dine dine svarṇa-bhārān
aṣṭau sa sṛjati prabho
durbhikṣa-māry-ariṣṭāni
sarpādhi-vyādhayo 'śubhāḥ
na santi māyinas tatra
yatrāste 'bhyarcito maṇiḥ
dine dine -- day after day; svarna -- of gold; bharan -- bharas (a measure of weight); ashtau -- eight; sah -- it; srijati -- would produce; prabho -- O master (Parikshit Maharaja); durbhiksha -- famine; mari -- untimely deaths; arishtani -- catastrophes; sarpa -- snake (bites); adhi -- mental disorders; vyadhayah -- diseases; asubhah -- inauspicious; na santi -- there are none; mayinah -- cheaters; tatra -- there; yatra -- where; aste -- it is present; abhyarcitah -- properly worshiped; manih -- the gem.
Each day the gem would produce eight bharas 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.
Srila Sridhara Svami gives the following sastric reference concerning the bhara:
caturbhir vrihibhir gunjam
gunjah panca panam panan
ashtau dharanam ashtau ca
karsham tams caturah palam
tulam pala-satam prahur
bharah syad vimsatis tulah
"Four rice grains are called one gunja; five gunjas, one pana; eight panas, one karsha; four karshas, one pala; and one hundred palas, one tula. Twenty tulas make up one bhara." Since there are about 3,700 grains of rice in an ounce, the Syamantaka jewel was producing approximately 170 pounds of gold every day.
