A 28-4 Mahābhārata
Manuscript culture infobox
Filmed in: A 28/4
Title: Mahābhārata
Dimensions: 58.5 x 6 cm x 95 folios
Material: palm-leaf
Condition:
Scripts: Newari
Languages: Sanskrit
Subjects: Mahābhārata
Date:
Acc No.: NAK 1/1635
Remarks: Sabhāparvan
Reel No. A 28-4
Inventory No. 31163
Title Mahābhārata; Sabhāparva
Author Vyāsa
Subject Mahābhārata
Language Sanskrit
Manuscript Details
Script Newari
Material palm-leaf
State almost complete
Size 58.5 x 6.0 cm
Binding Hole 2
Folios 93+11
Lines per Folio 5–6
Foliation characters in the middle of the left-hand margin and figures in the middle of the right-hand margin of the verso
Place of Deposit NAK
Accession No. 1/1635
Manuscript Features
The last fol. is missing. There is a portion of free space left in the centre of a number of fols., probably intended for illustration.
There are 11 additional fols. appended to this MS, constituting a fragment of another MS of the Sabhāparvan, written in Maithili script. Most of these fols. are damaged.
Excerpts
Beginning
❖ oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya ||
nārāyaṇaṃ namaskṛtya narañ caiva narottamaṃ |
devīṃ sarasvatīṃ cai[[va]] tata[[o]] 〇 jayam udīrayet ||
vaiśampāyana uvāca 〇 ||
tato bravīt mayaḥ prātha (!) vāsudevasya sannidhau |
prāñjaliḥ ślakṣṇayā [[vācā]] pūjayitvā punaḥ punaḥ ||
asmāc ca kṛṣṇāt saṃkruddhāt pāvakāc ca didhakṣataḥ |
tvayā trā[[to]] smi konteya (!) brūhi kiṅ karavāṇi 〇 te ||
arjjuna u ||
kṛtam eva tvayā sarvvaṃ 〇 yuktam āttha mahāsura |
prītimā[n] bhava me nityaṃ prītimanto vayañ ca te ||
naya (!) u ||
yuktam etat tvayi vibho yathāttham (!) puruṣarṣabha |
prītipūrvvam ahaṅ kiñcit karttum icchāmi bhārata ||
ahaṃ hi 〇 viśvakarmmā vai dānavānāṃ mahākavi〇ḥ |
tad ahaṃ tvatkṛte kiñcit pārtha kuryāṃ mahat priyaṃ ||
arjjuna u ||
prāṇakṛcchrād vimuktaṃ tvam ātmānaṃm (!) manyase maya |
evaṅ gate na śakṣyāmi kiñcit kārayituṃ tvayā ||
na cāpi tvayi saṃkalpa〇lpa (!) moghām iṣyāmi (!) kāśyapa |
kṛ〇ṣṇasya kriyatāṃ kiñcit tathā pratikṛtaṃ mayi ||
(fol. 1v1–4)
End
duryyodhanasyāgnihotre prākrośan bhairavaṃ śi〇vā (!) |
tās tadā pratyabhāṣata rāsabhāḥ sarvvato diśaṃ |
pratiṣṭhata (!) tato bhīṣmo droṇena saha sañjaya |
kṛpaṃś ca somadattaś ca bāhlīkaś ca mahātmanāḥ |
tato ham abruvan tattra vidureṇābhi coditaḥ |
varan dadāti kṛṣṇāyai kākṣitaṃ (!) yad yad icchati |
pāñcālī sā vṛṇot tattra pāṇḍavān amitojasaḥ |
sa〇rathān sadhanuṣkāś cāpy †anvaś cāsiṣam akṣahaṃ† |
athābravīn mahāprajño viduraḥ sarvvadharmmavit |
eta〇datās (!) tha (!) bharatā yad vaḥ kṛṣṇā sabhāṅ gatā |
yeṣā (!) pāñcālarājasya suteṣā (!) śrīr anuttāmāṃ (!)
pāñcālī (ne) hitān etāṃ devaḥ kṛṣṇopasarppati (!) |
ganthārthāḥ parikleśaṃ na kṣasyaty (!) amarṣaṇāḥ |
vṛ〇ṣṇayo vā maheṣvāsāḥ pāñcāli vāmitojasaḥ |
tena satyābhisatvena vāsudevena rakṣitāḥ |
āga〇miṣyan vinītijñāḥ pāñcāle (!) cābhirakṣitāḥ |
teṣāṃ madhye maheṣvāso bhīmaseno mahābalaḥ
ā
(fol. 93v3–5)
Microfilm Details
Reel No. A 28/4
Date of Filming 09-09-1970
Exposures 114
Used Copy Berlin
Type of Film negative
Remarks a few fols. have been micro-filmed twice
Catalogued by OH
Date 24-05-2005
