A 17-10 Hariścandropākhyāna
Manuscript culture infobox
Filmed in: A 17/10
Title: Hariścandropākhyāna
Dimensions: 33 x 4 cm x 24 folios
Material: palm-leaf
Condition:
Scripts: Newari
Languages: Sanskrit
Subjects: Kathā
Date: NS 495
Acc No.: NAK 3/362
Remarks:
Reel No. A 17-10
Inventory No. 23292
Title Hariścandropākhyāna
Subject Kathā
Language Sanskrit
Text Features With regard to the contents of the text contained in this MS, Śāstri notes: “The story of Harīścandra (sic) is given in the form of a Purāṇa, in which Agastya and Vaiśampāyana are the first interlocutors, and Ráma and Hanumán are the second interlocutors. A Kuṭṭinī comes to tempt Hariścandrá’s (sic) wife in her distress.” (Śāstri 1915, p. 29)
Reference Śāstri 1915, pp. 28–29
Manuscript Details
Script Newari
Material palm-leaf
State complete
Size 33.0 x 4.0 cm
Binding Hole 1, rectangular, in the middle
Folios 24
Lines per Folio 5
Foliation letters in the left-hand margin and figures in the right-hand margin on the verso
Date of Copying NS 496
Place of Copying Mānīgalottraravihāra (Lalitpur)
King Jayasiṃha Malla
Place of Deposit NAK
Accession No. 3/362
Manuscript Features
The Sanskrit of the text contained in this MS appears to be generally corrupt. For this reason it is not worth marking all the corruptions in the text cited in the excerpts. At the end of the MS after the scribe’s verses there appear 7 stray verses apparently from different sources. Some of these verses can be traced in different subhāṣita collections. These verses have been added probably in order to fill with text the whole recto side of the last leaf. The verso side is blank.
The date in the MS is given as: samvat 496 māghakṛṣṇapañcamyān tithau || svātinakṣatre || dhruvayoge || somavāsaradine samāptam idaṃ ||. This corresponds to February 11th 1376 AD. Śāstri read 495 instead of 496.<ref name="ftn1">Śāstri 1915, p. 29: “The date of copying is N.S. 495”; cf. however p. 28: “Date ?”.</ref>
Excerpts
Beginning
❖ oṃ namo nārāyaṇāya ||
nārāyaṇa namas tubhyan narañ caiva narottamaṃ |
devī saraśvatīś caivas tato tapam udīrayet ||
hariścandrakathā rāma agastena tu kathya(2)te |
śrotum icchāmi tat sarvvan tan me brūhi tapodhana ||
vaisampāyana uvā〇ca ||
vane tu vasamānasya rāghavasya mahātmanaḥ |
vede hī haritās (?) tatra rāvaṇena durātmanā ||
tasya saucayate rāmaḥ vyākulākulacetasā |
jaṭāva〇lkaladhārī ca bhrātaro lakṣmaṇo saha ||
kiskindhādhipa sugrīvo vāṇarendro ma(4)hābalaḥ |
āgato pañcavādīni hanūmān vāyunandanaḥ || (fol. 1v1–4)
End
agasto(4)vāca ||
hariścandrakathā rāmaneva pūrvvana cāpare |
viṣādan neva ka〇rttavyaṃ satya dhairyañ ca na tyajeta ||
tvaṃ hi satyasamāyukto hatvā śatrū na saṃśaya (5) |
sītā samprāpyase nūna śobhanañ ca bhaviṣyati ||
yaḥ śṛṇoti upākhyāna hariścandrasya mānavā |
svargge lokam (i)vāpnoti hariścandrasamo bhavet |
ye śṛṇvanti (fol. 23r1) kathā divyān sarvvapāpair ppramucyate |
putrapautrasamṛddhas tu satyamedhā pravarttate || (fols. 22v3–23r1)
Colophon
iti hariścandra-upākhyāna samāptaḥ || ❁ || śreyo ʼstu || samvat 496 māgha(2)kṛṣṇapañcamyān tithau || svātinakṣatre || dhruvayoge || somavāsara〇dine samāptam idaṃ || ❁ ||
ādarśadoṣān matibhir vvimāyā (?)
yady akṣaraṃ mā(3)tram apīha hīnaṃ |
yad vidyate tan suviśuddhadhībhiḥ
yatnena saṃśo〇dhya prasādanīyaḥ ||
likṣita śrīnepāladeśe śrīśrīśrīpaśupatipaṭanād da(4)kṣiṇasyān diśi || śrīvāghamatyāyān dakṣinākūle || śrīlalita〇pure śrīmānīgalottraravihāre śrīhnolavihārakuṭumbodbhavapradhānāṅgamahāpā(5)traśrījayasīhamallavarmmaṇena satvārthahetunā ⁅s⁆vahastena likṣitaṃ ||
bālamūrṣavideśasthatailacaurāgnitaskarāt |
rakṣitavyaṃ yathāśaktiḥ pustakā svastikāraṇaṃ (fol. 23v1) ||
bhagnapṛṣṭakaṭīgrīva stabdadṛṣṭi adhomukhaṃ |
duḥkhena likṣitaṃ śāstram putravat pratipālayet ||
udakānalacaurebhyo mūṣakasya tatheva ca |
rakṣitavyam prayatnena mayā kaṣṭena li(2)kṣitaṃ ||
haroharihariścandrahanūmānahūtāsanaḥ |
hakārādi smare〇d yena hānis tasya na vidyate ||
karṇṇokapaca si[[vī]]mān (?) saṃjīvo jīmūtavāhana |
hariśca(3)ndrasamo rājā na bhūto na bhaviṣyati ||
devo varṣatu kāle naśasya sampa〇ttir astu ca |
sthito bhavatu lokānāṃ rājā bhavatu dhārmmikaḥ ||
pustakam idañ ca śrī(4)jayasīhamallavarmmaṇasya || śubham astu sarvvajagatāṃ || ❁ || 〇 (fol. 23r1–23v4)
gaṅgādvāre kuśāvartte veluke nīlaparvvate |
snātvā kanakhaletīrthe punaḥ jarmmo na (5) vidyate ||<ref name="ftn2">Cf. Padmapurāṇa, Uttarakhaṇḍa 81.40.</ref>
ṣaṣṭhivarṣasahaśrāṇi bhāgīrathyāvagāhane |
sakṛd godāvarī snātvā siṃhasthe ca bṛhaspati ||
re cittakhedam upayāsi kim ākulatvaṃ
ramyeṣu vastuṣu manoha(fol. 24r1)ratāṅ gateṣu |
puṇyaṃ kuruṣu yadi teṣu tavāsti vāṃcchā
puṇyam vinā na hi bhavanti samīhitārthā ||
yad bhāvitas bhavati nityam ayatnato pi
yatnena cāpi mahatā na bhavaty abhāvi | (2)
evamvidhā tava samīhitajīvaloke
kiṃ śokam asya puruṣa[[sya]] vicakṣaṇasya 〇 ||
sugandhaṅ ketakīpuspaṅ kaṭakaiḥ pariveṣṭitaṃ |
yathā puspan tathā rājā durjjanaiḥ parive(3)ṣṭitaṃ ||<ref name="ftn3">Cf. IS 7093, Subhāṣitaratnabhāṇḍāgāra 146.176.</ref>
dharmmaḥ prāg eva cintyaṃ sacivagatimatiḥ bhāvanīy(ā) sadaiva
jñe〇yo lokānurāgo varacaranayanaiḥ maṇḍalam vīkṣanīyaṃ |
pracchādyo rāgaroṣo sphuṭa(4)kalukharuṣā yojanīyā ca kāle
ātmā yatnena rakṣo raṇaśiraśi pu〇naḥ so pi nāvekṣanīyaḥ ||<ref name="ftn4">Cf. IS 3093, Śārṅgadharapaddhati 1405 (ed. Peterson 1888, p. 225).</ref>
lakṣmīkostubhapārijātaturago dravyo hi candrāmṛto
tṛ(5)ptin neva tathāpi manthanavidho devāsurāṇām aho |
tāvan manthita eva dugdhajaladho yāvad viṣan(no nth)itaṃ
sarvveṣām atilabdalubdamanasā manthārathaṃ jāyate || (fols. 23v4–24r5)
Microfilm Details
Reel No. A 17/10
Date of Filming 24-08-1970
Exposures 28
Used Copy Berlin
Type of Film negative
Remarks fols. 1v–2r have been microfilmed twice on exps. 4–5
Catalogued by DD
Date 15-01-2004
Bibliography
Padmapurāṇa
1984–85The Padmamahāpurānam. With Introduction, Verse-Index and Textual Corrections. Prathama bhāga [Sṛṣṭi khaṇḍa], Dvitīya bhāga [Bhūmi, Svarga, Brahma, Pātāla], Tṛtīya bhāga [Uttara, Kriyā]. Delhi 1984; Caturtha bhāga [Ślokānukramaṇī]. Delhi 1985.
Peterson, Peter
1888The Paddhati of Sarngadhara. A Sanskrit Anthology. Edited by Peter Peterson. Vol. I. The Text. Bombay 1888. (Bombay Sanskrit Series, No. XXXVII).
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