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Cloud Pearl
Sri Garuda Puranam, Chapter LXIX (69)
-"Suta said... A cloud-grown pearl rarely reaches this mortal globe, and usually
falls to the lot of the celestials. By illuminating the four quarters of
the sky with its native lustre, a cloud-begotten pearl, like the sun dispels the
gloom of a cloudy day. Outshining the combined effulgence of the fire, the
moon, and the myriads of scintillating stars, such a pearl, like the dawn of
day, can dispel the gloom of even the darkest night on earth. The whole
earth, girdled by the four oceans containing innumerable gems in the fathomless
depths, can not be deemed as the adequate price of such a pearl, even if she be
covered over with layers of pure gold. A man, born in indigence and of
humble parents, but happening to be the possessor of such a pearl, only through
the transformation of a good deed done in a previous existence, is sure to be
the paramount sovereign of the entire surface of the Earth. Not to the
good deeds of the king alone, but to the better fortune of the whole humanity,
should be ascribed the advent of such a man on earth, and no evil would ever
strike the land to the extent of a thousand Yojanas (a Yojana is about 8 to 9
miles) round the place of his birth."
"They
say that pearl is produced in the clouds of the seventh layer of wind in the sky
in the manner of hail-stones. It falls there with the brilliance of
lightning and is taken away (before it reaches the earth) by the denizens of
heaven. "
About Cloud Pearls from the Garuda Purana
"Cloud pearls, being naturally effulgent like the sun,
illuminate the sky in all directions and dispel the darkness of cloudy days
Glowing brighter than the combined light of the moon, the twinkling stars, and
fire, a cloud-born pearl dissipates even the darkest night exactly like the
sunrise. A cloud pearl is so priceless that the entire earth, with her oceans
filled with countless jewels and covered in layers of gold, would not be equal
in value. Cloud pearls rarely reach this earthly world, because they are usually
taken away by the demigods.
"Even a low born man would become
supreme ruler of the entire world if, as result of some past pious actions, he
were to come into possession of such a pearl. The appearance of such a man on
earth who obtained a cloud pearl during his lifetime would bring good fortune
not only to himself, but to the entire human race as well. No form of evil could
even touch the land within an 8,000 mile radius of his birthplace."
THE "OTHER" PEARLS
By Richard S. Brown, Gemologist
(G.I.A.)
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