B 18-17 Mahābhārata

Manuscript culture infobox

Filmed in: B 18/17
Title: Mahābhārata
Dimensions: 36 x 5.5 cm x 161 folios
Material: palm-leaf
Condition: complete
Scripts: unknown
Languages: Sanskrit
Subjects: Mahābhārata
Date:
Acc No.: NAK 5/161
Remarks: Virāṭaparvan

Reel No. B 18-17

Title: Mahābhārata

Remarks: Virāṭaparvan

Subject: Mahābhārata

Language: Sanskrit

Manuscript Details

Script: Maithili

Material: palm-leaf

State: complete, slightly damaged

Size: 36.0 x 5.5 cm

Binding Hole: 1, in the middle

Folios: 161

Lines per Folio: 5

Foliation: figures in the left margin of the verso

Scribe: Jayadeva, Hariśarman

Date of Copying: LS 430 (~1549 AD)

Place of Copying: Kaṅkapura

Place of Deposit: NAK

Accession No.: 5-161

Manuscript Features

The left margins are worm-eaten and broken, which frequently results in loss of foliation.

Written by several hands.

There are a few additions in the margins.

Excerpts

Beginning

oṃ namaḥ sivāya ||

nārāyaṇan namaskṛtya narañ caiva narottamam |
devīṃ sarasvatīñ caiva tato jayam udīrayet ||

janamejaya uvāca ||

kathaṃ virāṭanagare mama pūrvvapitāmahāḥ |
ajñātavāsam ukhitā(!) duryyodhanabhayārdditāḥ ||

vaiśampāyana uvāca ||<ref >^{addition in the margin: yathā virāṭanagare tava pūrvvapitāmahāḥ | ajñātavām(!) uṣitā(!) tac chṛṇuṣva narādhipa ||} </ref>

tathā tu sa varān labdhvā dharmmād dharmmabhṛtām varaḥ |
gatvāśramaṃ brāhmaṇebhya ācakṣe(!) sarvvam eva tat |
kathayitvā tu tat sarvvaṃ brāhmaṇebhyo yudhiṣthiraḥ |
ara++hitaṃ tasmai brāhmaṇāya nyavedayat |
tato yudhiṣthiro rājā dharmmaputro mahātmanā |
sannimantryānujān sarvvān iti hovāca bhārata |
dvādaśemāni varṣāṇi rāṣṭrād viproṣitā vayaṃ |
trayodaśo yaṃ saṃprāptaḥ kṛcchraḥ paramadurvvasaḥ |
sa sādhu kaunteya ito vāsam arjjuna rocaya |
samvatsaram imaṃ yatra vasāmo viditā(!) pāraiḥ(!) || (fol. 1v1-2r1)

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«Sub-Colophons»

iti mahābhārate virāṭaparvvaṇi prathamo dhyāyaḥ || (fol. +r5)

iti mahābhārate virāṭaparvvaṇi dvitīyo dhyāyaḥ || (fol. +v5)<ref >^{This folio has been filmed after fol. 7.} </ref>

iti mahābhārate virāṭaparvvaṇi tṛtīyo dhyāyaḥ || (fol. 7v1)

iti mahābhārate dhaumya(?)parvvaṇi śikṣā || (fol. 11r4-5)

iti mahābharate virāṭaparvvaṇi asttra(!)nidhānan nāma || oṃ || (fol. 14r2)

iti mahābhārate virāṭaparvvaṇi durggāstutiḥ || 6 || (fol. [17]v1)

iti mahābhārate virāṭaparvvaṇi yuviṣṭhira(!)praveśaḥ || (fol. [19]r5)

iti mahābhārate virāṭaparvvaṇi bhīmasenaprabodhaḥ || (fol. [20]v3)

iti mahābhārate virāṭaparvvaṇi draupadīpraveśaḥ || (fol. 23r5)

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End

putrapautraparivṛtaḥ sādhūnāñ caiva sammataḥ |
brāhmaṇo labhate vidyāṃ kṣatriyo vijayī bhavet |
vaiśyas tu labhate lābhaṃ śūdro vallabhatām iyāt ||
pitṝn uddiśya paṭhatām gayāyāṃ piṇḍado bhavet |
kurukṣetre ca yat proktaṃ gaṅgāsāgarasaṅgame |
śrāddhaṃ kṛtaṃ pitṝṇān tu phalam āpnoti mānavat |
ity ukto(!) bhagavān kṛṣṇaḥ pūjitas tair nnarādhipaiḥ |
babhūva tūṣṇīṃ te sarvve jagmuś caivā(!) yathāgatam || (fol. 160v3-161r1)

Colophon

gatalakṣmaṇasenadevī yatra yas triṃśadadhikaśatacatuṣṭayābde madhau site dale dvitīyāyāṃ śukre kaṅkapuragrāme śrījayadevaśrīhariśarmmaśarmma(!)bhyāṃ militvā likhitam idaṃ virāṭaparvvapustakam iti || yathā dṛṣṭaṃ tathā likhitam iti || || || || pustakalikhanapariśramavettā vidvajjano nānyaḥ | sāgaralaṃghanakhedaṃ hanūmān ekaḥ paraṃ veda || namo nārāyaṇāya || ||

vedān uddharate jagaṃ(!) nivahate bhūgolam udbibhrate
daityaṃ dārayate baliṃ chalayate kṣayacchayaṃ(!) kurvvate |
paulastyaṃ jayate halaṃ kalayate kāruṇyam ātanvate
mlecchān mūrchayate daśākṛtikṛte kṛṣṇāya tubhyaṃ namaḥ ||

sā te bhavatu suprītā devī śikharavāsinī |
ugreṇa tapasā labdho yayā paśupatiṣ(!) patiḥ || (fol. 161v1-5)

Microfilm Details

Reel No. B 18/17

Date of Filming: 06-09-1970

Exposures:

Used Copy: Kathmandu (scan)

Type of Film: positive

Remarks:

Catalogued by AM

Date: 31-08-2011