B 239-12 Mahābhārata (Ādiparvan)
Manuscript culture infobox
Filmed in: B 239/12
Title: Mahābhārata
Dimensions: 41 x 10 cm x 241 folios
Material: paper?
Condition: complete
Scripts: Newari
Languages: Sanskrit
Subjects: Mahābhārata
Date: NS 883
Acc No.: NAK 4/922
Remarks: Ādiparvan
Reel No. B 239/12
Inventory No. 31133
Title Mahābhārata (Ādiparvan)
Remarks
Author
Subject Mahābhārata
Language Sanskrit
Manuscript Details
Script Newari
Material paper
State complete
Size 41.0 x 11.0 cm
Binding Hole(s)
Folios 242
Lines per Folio 9–10
Foliation figures in the lower right-hand margin on the verso
Scribe
Date of Copying NS 883
Place of Copying
King
Donor
Owner/Deliverer
Place of Deposit NAK
Accession No. 4/922
Manuscript Features
Most of the folios have marginal notes giving the meaning of difficult words, amounting to a kind of a commentary.
On exp. 2 is written:
mahābhāratasya ādiparva
There are 2 fols. numbered 52. The first one is foliated with figures in the lower right-hand margin on the verso; the second one is foliated as a regular folio. On the sixth line of fol. 52r (the second one) the scribe has added atra vai navīnapatrasthitaṃ ślokāni truṭitāni || sūta uvāca || etasmin. The scribe clarifies that some verses in his exemplar are damaged. So, he (probably later) added an extra folio between fols. 51–52 to supply the missing verses and numbered it also 52.
The text of the first fol. numbered 52 is as follows:
sūta uvāca || ||
etasminn eva kāle tu, sa rājā janamejayaḥ ||
uvāca maṃtriṇaḥ sarvvān idaṃ vākyam arindamaḥ || ||
janamejaya uvāca ||
atha tat kathitaṃ kena, yad vṛttaṃ tad vanaspatau ||
āścaryyabhūtaṃ lokasya bhasmarāśīkṛtaṃ tadā ||
yad vṛkṣaṃ jīvayāmāsa, kāśyapas takṣakeṇa vai ||
nūnaṃ maṃtrair hataviṣo na prakāśyeta kāśyapāt ||
…
etat te kathitaṃ rājan, yathā dṛṣṭaṃ śrutaṃ ca yat ||
śrutvā ca nṛpaśārddūla, vidhatsva yad anaṃtaraṃ || (fol. 52r1–52v2)
These are the verses omitted in the second fol. numbered 52; the following verse is also located in the second fol. numbered 52, line 6:
sautir uvāca ||
mantriṇāṃ tu vacaḥ śrutvā sa rājā janamejayaḥ ||
paryatapyata duḥr(!)khārttaḥ pratyapiṃ⟪‥⟫ṣa(!)t karaṃ kare || (fol. 52v2–3)
Fols. 79–82 are much dimmer, and the foliation is illegible.
There are two exposure of fols. 32v–33r (the first one is out of focus) and 181v–182r.
Excerpts
Beginning
❖ oṃ namo nārāyaṇāya ||
nārāyaṇaṃ namaskṛtya naraṃ caiva narottamaṃ |
devīṃ sarasvatīṃ caiva tato jayam udīrayet ||
pārāśaryavacaḥ sarojam amalaṃ gītārthagaṃdhotkaṭaṃ
nānākhyānakakesaraṃ harikathāsaṃbodhanād bodhitāḥ[[taṃ]](!) |
loke sajjanaṣaṭpadair aharahaḥ pepīyamānaṃ mudā,
bhūyā(!) bhāratapaṃkajaṃ kalimalapradhvaṃsi vaḥ śreyase ||
…
namo lokapālasahitaprajāpatibhyo namaḥ ||
kṛṣṇadvaipāyanāya namaḥ sarvaviṃ(!)ghnavi⟨nāṇa⟩nāyakebhyaḥ ||
vyāsasya syāt(!) purā śiṣyaḥ prakhyāto romaharṣaṇaḥ |
putro syograśravā nāma sautiḥ paurāṇiko mahān |
puṇye tu naimiṣāraṇye yajatas tu mahātmanaḥ |
śaunakasya kulapate[[ḥ]] śa(!)tre dvādaśavārṣike |
samāsīnān abhyagacchad brahmarṣīn śaṃsitavratān |
vinayāvanato bhūtvā kadācit sūtanandanaḥ |
tam āśramam anuprāptā naimiṣāraṇyavāsinaḥ |
citrāḥ śrotuṃ kathās tatra parivavrus tapasvinaḥ |
abhivādya munīṃs tāṃs tu sarvān eva kṛtāṃjaliḥ |
ā(!)pṛcchat saṃ(!) tapovṛddhān(!) sadbhiś caivābhinanditaḥ || (fol. 1v1–6)
End
bhuktvā māṃsāni pītvā ca, medāṃsi rudhirāṇi ca ||
yuktaḥ paramayā prītyā, tāv uvācācyutārjunau ||
yuvābhyāṃ puruṣāgryābhyāṃ, tarppito haṃ yathāsukhaṃ ||
anujānāmi vāṃ vīrau, caratāṃ yatra svecchayā ||
idaṃ citraṃ †samātrābhṛ† vimṛṣya ca punaḥ punaḥ |
bhārate vidyamāne pi lokāḥ kliśyanti vai mṛtau ||
evaṃ tau samanujñātau, pāvakena mahātmanā ||
arjuno vāsudevaś ca, dānavaś ca mayas tathā ||
parikramya tataḥ sarvve trayo pi bharatarṣabha ||
ramaṇīye nadīkūle, sahitāḥ samupāgaman || || (fol. 241r3–5)
Colophon
iti śrīmahābhārate śatasāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ vaiyāśi(!)kyām ādiparvva samāptam iti || 247 || || saṃvat 883 āśvinaśukladaśyāṃ tithau dhaniṣṭha(!)nakṣe(!)tre śūlayoge ādityavāra(!)sare tulārāśigate raviḥ sampūrṇṇ(o) likhita(!) śrīhīyārāmaḥ(!) śubhaṃ || ||
śrīkṛṣṇāya namaḥ || ||
śrīgopālāya namaḥ || || śubhaṃ || || ❁ || ||
After this, probably by a second hand, is added:
❖ agnībhoragasaṃsthite ca vimale nepālasaṃvatsare
māsāṣe(!) harī(!)vāhanārisutithau s(!)yāme gurau vāsare,
ādrā(!)-ṛkṣayute ravāv iṣugate yoge śivākhye śubhe,
pṛthvīnārāyaṇanṛpavani(!)kpuryyām abhu(!)d ⟪bhū⟫patiḥ || (pāda d is unmetrical) || śubha || (fol. 241v5–9)
Microfilm Details
Reel No. B 239/12
Date of Filming 19-03-1972
Exposures 249
Used Copy Kathmandu
Type of Film positive
Remarks
Catalogued by RK
Date 31-07-2007
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