṣaṁ tāṁś caturaḥ palam
- tulāṁ pala-śataṁ prāhur
- bhāraḥ syād viṁśatis tulāḥ
"Four rice grains are called one guñjā; five guñjās, one paṇa; eight paṇas, one karṣa; four karṣas, one pala; and one hundred palas, one tulā. Twenty tulās make up one bhāra." Since there are about 3,700 grains of rice in an ounce, the Syamantaka jewel was producing approximately 170 pounds of gold every day.