B 18-19 Mahābhārata
Manuscript culture infobox
Filmed in: B 18/19
Title: Mahābhārata
Dimensions: 37.5 x 5 cm x 394 folios
Material: palm-leaf
Condition:
Scripts: Maithili
Languages: Sanskrit
Subjects: Mahābhārata
Date:
Acc No.: NAK 1/1001
Remarks: Śāntiparvan
Reel No. B 18-19
Title: Mahābhārata
Remarks: Śāntiparvan
Subject: Mahābhārata
Language: Sanskrit
Manuscript Details
Script: Maithili
Material: palm-leaf
State: almost complete, damaged
Size: 37.5 x 5.0 cm
Binding Hole: 1
Folios: 380
Lines per Folio: 4-5
Foliation: figures in the left margin of the verso
Date of Copying:
Place of Deposit: NAK
Accession No.: 1-1001
Manuscript Features
In the beginning and in the end of the manuscript a number of folios are broken, the others are in a good state. The manuscript is at least almost complete: the last, fragmentary leaves contain a table of contents.
The last twenty folios are damaged and in disorder.
There are frequently marginal remarks.
Excerpts
Beginning
oṃ namaḥ śrīkṛṣṇāya ||
nārāyaṇaṃ namaskṛtya narañ caiva narottamam |
devīṃ sarasvatīñ caiva tato jayam udīrayet ||
vaiśampāyana uvāca ||
kṛtodakās<ref >in the margin: babhūvur iti śeṣaḥ </ref> te suhṛdāṃ
sarvveṣāṃ<ref >in the margin: illegible </ref> pāṇḍunandanāḥ ||
viduro dhṛtarāṣṭraś ca sarvvāś ca bharatastriyaḥ |
tatra te sumahātmāno nyavasan pāṇḍunandanāḥ |
śaucaṃ nirvvarttayiṣyanto māsamātraṃ bahiḥ purāt<ref >in the margin: śurāḥ</ref> |
kṛtodakaṃ tu rājānaṃ dharmma⁅pu⁆traṃ yudhiṣṭhiraṃ |
abhijagmur mmahātmānaḥ siddhā brahmarṣisattamāḥ |
dvaipāyano naradaś ca devalaś ca mahān ṛṣiḥ |
devasthānaś ca kaṇvaś ca teṣāṃ śiṣyāś ca sattamāḥ |
anye ca +++++ ++++ dvijātayaḥ |
gṛhasthāḥ snātakāḥ santo dadṛśuḥ kurusattamam |
te bhigamya mahātmānaḥ pūjitāś ca yathāvidhi |
āsaneṣu mahārheṣu vi++ + ++++
++++ tataḥ pūjāṃ tatkālasadṛśīn tadā |
paryyupāsan yathānyāyaṃ parivaryya yudhiṣṭhiraṃ |
puṇye bhāgīrathītīre śokavyākulacetasaṃ⟪ḥ⟫ | (fol. 1v1-5)
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«Sub-Colophons»
iti śrīmahābhārate śāntiparvvaṇi rājadharmme karṇṇābhijñāne || || (fol. 4r2)
iti mahābhārate śāntiparvaṇi rājadharmme karṇṇābhiśāpaḥ || || (fol. 5v4)
... ...
iti śrīmahābhārate śāntiparvvaṇi rājadharmme kṛtaghnopākhyāne || || (exp. 374a4)
«Excerpt:»
japan vedā[[n]] japaṃś cāpi rājan samaḥ śūdrair dāsavac cāpi bhojyaḥ<ref >in the margin: (na śuktyā)(?)</ref> ||
ete [[sarvve]] śūdrasamā bhavanti rājann etān varjjayed devakṛtye |
nirmmaryyāde [[...]] śucau krūravṛttau hiṃsātmake tyaktadharmmasvavṛtte |
kavyaṃ havyaṃ yāni<ref >in the margin: dhātrā</ref> cānyāni rājan deyā[[ny adeyā]]ni bhavanti cāsmai |
tasmād dharmmo vihito brāhmaṇasya damaḥ śaucam ā[[rja]]vaṃñ(!) cāpi rājaṇ |
tathā viprasyāśramāḥ sarvva eva purā rājan brāhmaṇā vai nisṛṣṭāḥ<ref >in the margin: dattāḥ</ref> |
yaḥ syād dāntaṃ(!) somapaś cāryaśīlaḥ sānukrośaḥ sa[[rvvasa]]ho nirāśīḥ |
ṛjur mmṛ[[du]]r anṛśaṃsaḥ kṣamāvān sa vai vipro netaraḥ pāpakarmmā |
śūdraṃ vaiśyaṃ rājaputraṃ [[ca]] rā[[ja]]⟪n⟫ṃl lokāṇ ⟪....⟫ sarvve saṃśritā dharmmakāmāḥ |
tasmād varṇṇāñ jātidharmmaiś ca tya<ref >in the margin: na jātidharmmeṣu sa°</ref>ktān matvā viṣṇur nnecchate pāṇḍuputra | (fol. 136v1-4) (exp. 138)
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End
bahvalīko manasvī ca lubdho tyarthaṃ nṛśaṃsakṛt |
dharmmaśīlaṃ ātmaśīlapramāṇena kasya cit |
pareṣāṃ yatra doṣaḥ syāt tat guhyaṃ saṃprakāśayet |
samāneṣv api doṣeṣu vṛty(!)artham upaghātayet |
tathopakāriṇe caiva manyate vañcitaṃ param |
datvāpi ca dhanaṃ kāle sa tu pratyupakāriṇe |
bhakṣyaṃ peyam atho lehyaṃ yad vānyat sādhu bhojanam |
prekṣyamāṇeṣu yo śnīyān nṛśaṃsam iti tam vadet |
brahmaṇebhyaḥ pradāyāgryaṃ yaḥ suhṛdbhiḥ sadāśnute |
eṣa te bharataśreṣṭha nṛśaṃsaḥ parikīrttitaḥ |
sadā visarjjanī° (exp. 340b) (fol. [3]57v2-5)
Colophon
/// ....rājadharmme kṛtaghnopākhyāne || || (exp. 377b5)
Microfilm Details
Reel No. B 18/19
Date of Filming: 07-09-1970
Exposures: 381
Used Copy: Kathmandu (scan)
Type of Film: positive
Remarks:
Catalogued by AM
Date: 21-09-2011
