A 27-2 Mahābhārata
Manuscript culture infobox
Filmed in: A 27/2
Title: Mahābhārata
Dimensions: 43 x 4.5 cm x 69 folios
Material: palm-leaf
Condition:
Scripts: Newari
Languages: Sanskrit
Subjects: Mahābhārata
Date: NS 173
Acc No.: NAK 1/1321
Remarks: Anuśāsanaparvan
Reel No. A 27-2
Inventory No. 31398
Title Mahābhārata; Anuśāsanaparvan; Dānadharma
Author Vyāsa
Subject Mahābhārata
Language Sanskrit
Manuscript Details
Script Newari
Material palm-leaf
State complete
Size 43.0 x 4.5 cm
Binding Hole 2
Folios 69
Lines per Folio 5
Foliation figures and letters combined in the middle of the left-hand margin of the verso
Date of Copying NS 173
Place of Deposit NAK
Accession No. 1/ 1321
Manuscript Features
The writing on a few fols. is partly rubbed off.
On fol. 38r a conch has been drawn in the left-hand margin.
Excerpts
Beginning
❖ oṁ namo bhagavat⟪o⟫e vāsudevāya ||
janamejaya uvāca ||
nārāyaṇasya māhā〇tmyam avatārañ ca karma ca |
śrutaṃ manaḥsukham vipra idan dharmaṃ praśāsatu ||
vaiśampāya〇na u ||
prapitāmahas tu te rājan pṛcchati sma janārddanaṃ |
teneva svayam ākhyātaṃ kathayiṣyāmi tac chṛṇu ||
śūlapāṇin namaskṛtvā cakrapāṇiñ ca keśavaṃ | 〇
padmayonin tathā devaṃ dharmam vakṣyāmi vaiṣṇavaṃ ||
pañcamenāsvamedhena yadāsnāto yudhi〇ṣṭhiraḥ |
tadā nārāyaṇān devaṃ prasnam etam apṛcchataḥ (!) ||
yudhiṣṭhira u ||
bhagavan vaiṣṇavā dharmāḥ kiṃphalā kimparāyaṇāḥ |
kindharmam adhikṛtvā vā bhavatotpā〇ditāḥ purā ||
yadi te ham anugrāhyaḥ priyo vā madhusūdanaḥ |
śrotavyo yadi vā kṛ〇ṣṇa tan me kathaya tatvataḥ ||
bhagavān u ||
kathayāmi mahārāja yadi kautūhalaṃ hite |
pāvanāḥ kila te dharmāḥ savapāpapraśāsanāḥ (!) ||
(fol. 1v1–4)
End
bhūyo bhūyaḥ prayatnena sarvadharmāṃs tu māmakān |
śṛṇvataḥ paṭhataś caiva kalmaṣāpaham uttamaṃ ||
vaiśaṃpā u ||
gobrāhmaṇahitārthāya cāturvarṇṇahitāya ca |
aśiṣtanigrahārthāya śiṣṭānāṃ rakṣaṇāya ca ||
yudhi〇ṣṭhirasya rājarṣe evaṃ nārāyaṇo bravīt |
pañca rūpāṇi rājāno dhārayaṃty amitau〇jasaḥ ||
agner indrasya somasya yamasya dhanadasya ca |
tan na hiṃsena cākrośen nākṣipen nāpriyam vadet ||
devā mānuṣarūpeṇa taranti vasudhātal(e) 〇
indrāt teja[[ḥ]]saumyatā somarūpāt jvalanāt pratāpaṃ
homaṃ yamād vaiśravaṇāc ca vittaṃ |
satyāśvinī bhīmajanārddanābhyāṃm (!)
ādāya rājñaḥ kriyate śarīraṃ ||
na cāpi rājā mantavyo mānuṣo yam iti prabhuḥ |
sa bhaved devatā hy eṣā 〇 nararūpeṇa tiṣṭhati ||
svayam indro nṛpo bhūtvā pṛthivīm anuśāṣati |
mahīṃ pālayituṃ śakto mānuṣaḥ pṛthivīpathiḥ |
yat prajāpālane puṇyaṃ prāpnuvaṃtīha pārthivāḥ |
na tat kratusahasreṇa prāpnuvaṃti dvijātayar (!) iti || ❁ ||
(fol. 69r1–5)
Colophon
mahābhārate śatasāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ dānadharmeṣu vaiṣṇave dharmaśāstre pañcadaśa〇mo ʼdhyāyaḥ parisamāptaḥ || ❁ || samvat a cū 3 || ○ ||
(fol. 69r5)
Microfilm Details
Reel No. A 27/2
Date of Filming 07-09-1970
Exposures 74
Used Copy Berlin
Type of Film negative
Catalogued by OH
Date 15-04-2005
