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caturdhā nīlamākhyātaṃ varṇabhedena sūribhiḥ / (1.1) Par.?

utpattirvividhā tasya tvākare daivayogataḥ // (1.2) Par.?

śvetanīlaṃ pītanīlaṃ raktanīlam athāpi vā / (2.1) Par.?

kṛṣṇanīlaṃ tathā jñeyaṃ brāhmaṇādikrameṇa ca // (2.2) Par.?

siṃhale ca kaliṅge ca nīlānāmākaraṃ viduḥ / (3.1) Par.?

uttamaṃ siṃhalodbhūtaṃ madhyamaṃ ca kaliṅgajam // (3.2) Par.?

nīlasya ṣaḍvidhā doṣā guṇāḥ pañcavidhāstathā / (4.1) Par.?

śūdrakaṃ pāṭalacchāyaṃ karkarābhāsachidrakam // (4.2) Par.?

mūlyaṃ ṣoḍaśakaṃ proktaṃ chāyābhadraguṇairbhavet / (5.1) Par.?

mṛdupāṣāṇaraupyaṃ ca mahānīlaśca dūṣaṇam // (5.2) Par.?

śūdrake ca daridratvaṃ pāṭale śatruvigrahaḥ / (6.1) Par.?

chāyayā kāntihāniśca paiśunyaṃ triṣu jāyate // (6.2) Par.?

deśatyāgaṃ daridratvaṃ karkarāyāḥ phalaṃ mahat / (7.1) Par.?

tryaśraṃ śatrubhayaṃ datte citrakṛṣṇaṃ vinirdiśet // (7.2) Par.?

evaṃ bahuvidhā doṣāstyājyā ratnasya sūribhiḥ / (8.1) Par.?

guṇāṃścaiṣāṃ pravakṣyāmi yathādṛṣṭaṃ purātanaiḥ // (8.2) Par.?

guruḥ snigdhaśca varṇāḍhyaḥ pārśvavartyabhirañjanaḥ / (9.1) Par.?

indranīlaḥ samākhyātaḥ caturbhiśca mahāguṇaiḥ // (9.2) Par.?

chāyāṃ caiṣāṃ pravakṣyāmi yathāpyuktā purātanaiḥ / (10.1) Par.?

caturjātivibhāgena uttamādhamamadhyamāḥ // (10.2) Par.?

nīlā ca śukakaṇṭhābhā atasīkusumaprabhā / (11.1) Par.?

kokilākaṇṭhasaṅkāśā barhikaṇṭhasamaprabhā // (11.2) Par.?

kākapakṣasamā kāntirvividhā tasya dṛśyate / (12.1) Par.?

doṣahīne guṇāḍhye ca uttamākarasambhave // (12.2) Par.?

nīlamūlyaṃ pravakṣyāmi maṇer matyanusārataḥ / (13.1) Par.?

yanmūlyaṃ padmarāgasya saguṇasya prakīrtitam // (13.2) Par.?

tanmūlyaṃ śakranīlasya munibhiḥ parikīrtitam / (14.1) Par.?

payomadhye kṣipennīlaṃ sunīlaṃ tatpayo bhavet // (14.2) Par.?

indranīlaḥ sa vijñeyo ratnaśāstraviśāradaiḥ / (15.1) Par.?

etadguṇaviśiṣṭo yo lokānāṃ hitakārakaḥ / (15.2) Par.?

parīkṣā śakranīlasya sūribhiḥ kīrtitā // (15.3) Par.?