A 28-2 Mahābhārata
Manuscript culture infobox
Filmed in: A 28/2
Title: Mahābhārata
Dimensions: 68 x 6 cm x 264 folios
Material: palm-leaf
Condition: damaged
Scripts: Bengali
Languages: Sanskrit
Subjects: Mahābhārata
Date: ŚS 1466
Acc No.: NAK 5/844
Remarks: Śāntiparvan/Anuśāsanaparvan
Reel No. A 28-2
Inventory No. 31361
Title Mahābhārata; Anuśāsanaparvan
Author Vyāsa
Subject Mahābhārata
Language Sanskrit
Manuscript Details
Script Maithili
Material palm-leaf
State almost complete, slightly damaged
Size 68.0 x 6.0 cm
Binding Hole 2
Folios 262
Lines per Folio 5
Foliation figures in the middle of the right-hand margin of the verso
Date of Copying ŚS 1466
Place of Deposit NAK
Accession No. 5/844
Manuscript Features
Many fols. are worm-eaten to various degrees. A few fols. are out of order. Fols. 99 and 131 are missing.
At places, faded akṣaras have been written over by a later hand.
Exposure 2 shows an additional cover-leaf, exps. 29–30 an extra blank fol.
Excerpts
Beginning
❖ oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya ||
nārāyaṇan namaskṛtya narañ caiva narottamaṃ |
devīṃ sarasva〇tīñ caiva tato jayam udīrayet ||
yudhiṣṭhira uvāca |
samo bahuvidhākāraḥ sūkṣma uktaḥ pitāmaha⟪ḥ⟫ |
na ca me hṛdaye śāntir asti kṛtvedam īdṛśaṃ |
asminn arthe bahu⁅vidhā⁆ ++++++++
svakṛte kā nu śāntiḥ syāc chamād bahuvidhād api |
śarācitaśarīraṃ hi tīvravraṇam udīkṣya 〇 ca |
śarmma nopalabhe vīra duṣkṛtāny eva cintayan |
rudhireṇāvasiktāṅgam prasravantaṃ yathācalaṃ |
tvān dṛ〇ṣṭvā puruṣavyāghra sīde varṣāsv ivāmbujaṃ |
tataḥ kaṣṭataraṃ kiṃ nu matkṛte yat pitāmahaḥ |
im⁅ā⁆m avasthāṃ gamitaḥ pratyamitrai raṇājire |
tathā cānye nṛpatayaḥ sahaputrās sabāndhavā〇ḥ |
matkṛte nidhanaṃ prāptāḥ kin nu kaṣṭataraṃ tataḥ |
vayaṃ hi dhārttarāṣṭrāś ca kā⟪la⟫[[ma]]manyuvaśaṅ gatāḥ |
kṛtvedaṃ ni〇nditaṃ karmma prāpsyāmaḥ kāṅ gatin nṛpa |
(fol. 1v1–3)
End
vasur eṣa mahātejāḥ śāpadoṣeṇa śobhane
mānuṣatvam anuprāpto nai〇naṃ śocitum arhasi |
sa eṣa kṣatradharmmeṇa yudhyamāno raṇājire |
dhanaṃjayena nihato naiṣa devi śikhaṇḍinā |
bhīṣmaṃ hi kuruśārdūlam udyateṣuṃ mahāraṇe |
na śakta(ḥ) saṃyuge haṃtuṃ sākṣād api śata〇⟪..⟫kratuḥ |
svachandas (!) tava suto gataḥ svargaṃ śubhānane |
na śaktā vinihaṃtuṃ hi raṇe taṃ sarvadevatāḥ |
tasmān mā tvaṃ sari[[t]]śre〇ṣṭhe śocasva kurunandanaṃ |
vasur eṣa gato devi ⟪..⟫ putras te vijvaro bhava |
ity uktā sā tu kṛṣṇena (exp. 275) vyāsena ca saridvarā |
tyaktvā śokaṃ manyuruja[[ḥ]] svaṃ vāryy avatatāra ha |
sa[[t]]kṛtya te tāṃ saritaṃ tataḥ 〇 kṛṣṇamukhā nṛpa |
anujātās (!) tayā sarve nyavarttanta janādhipāḥ ||
śāntiparva mahārāja śravaṇaṃ kriyate sadā |
ya i〇daṃ paṭhati parva śṛnuyād vāpi nityaśa (!) |
sa mucyate mahāpāpaiḥ kṛtair ghoraiś ca śca (!) karmmabhiḥ |
śāntiparvaṇi viprebhyo bhoja[[naṃ]] paramārcitaṃ |
pūjayed vācakaṃ śrutvā sarvapāpaiḥ pramucyate || |
(exp. 274 below 5 – 275 line 2)
Colophon
iti 〇 śrīmahābhārate śrutasāhasyāṃ (!) śāntiparvaṇi uttamānuśāśane dānadharmmaḥ samāptaḥ || || || 〇 śakanarapater atītābdāḥ || 1466 || śubham astu || śrīharaye namaḥ || śrīḥ ||
(exp. 275 line 2)
Microfilm Details
Reel No. A 28/2
Date of Filming 08-09-1970
Exposures 276
Used Copy Berlin
Type of Film negative
Remarks a few fols. have been micro-filmed twice
Catalogued by OH
Date 19-05-2005
