A 24-7 Rāmāyaṇa
Manuscript culture infobox
Filmed in: A 24/7
Title: Rāmāyaṇa
Dimensions: 42 x 5 cm x 141 folios
Material: palm-leaf
Condition:
Scripts: Maithili
Languages: Sanskrit
Subjects: Rāmāyaṇa
Date:
Acc No.: NAK 5/795
Remarks:
Reel No. A 24-7
Title: Rāmāyaṇa
Remarks: Bālakāṇḍa
Subject: Rāmāyaṇa
Language: Sanskrit
Manuscript Details
Script: Maithili
Material: palm-leaf
State:
Size: 42.0 x 5.0 cm
Binding Hole: 1, in the centre
Folios: 141
Lines per Folio: 5
Foliation: figures in the left margin of the verso
Date of Copying:
Place of Deposit: NAK
Accession No.: 5-795
Manuscript Features
Excerpts
Beginning
oṃ namo mahāgaṇeśāya ||
jayati raghuvaṃśatilakaḥ kauśalyāhṛdayanandano rāmaḥ |
daśavadananidhanakārī dāśarathiḥ puṇḍarīkākṣaḥ ||
namas tasmai munīśāya śrīsutāya tapasvine
sarvvajñānādhivāsāya vālmikāya namo namaḥ ||
tapaḥsvādhyāyaniratas tapasvī vāgvidām varaḥ |
nāradaṃ paripapraccha vālmīkim munisattamaḥ ||
ko nv asmin prathito loke sadguṇair guṇasattamaḥ |
dharmmajñaś ca kṛtajñaś ca satyavākyo dṛḍhavrataḥ |
udārācārasampanno sarvvabhūtahite rataḥ |
vāgmī priyamvadaś caiva sarvveṣāṃ priyadarśanaḥ |
jitakrodhamahākṣaś ca dhṛtimān ko nusūyakaḥ |
saṃjātaroṣāt kasmāc ca devatā api bibhyati |
ka udāraḥ samarthaś ca trai++++ pi rakṣaṇe |
kaḥ prajānugraharataḥ ko niddhir guṇasampadāṃ |
samaśrīrūpiṇī lakṣmīḥ kam ekaṃ samśritā naraṃ |
anilānalasūryyenduśakropendrasamaś ca kaḥ | (fol. 1v1-5)
Sub-Colophons
ity ārṣe rāmāyaṇe ādikāṇḍe nāradavākyaṃ nāma saṃgraho dhyāyaḥ || || (fol. 7r4)
ity arṣe(!) rāmāyaṇe ādikāṇḍe brāhmāṇasanaṃ(?) nāma saṃgraho nāma sarggaḥ || || (fol. 9v4-5)
ity ārṣe rāmāyaṇe ādikāṇḍe tṛtīyaḥ sarggaḥ || (fol. 11v1)
…
ity ārṣe rāmāyaṇe ādikāṇḍe rāmasya bālacaritaṃ || || (fol. 134v2)
ity ārṣe rāmāyaṇe bharatasya mātāmahanagaraṃ pratigamanaṃ || || (fol. 137r5)
ity ārṣe rāmāyaṇe ādikāṇḍe bharatadūtāgamane || || (fol. 138v5)
End
�iti tadvacanaṃ śrutvā teṣāṃ ca hṛdayepsitaṃ |
anicchann iva jijñāsuḥ janāṃs tān pratyuvāca saḥ |
yadi rāmaḥ sudharmmeṇa bhṛtyān samanuśāsati |
bhavantaḥ kṛtam icchanti yuvarājaṃ mamātmajaṃ |
te tam ūcur mahātmāno(!) pauraṃ jānapadā janāḥ |
bahavo nṛpakalyāṇās tenāputrasya santi te |
mṛduś ca devasatvaś ca sādhvācāro nusūyakaḥ |
priyakṛt priyavādī ca prajānāṃ pitṛmātṛvat |
bahuśrutānāṃ vi⟪dhā⟫[[ddhā]]nāṃ (?) brāhmaṇānām upāsitā |
niyantā durvvinītānāṃ vinītapratipūjakaḥ |
na jñātiṣu na paureṣu na ca jānapadeṣu ca |
sa no sty aguṇavādī yo rāmasya bhuvi bhūpate |
savṛddhabālapaurās te tathā jānapadā narāḥ |
guṇānuraktā rāmasya rāmam icchanti bhūmipaṃ |
guṇakīrtyā narapateḥ prajā rāmeṇa vañchitāḥ |
dharmmajñena vadānyena vinītena mahātmanā |
kṛtī rāmo dhanurvvede divyāstraś caiva saṃyuge |
amoghāstro dūrapātī citrayodhī dṛḍhāyudhaḥ |
yaṃ yaṃ dhāvati saṃgrāme vā jana rāmas tavājñayā |
tatas tato vijityāriṃ vijayī vinivartate |
jitvāpi cārisainyāni yadāyaṃ vinivarttate |
tad api śṛtataro(?) bhūtvā vṛddhān vaḥ pūjayanty uta |
pravāsāt punar āgamya jareṇa nareṇa vā |
rājamārgge pi dṛṣṭvā naḥ sthitvā pṛcchanty anāmayaṃ |
agnihotreṣu dāreṣu śiṣyapra‥janeṣu ca |
sānukampaḥ sadā rāmaḥ pṛcchanty asmān anāmayam |
abhyantare ca bāhye ca paurajānapade tathā |
striyo vṛddhās taruṇyaś ca yāvad rājan gṛhe gṛhe |
rāmasyaivābhiyācante yauvarājyābhiṣecanaṃ |
tāsāṃ tad yācitaṃ rājaṃ⟪nsv⟫s tvatprasādāt prasiddhyatāṃ(!) |
rāmam indīvaraśyāmaṃ yuvarājaṃ tvadājñayā |
tava rāja varyyātmaja rājavat taṃ guṇābhirāmaṃ navalokakāntaṃ
rāmaṃ nṛdevārhasi lokanātham ihābhiṣektuṃ yuvarājam urvvyāṃ || (140r5-141r3)
Colophon
ity ārṣe rāmāyaṇe ādikāṇḍe ayodhyāvāsijanapramodaḥ || ādikāṇḍaṃ samāptaṃ || śubham astu || śrīr astu || ○ ||
vāravyomograviṣvagvadanaparimite lakṣmaṇakṣoṇipāla-
pravyaktābde valakṣe tava hara sutithau drāk tapasyasya rātrau |
śrīrāmasyaiva pādāmbujayugalamilanmaulir udyatsvakarppo
vyālekhīd ādikāṇḍaṃ dhanapatiramaṇaṃ pāpahaṃ lekhakasya ||
śrutvaivaṃ prathamaṃ kāṇḍaṃ ++buddhyā samāhitaḥ |
martyalokaṃ parityajya viṣṇulokaṃ sa gacchati |
ādikāṇḍam imaṃ samyak yaḥ śṛṇoti sadāmaraḥ |
āyuḥ kīrttir yyaśaś cāpi varddhate nātra saṃśayaḥ |
śrutvā santatikāmaś ca bālakāṇḍaṃ idan naraḥ |
aurasaṃ putram āpnoti nānāguṇasamanvitaṃ || ||
oṃ sakaladuḥṣ(!)kṛtinivṛttiduḥkṛtotthasamastāpacchūnyatvadāridryānutpattīṣṭaviyogarāhityaputrapautrādivṛddhivividhotpātopagamapūrvvakaihikasakalasaumanasyadhanadhānyasamṛddhitaduttaraviṣṇulokagamanakāmo dyādi yathākālaṃ vālmīkikṛtarāmāyaṇaśravaṇam ahaṅ kariṣye || || śubham astu || śrīr astu || śrī || oṃ namo mahāgaṇeśāya || śrīrāmāya namaḥ || || (141r3-141v4)
Microfilm Details
Reel No. A 24/7
Date of Filming: 04-09-1970
Exposures:
Used Copy: Berlin
Type of Film: negative
Catalogued by AM
Date: 2003
