A 311-8 Mahābhārata
Manuscript culture infobox
Filmed in: A 311/8
Title: Mahābhārata
Dimensions: 35 x 16.5 cm x 23 folios
Material: paper?
Condition: complete
Scripts: Devanagari
Languages: Sanskrit
Subjects: Mahābhārata
Date:
Acc No.: NAK 4/1155
Remarks: Strīparvan w. comm. by Nīlakaṇṭha; A 305/3, A 309/12, B 258/1, B 263/3, A 307/3, A 306/6, B 258/4–259/1, B 261/3, A 306/7, a 306/8, A 309/6, A 311/8, B 251/4, B 256/4, and B 261/2 form a series
Reel No. A 311-8
Inventory No.
Title Mahābhārata - Strīparvan
Remarks with Nīlakaṇṭha's commentary
Author Vyāsa
Subject Mahābhārata
Language Sanskrit
Manuscript Details
Script Devanagari
Material paper
State complete
Size 35 x 16.5 cm
Binding Hole(s) none
Folios 23
Lines per Folio 11
Foliation figures on the verso, in the upper left-hand margin under the abbreviated title bhā.strī. and in the lower right-hand margin under rāmaḥ
Scribe Lokamaṇiśarman
Date of Copying saṃvat 1913
Place of Deposit NAK
Accession No. 4/1155
Manuscript Features
The commentary is written on the upper and lower margins.
Excerpts
Beginning of the basic text
śrīgaṇeśāya namaḥ ||
nārāyaṇaṃ namaskṛtya narañ caiva narottamam ||
devīṃ sarasvatīṃ vaica tato jayam udīrayet || 1 ||
janamejaya uvāca ||
gate bhagavati vyāse dhṛtarāṣṭro mahīpatiḥ ||
kim aceṣṭata viprarṣe tan me vyākhyātum arhasi || 1 ||
tathaiva kauravo rājā dharmaputro mahāmanāḥ ||
kṛpaprabhṛtayaś caiva kim akurvata te trayaḥ || 2 ||
aśvatthāmnaḥ śrutaṃ karma śāpaś cānyonyakāritaḥ ||
vṛttāṃtam uttaraṃ brūhi yadābhāṣata saṃjaya || 3 ||
vaiśaṃpāyana uvāca ||
hate duryodhane caiva hate sainye ca sarvaśaḥ ||
saṃjayo vigata⟪ḥ⟫prajño dhṛtarāṣṭram upasthitaḥ || 4 ||
saṃjaya u° ||
āgamya nānādeśebhyo nānājanapadeśvarāḥ ||
pitṛlokaṃ gatā rājan sarve tava sutaiḥ saha || 5 ||
pācyamānena satataṃ tava putreṇa bhārata || ghātitā pṛthivī sarvā vairasyāṃtaṃ vidhitsatā || 6 || (fol. 1v2–7)
Beginning of the commentary
śrīgaṇeśāya namaḥ ||
gate bhagavati vyāse ityādi strīparva ||
tatra prathamo dhyāyo vyākhyātaḥ gate || 1 | 3 ||
vigataprajñā vyāsadattaṃ divyaṃ jñānaṃ | 4 | 11 | (fol. 1v1)
End of the basic text
karṇam evānuśocan hi saṃdahye gnāv ivāhitaḥ ||
neha sma kiṃcid aprāpyaṃ bhaved api divi sthitaṃ || 24 ||
na ca sma vaiśasaṃ ghoraṃ kauravāṃtakaraṃ bhavet
evaṃ vilapya bahulaṃ dharmarājo yudhiṣṭ[h]iraḥ ||
vinadan duḥkhito rājan cakārāsyodanaṃ prabhuḥ 25
tato vineduḥ sahasā striyas tāḥ khalu sarvaśaḥ
abhito yā[ḥ] sthitās tatra tasminn udakakarmaṇi 26
tata ānāyayām āsa karṇasya saparichadāḥ ||
striya[[ḥ]] kurupatir dhīmān bhrātuḥ premṇā yudhiṣṭ[h]iraḥ 27
sa tābhiḥ saha dharmātmā pretakṛtyam anaṃtaraṃ
kṛtvottatāra gaṃgāyāḥ salilād ākuledriyaḥ 28 (fol. 22v3–6)
End of the commentary
neha smeti karṇe bhrātṝtve na jñāte sati tadanusāriṇām asmākaṃ kimapi durlabhaṃ nābhaviṣyan nāpi kauravāṇāṃ kṣayo bhaviṣyatīty arthaḥ 24
25 26 27 28 || || ❁ || ❁ || ❁ || (fol. 22v1, 7)
Colophon of the basic text
|| iti śrīmahābhārate śatasāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ vaiyyāsikyāṃ strīparva samāptam idaṃ || ||
asyānaṃtaraṃ rājadharma tasyāyam ādyaślokaḥ ||
kṛtodakās te suhṛdāṃ sarveṣāṃ pāṃḍunaṃdanāḥ ||
viduro dhṛtarāṣṭraś ca sarvāś ca bharatastriyaḥ || 1 ||
śrīgoviṃdāya namaḥ || ||
śrīkṛṣṇāya namaḥ || ||
śrīrāmāya namaḥ || (fol. 23r2–4)
Colophon of the commentary
|| iti śrīmatpadavākyapramāṇamaryādādhuraṃdharacaturddharavaṃśāvataṃsa-goviṃdasūrisūno[r] nīlakaṃṭhasya kṛtau bhāratabhāvadīpe strīparvādiprakāśaḥ samāptim agamat || 19 ||
samāptam idam ekādaśaṃ parva || 11 ||
saṃvat || 1913 || sālamiti śrāvaśudi || 12 || roja || 4 || mā likhitam idaṃ pustakaṃ lokamaṇiśarmaṇā śubham astu || || śubham || || śrīrāmacaṃdrāya namaḥ || || śrīḥ || || ❁ || ❁ || śrīḥ || ❁ || ❁ || ❁ || śrīḥ || ❁ || ❁ || ❁ || ❁ || (fol. 23r1, 5–6)
Microfilm Details
Reel No. A 311/8
Date of Filming 09-04-1972
Exposures 26
Used Copy Kathmandu (scan)
Type of Film positive
Remarks
Catalogued by MD
Date 28-05-2013
