A 27-5 Harivaṃśa
Manuscript culture infobox
Filmed in: A 27/5
Title: Harivaṃśa
Dimensions: 63.5 x 6 cm x 346 folios
Material: palm-leaf
Condition:
Scripts: Devanagari
Languages: Sanskrit
Subjects: Mahābhārata
Date: SAM 1201
Acc No.: NAK 5/448
Remarks:
Reel No. A 27-5
Inventory No. 23471
Title Harivaṃśa
Author Vyāsa
Subject Mahābhārata
Language Sanskrit
Manuscript Details
Script Devanagari
Material palm-leaf
State complete
Size 63.5 x 6.0 cm
Binding Hole 2
Folios 346
Lines per Folio 6
Foliation figures in the middle of the left-hand margin of the verso
Scribe Śrīmalladeva
Date of Copying [VS]1201 (Sunday, 12 November 1144)
Place of Copying Vārāṇasī
King Govindacandra
Donor Rājalacandradeva
Place of Deposit NAK
Accession No. 5/448
Manuscript Features
The writing on a few fols. has been partly rubbed off. Some fols. are slightly worm-eaten.
Excerpts
Beginning
❖ || o⁅ṁ⁆ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya ||
nārāyaṇaṃ namaskṛtya naraṃ caiva narottamaṃ |
devīṃ sarasvatīṃ caiva 〇 tato jayam udīrayet ||
pitāmahādyaṃ pravadanti ṣaṣṭhaṃ
maharṣim akṣayyavibhūtiyuktaṃ |
nārāyaṇasyāṃśa〇jam ekaputraṃ
dvaipāyanaṃ veda mahānidhānaṃ ||
ādyaṃ puruṣam īśānaṃ puruhūtaṃ puruṣṭutaṃ |
ṛtam ekākṣaraṃ brahma vyaktāvyāktaṃ sanātanaṃ |
asac ca sad asac caiva yad viśvaṃ sad asat paraṃ |
parāvarāṇāṃ sraṣṭā〇raṃ purāṇaṃ param avyayaṃ |
maṃgalyaṃ maṃgalaṃ viṣṇuṃ vareṇyam anaghaṃ śuciṃ |
namaskṛtya hṛṣīkeśaṃ carācara〇guruṃ hariṃ |
naimiṣāraṇye kulapatiḥ (!) śaunakaḥ paripṛcchati |
sautiṃ sarvapurānajñaṃ vyāsaśiṣyaṃ mahāmatiṃ ||
❖ || śaunaka uvāca ||
saute sumahad ākhyānaṃ bhavatā parikīrttitaṃ |
bharatā〇nāṃ ca sarveṣāṃ pārthivānāṃ tathaiva ca |
devānāṃ dānavānāṃ ca gaṃdharvoragarakṣasāṃ |
daityānām atha si〇ddhānāṃ guhyakānāṃ tu sarvaśaḥ |
(fol. 1v1–3)
End
sadā yatnavatā bhāvyāṃ śriyas tu paripṛcchatā |
bhārataṃ śṛṇuyān nityaṃ tasya hastagato jayaḥ |
bhārataṃ paramaṃ puṇyaṃ bharate vividhāḥ kriyāḥ |
bhārataṃ sevyate devair bhārataṃ paramaṃ padaṃ |
bhāra〇taṃ sarvvaśāstrāṇāṃm (!) uttamaṃ bharatarṣabha |
bhāratāt prāpyate śreṣṭho mokṣas tu tad bravīmi te |
mahābhāratam ā(346r1)khyāna(ṃ) kṣitigācasarasva(tyai) |
brāhmaṇaṃ keśava caiva kīrttayan nāvasīdati |
vede rāmāyaṇe puṇye 〇 bhārate bharatarṣabha |
ādau cānte ca madhye ca hariḥ sarvvatra gīyate |
yatra viṣṇukathā divyāḥ śrutayaś ca sanātanāḥ |
tac chrotavya (!) manuṣyeṇa paramaṃ padam icchatā |
etat pavitraṃ paramam etad varganidarśanaṃ ||
etat sarvvaguṇopetaṃ śrotavyaṃ bhūtim icchateti || ❁ ||
parvvānukīrttanaṃ nāma || ❁ ||
(fol. 345v6–346r2)
Colophon
iti mahā〇bhārate śatasahasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ vaiyāśikyāṃ pārijāto harivaṃśaḥ samāptaḥ || ❁ || iti śubhaṃ 〇 maṃgalamahāśrī || ❖ || oṃ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya || ❖ || oṃ namo gaṇādhipataye namaḥ || ❁ || śrīmadvārāṇasyāṃ govindacandravijayarājye samvat 1201 agrahaṇamāse śuklapakṣe ti〇thau paurṇṇamāsyāṃ bhaṃḍaśālīśrīrājalacaṃdradevasyārthe ⟪lekhāpita⟫ nāyakaśrīvatsomākhyaiḥ 〇 lekhāpitaṃ pārijātaharivaṃśapustakaṃ likhitaṃ ca paṃḍitaśrīmalladeveneti || ❖ || ❁ || ❖ ||
(fol. 346r2–3)
Microfilm Details
Reel No. A 27/5
Date of Filming 08-08-1970
Exposures 357
Used Copy Berlin
Type of Film negative
Remarks a few fols. have been micro-filmed twice
Catalogued by OH
Date 19-04-2005
