B 261-5 Mahābhārata(Bhīṣmaparvan)
Manuscript culture infobox
Filmed in: B 261/5
Title: Mahābhārata
Dimensions: 32.5 x 12.7 cm x 152 folios
Material: paper?
Condition: complete
Scripts: Maithili
Languages: Sanskrit
Subjects: Mahābhārata
Date:
Acc No.: NAK 1/970
Remarks: Bhīṣmaparvan; forms a complete MS of the Mahābhārata with the rest of 1/969–970
Reel No. B 261/5
Inventory No. 30938
Title Mahābhārata(Bhīṣmaparvan)
Remarks
Author
Subject Mahābhārata
Language Sanskrit
Manuscript Details
Script Maithili
Material paper
State complete
Size 32.5 x 12.7 cm
Binding Hole(s)
Folios 152
Lines per Page 10–12
Foliation figures on the verso; in the upper left-hand margin under the abbreviation bhīṣma. and in the lower right-hand margin under the word rāmaḥ
Scribe
Date of Copying
Place of Copying
King Bhāvasiṃha Dev (Maithili king)
Donor
Owner/Deliverer
Place of Deposit NAK
Accession No. 1/970
Manuscript Features
On the front and end covers leaves are written:
siddhiḥ śrīmahārājādhirājābhāvasiṃhadevasyedaṃ mahābhārate bhīṣmaparvaṇi pustakaṃ patrasaṃkhyā 152
Excerpts
Beginning
oṁ namaḥ kṛṣṇāya || ||
nārāyaṇaṃ namaskṛtya narañ caiva narottamaṃ |
devīṃ sarasvatīñ caiva tato jayam udīrayet || ||
janame ja \\\ ||
kathaṃ yuyudhire vīrāḥ kurupāṇḍasomakāḥ |
pārthivāḥ sumahātmāno nānādeśasamāgatāḥ ||
vaiśampāyana uvāca ||
yathā yuyudhire vīrāḥ kurupāṇḍavasomakāḥ |
kurukṣetre tapaḥkṣetre śṛṇu tvaṃ pṛthivīpate |
te ʼvatīryya kurukṣetraṃ pāṇḍavāḥ sahasomakāḥ |
kauravāṃ samavarttantu jigīṣanto mahābalāḥ |
vedādhyayanasampannāḥ sarvve yuddhābhinandinaḥ |
āśaṃsanto jayaṃ yuddhe balenābhimukhā raṇe |
abhiyāya tu durddharṣā dhārttarāṣṭrasya vāhinaīṃ |
prāṅmukhāḥ paścime bhāge nyaviśanta sasainikāḥ |
samantapañcakād vāhyuṃ śivirāṇi sahasraśaḥ |
kārayāmāsa vidhivat kuntīputro yudhiṣṭhiraḥ |
śūnyā ca pṛthivī sarvvā bālavṛddhāvaśeṣitā | (fol. 1v1–6)
End
bhīṣma uvāca ||
na cecchakyam avasraṣṭuṃ vairam etat sudāruṇaṃ |
anujānāmi karṇṇa tvāṃ yudhyasva svargakāmyayā |
nirmanyur ggatasaṃrambhaḥ kṛtakarmā nṛṇām iha |
yathāśakti yathotsāhaṃ sataṃ vṛtteṣu vṛttavān |
ahaṃ tvām anujānāmi yad icchasi tadāpnuhi |
kṣatradharmajitān lokān avāpsyasi na saṃśayaḥ |
yudhya[[sva]] nirahaṅkāro balavīryyavyapāśrayaḥ |
dharmmyād dhi yuddhāc chreyo nyat kṣatriyasya na vidyate |
praśame hi kṛto yatnaḥ sumahān suciram mayā |
na caivaṃ śaktitaḥ karttuṃ karṇṇa satyaṃ bravīmi te |
sañjaya uvāca |
ity uktavati gāṅgeye abhivādyopamantrya ca |
rādheyo ratham āruhya prāyāt tva sutaṃ prati || || || ||
Colophon
iti mahābhārate śatasāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ vaiyāsikyāṃ bhīṣmaparva samāptaṃ || asyānantaraṃ droṇaparva bhaviṣyati || || || || || ||
Microfilm Details
Reel No. B 261/5
Date of Filming 31-03-1972
Exposures 155
Used Copy Kathmandu
Type of Film positive
Remarks
Catalogued by NK
Date 22-08-2011
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