Manuscript Identifiers

Collection:UPenn Ms. Coll. 390
Item:2241
Repository:Rare Book & Manuscript Library
Institution:University of Pennsylvania
Location:Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Catalog:Poleman
Item:969

Contents

Work 1

Locus:ff. [0]r–81v (complete)
Title:Bhagavadgītā
Cover rubric: f. [0]r:
atha bhagavadgītāprāraṁbhaḥ
Final rubric: f. 81v:
.. iti bhagavadgītā samāpto yam ..
Colophon:None

   Work 1.1

   Locus:ff. [0]v–2v (complete)
   Title:Bhagavadgītā Preface
   Incipit: [0]v:
asya śrībhagavadgītāmālāmaṁtrasya .. śrībha
gavān vedavyāsaṛṣiḥ ..
   Explicit: f. 2r:

mūkaṁ karoti vācālaṁ paṁguṁ
laṁghayate girīn ..
yatkṛpā tam ahaṁ vaṁde paramānaṁdamādhavam
Note:
BhG. Preface 2.14
   Final rubric:none
   Colophon:None
   Language:Sanskrit in Devanāgarī script

   Work 1.2

   Locus:ff. 2v–78v (complete)
   Author:Kṛṣṇa Dvaipāyana Vyāsa
   Title:Bhagavadgītā
   Incipit: f. 2v:
dhṛtarāṣṭra uvāca ..
dharmakṣetre kurukṣetre samavetā yu
yutsavaḥ ..
māmakāḥ pāṇḍavāś caiva kim akurvata saṁjaya ..1
Note:
BhG. 1.1; MBh. 6.23.1
   Explicit: f. 78v:

ya
tra yogeśvaraḥ kṛṣṇo yatra pārtho dhanurdharaḥ ..
tatra
śrīr vijayo bhūtir dhruvā nītir ma[ma]tir mama ..78..
Note:
BhG. 18.78; MBh. 6.40.78
   Final rubric: f. 78v:
iti śrīmadbhagavadgītāsūpaniṣa
tsu brahmavidyāyāṁ yogaśāstre śrīkṛṣṇārjunasaṁ
vāde mokṣasaṁnyāsayogo nāma aṣṭādaśo dhyāyaḥ 18
   Colophon: f. 79r:
śake 1733 prajāpa!tī!<ti> nāma saṁvatsare śrāvaṇa
śukladvitīyā iṁduvāsare idaṁ pustakaṁ lekhanasamāptaṁ
   Language:Sanskrit in Devanāgarī script

   Work 1.3

   Locus:ff. 79v–81r (complete)
   Part:Bhagavadgītā Āratī
   Incipit: f. 79v:

sukhakaraṇī duḥkhaharaṇī jananī vedāci ..
a
gādamahimātūjhā nakaḷeviraṁci ..
titubrahmitallina
hoti saṭhāṁ īci ..
arjunā cābhāgye pragaṭamukhīci ..
jaya
deva jaya deva jaya devī gīte
ārati bobāḷu ārati ā
rate jaya deva jaya deva ..1..
   Explicit: f. 81r:

gītāsu gītāḥ karttavyāḥ kim anyaiḥ śāstrakoṭibhiḥ
yāḥ svayaṁ padmanābhasya mukhapadmād viniḥsṛtā ..1..
   Final rubric:none
   Colophon:none
   Note:

The Bhagavadgītā is included in the text of the critical edition of the Mahābhārata at MBh. 6.23.1–6.40.78. Yet the text as an independent treatise typically includes a preface, consisting of a Nyāsa and Dhyāna as found in popular editions such as the Gītā Press edition, which is not included in the critical text and most of which is also absent from the critical apparatus.

This manuscript also includes an Arati in Marathi closed with Sanskrit verses on f. 79vf. 81r.

   Language:Marāṭhī and Sanskrit in Devanāgarī script

Physical description

Form:Folia
Material:European paper with watermarks. The Last two folios, 80–81, are made of country paper without watermarks consisting of thinner stock.
Watermark:On f. 5 etc. is found the watermark (mentioned: JW HA . . .
TMAN ) and some kind of crest with (mentioned: E) and (mentioned: C) in different parts. Especially on folios 22–23 is visible (mentioned: J Whatman) in small caps. (See http://www.baph.org.uk/watermarks) (mentioned: Turkey Mills) and the date (mentioned: 1808) as on the pair of folios ff. 34–35 (together as unit), and also (mentioned: 1809) on the pair of folios ff. 64–65.
Extent:81
Dimension:11.9 x 17.7 cm
Collation: Single and paired leaves.
Condition:Excellent with browned edges. The last two folios have tattered edges.
Binding: Unbound.
Layout:Written in 9–10 lines per page.

Hands

Hand 1:Written in clear, regular characters tilted forward in straight lines. Sometimes uses Marathi l, e.g. f. 1r, line 7, but contrast f. 2r bottom line, left. Spells oṁ instead of using special sign.
Additions:

Mistakes are covered over with yellow.

Decoration

Color:The final rubric and double daṇḍas are written in red. Mistakes are covered over with yellow. Orange powder is rubbed over invocations, colophons, and introductions of speakers, in some cases, such as on f. 78v, over every other syllable.
Border:Two sets of vertical double red lines rule the left and right margins of the text on each page. A rectangular frame in red appears on f. [0]r.

History

Origin:The colophon states that the manuscript was completed on Monday, on the 2nd tithi of the bright fortnight in the month of śrāvaṇa in the year 1733, called prajāpati, of the śaka era, which corresponds to 22 July 1811 A.D.
Acquisition: David Nelson (2000: 203) describes the acquisition of the Sanskrit manuscripts in the University of Pennsylvania Library as follows:

“ The University of Pennsylvania Library possesses a collection of almost 3,300 Indic manuscripts, the largest such collection in the Western hemisphere. While the vast majority of these manuscripts are from India, there are also a number of manuscripts from Burma, Thailand, Sri Lanka, and Tibet.

Some of the manuscripts had been acquired in chance fashion by the Library and the University Museum before 1930, but in that year, at the request of Professor W. Norman Brown (1892–1975), Provost Josiah Penniman provided a sum of money to purchase Indic manuscripts. Shortly thereafter he obtained a donation from the late Mr. John Gribbel. Substantial contributions from Dr. Charles W. Burr, the Faculty Research Fund, and the Cotton Fund soon followed. The bulk of the manuscripts are the result of purchases made using these funds in India, between 1930 and 1935, under the direction of Professor W. Norman Brown. ”

Subject headings

SubjectLC:Mahābhārata – Bhagavadgītā.
SubjectLC:Manuscripts, Sanskrit – 18th century.
SubjectLC:Manuscripts – India – 18th century.
SubjectSL:Mahābhārata

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Transcription (Manuscript Layout)

f.0r
Line 1: .. śrī .. atha bhagavadgītāprāraṁbhaḥ .. śrīrāma .. work 1:
f.0v
Line 1: śrīgaṇeśāya namaḥ .. śrīgurubhyoṁ namaḥ .. śrīrāmacaṁdrāya
Line 2: namaḥ .. oṁ

asya śrībhagavadgītāmālāmaṁtrasya .. śrībha
Line 3: gavān vedavyāsaṛṣiḥ .. anuṣṭup chaṁdaḥ .. śrīkṛṣṇa paramā
Line 4: tmā devatā .. kva cit kānī cin nānāchaṁdāṁsi .. aśocyā
Line 5: n anvaśocas tvaṁ prajñāvādāṁś ca bhāṣaseti bījaṁ .. [

[
f.2r
Line 9: [ mūkaṁ karoti vācālaṁ paṁguṁ
Line 10: laṁghayate girīn .. yatkṛpā tam ahaṁ vaṁde paramānaṁdamādhavam work 2:
aDyAya 1:
f.2v
Line 1: dhṛtarāṣṭra uvāca .. dharmakṣetre kurukṣetre samavetā yu
Line 2: yutsavaḥ .. māmakāḥ pāṇḍavāś caiva kim akurvata saṁjaya ..1 [ aDyAya 18:
[
f.78v
Line 2: [ ya
Line 3: tra yogeśvaraḥ kṛṣṇo yatra pārtho dhanurdharaḥ .. tatra
Line 4: śrīr vijayo bhūtir dhruvā nītir ma[ma]tir mama ..78..
Line 5:
hariḥ oṁ tat sad iti śrīmadbhagavadgītāsūpaniṣa
Line 6: tsu brahmavidyāyāṁ yogaśāstre śrīkṛṣṇārjunasaṁ
Line 7: vāde mokṣasaṁnyāsayogo nāma aṣṭādaśo dhyāyaḥ 18

Line 8: śrīkṛṣṇārpaṇam astu .. śrīsītārāmacaṁdrārpaṇam astu
Line 9: śrīgu!rū!<ru>rājacaraṇā!rvidā!<ravindā>rpaṇam astu .. śrīrāma ..
end :
f.79r
Line 1:

śrīrāma jaya rāma jaya jaya rāma .. [


Line 2: yad akṣarapadabhraṣṭaṁ mātrāhīnaṁ ca yad bhavet .. tat sarvaṁ
Line 3: khṣamyatāṁ deva prasīda parameśvara .. [
Line 8:
śake 1733 prajāpa!tī!<ti> nāma saṁvatsare śrāvaṇa
Line 9: śukladvitīyā iṁduvāsare idaṁ pustakaṁ lekhanasamāptaṁ
work 3:
f.79v
Line 1: ārati.. sukhakaraṇī duḥkhaharaṇī jananī vedāci .. a
Line 2: gādamahimātūjhā nakaḷeviraṁci .. titubrahmitallina
Line 3: hoti saṭhāṁ īci .. arjunā cābhāgye pragaṭamukhīci .. jaya
Line 4: deva jaya deva jaya devī gīte ārati bobāḷu ārati ā
Line 5: rate jaya deva jaya deva ..1.. [
f.80v
Line 6: [ karacaraṇa
Line 7: kṛtaṁ vā kāyajaṁ karmajaṁ vā śravaṇanayanajaṁ vā mara
Line 8: na!saṁ!<jaṁ> vāparādhaṁ .. vihitam avihitaṁ vā sarvam etat kṣa
f.81r
Line 1: masva jaya jaya karuṇābdhe śrīmahādeva śaṁbho ..1 śrīrāma jaya rāma jaya jaya rāma ..

śrīrāmacaṁdra

gītāsu gītāḥ karttavyāḥ kim anyaiḥ śāstrakoṭibhiḥ yāḥ svayaṁ padmanābhasya mukhapadmād viniḥsṛtā ..1..

.. śrīkṛṣṇacaraṇāraviṁdārpaṇam astu .. ca .. ca .. śrī ..


f.81v
Line 1:
.. iti bhagavadgītā samāpto yam .. [ ..
Record revised:9 February 2012