A 26-6 Mahābhārata
Manuscript culture infobox
Filmed in: A 26/6
Title: Mahābhārata
Dimensions: 44 x 4.5 cm x 116 folios
Material: palm-leaf
Condition:
Scripts: Maithili
Languages: Sanskrit
Subjects: Mahābhārata
Date:
Acc No.: NAK 5/775
Remarks: Śalyaparvan
Reel No. A 26-6
Inventory No. 31324
Title Mahābhārata; Śalyaparvan
Author Vyāsa
Subject Mahābhārata
Language Sanskrit
Manuscript Details
Script Maithili
Material palm-leaf
State incomplete, damaged
Size 44.0 x 4.5 cm
Binding Hole 1, rectangular, in the middle
Folios 119
Lines per Folio 4
Foliation figures in the middle of the left-hand margin of the verso
Place of Deposit NAK
Accession No. 5/775
Manuscript Features
The actual order of fols. is as follows: 1–99; 117–119; 100–116.
Fols. 1–19 are damaged at the right-hand margin.
Excerpts
Beginning
❖ oṁ namo nārāyaṇāya ||
nārāyanaṃ namaskṛtya narañ caiva narottamam |
devīṃ sarasvatīñ caiva tato jayam udīrayet ||
janamejaya uvāca ||
evaṃ nipātite karṇṇe ⁅sama⁆re savyasācinā |
svalpāvāsantāḥ kuravaḥ kim akurvvata vai dvija | 〇
udīryyamānañ ca balaṃ dṛṣṭvā rājā suyodhanaḥ |
pāṇḍavaiḥ prāptakālañ ca ++padyata kauravaḥ |
etad iṣtāmy (!) ahaṃ śrotuṃ tad ācakṣva dvijottama |
na 〇 hi tṛpyāmi pūrvveṣāṃ śṛṇvānaś caritaṃ mahat ||
vaiśampāyana u⁅vā⁆///
++ karṇṇe hate rājan dhārttarāṣtraḥ (!) suyodhanaḥ |
bhṛśaṃ śokārṇṇave magno nirāsaḥ sarvato bhavat |
hā karṇṇa hā karṇṇa iti śocamānaḥ punaḥ punaḥ |
kṛc⁅chrā⁆///(2r1)yātv a(ś)evair nṛpair vṛtaḥ |
sa samāśvāsamāno pi hetubhiḥ śāstraniścitaiḥ |
rājabhir nnālabhac charmma sūta(pu)travadhaṃ smaran |
sa daivaṃ balavan matvā bhavitavya+ +rthivaḥ |
saṃgrāme niścayaṃ kṛtvā punar yuddhāya niryyayau |
(fol. 1v1–2r2)
End
akṣauhinyaḥ sametās tu tava putrasya bhārata |
ekādaśa hatā yuddhe tāḥ prabhoḥ pāṇdusṛñjayaiḥ |
teṣu rājasahasreṣu tāta vakesu mahātmasu |
eko duryyodhano rājan adṛśyata bhṛśaṃ kṣataḥ |
tato rekā diśaḥ sarvvā dṛṣṭvā śūnyañ (!) ca medi〇nīṃ |
vihīnaḥ sarvvayodhaiś ca pāṇḍavān vīkṣya saṃyuge |
muditān sarvvasiddhārthān narddamānān samantataḥ |
bāṇaśabdavarāś caiva śrutvā teṣām mātmanām (!) 〇 |
duryyodhano mahārāja kaśmalenābhisaṃvṛtaḥ |
apayāne manaś catre (!) vihīnavanavāhanaḥ ||
dhṛtarāṣtra (!) uvāca ||
nihato (!) mamake sainye niḥśeṣo (!) savive (!) kṛte |
pāṇḍavānāṃ bale sūta kin nu śeṣam abhūt tadā |
etan me pṛcchato brūhi kuśa-
(fol. 119v1–4 = exp. 105 above)
Microfilm Details
Reel No. A 26/6
Date of Filming 07-09-1970
Exposures 123
Used Copy Berlin
Type of Film negative
Catalogued by OH
Date 08-04-2005
