Manuscript Identifiers

Collection:UPenn Ms. Coll. 390
Item:2249
Repository:Rare Book & Manuscript Library
Institution:University of Pennsylvania
Location:Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Catalog:Poleman
Item:1316

Contents

Work 1

Locus:(primary foliation scheme) ff. 1r–74v (complete)
Author:Kṛṣṇa Dvaipāyana Vyāsa
Title:Rāsapañcādhyāyī
Part:skandha 26–30
Incipit: (primary foliation scheme) f. 1v:
mū:
śrīśuka uvāca..
bhagavān api tā rātrīḥ śāradotphullamallikāḥ .

kṣya raṁtuṁ manaś cakre yogamāyām upāśritaḥ ..1

BhP. 10.29.1
Explicit: (primary foliation scheme) f. 73v–f. 74r:
mū:


vikrīḍitaṁ vrajavadhūbhir idaṁ ca viṣṇoḥ śraddhānvito nuśṛṇuyād athevarṇavadhaḥ ..
bhaktiṁ parāṁ bhagavati pratilabhya kāmaṁ hṛdyogam āśv apahinoty acireṇa
dhīraḥ ..40..
Note:
BhP. 10.33.40
Final rubric:none
Colophon:none
Note:Although the title rāsapañcādhyāyī does not appear in the manuscript, it is the proper term for the group of five chapters of the tenth skandha of the Bhāgavatapurāṇa that deals with the love-play of Kṛṣṇa and the gopīs called the rāsalīlā or rāsakrīḍā. The five chapters numbered 26–30 in this manuscript correspond with BhP. 29–33.
Language:Sanskrit in Devanāgarī script

Work 2

Physical description

Locus:(primary foliation scheme) ff. 1r–74v (complete)
Author:Vallabhadīkṣita
Part:adhyāya 10, skandha 26–30
Form:Folia
Material:Country paper.
Extent:75
Dimension:13.9 x 34.8 cm
Collation: Single folios.
Condition:Excellent, stain on f. 71.
Binding: Unbound.
Layout:Written in 10–11 lines per page. The base text is written in red continuous with the commentary in black.

Hands

Hand 1:Written in clear, bold characters tilted left in irregular sizes in straight lines.
Additions:

At the bottom of f. 74r is added a line containing the following verse and benediction: “
anena prIyatAM devo BagavAn kamalApatiH lakzmInfsiMhaH pUrvezAm asmAkaM kule dEvataM..

SrImatgopIjanamAnamohanAyAnaMdakaMdAya pItAMbaraDAriRe SrIgopAlakfzRAya namaH

Decoration

Color:The base text, final rubrics, and double daṇḍas are written in red.

History

Origin:The colophon states that the manuscript was completed on the 10th tithi of the dark fortnight in the month of kārttika in the year 1880 of the saṁvat era, which corresponds with Friday 28 November 1823 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:Bhāgavatapurāṇa
SubjectLC:Manuscripts, Sanskrit – 19th century.
SubjectLC:Manuscripts – India – 19th century.
SubjectSL:Purāṇa. Ancient Cosmogony, Genealogy, Narrative

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Transcription (Manuscript Layout)

aDyAya 26:
Commentary:
f.1r
Line 1: atha vallabhakṛtasubodhinīprāraṁbhaḥ
f.1v
Line 1: śrīgaṇeśāya namaḥ.. brahmānadāt samuddhṛtya bhajanānandayojane .. līlāyā yujyate samyak sā turye vinirūpyate 1 laukika
Line 2: strīṣu saṁsiddhaḥ taddhārā puruṣo bhavet .. svānandānubhavārthāṁ ha yogy api nirūpitāḥ ..2..
tato hi bhajanānaṁdaḥ strīṣu samyak vidhīyate
Line 3: .. taddhārā puruṣāṇāṁ ca bhaviṣyati na cānyathā ..3..
striya eva hitaṁ yātuṁ śaktyā tāsu tataḥ pumān .. ato hi bhagavān kṛṣṇaḥ strīpure
Line 4: me hy aharniśam ..4..
bāhyābhyaṁtarabhedena āntaraṁ tu paraṁ phalaṁ tataḥ śabdātmikā līlā nirduṣya sā nirūpyate ..5.. tato rūpaprapaṁca
Line 5: sya paṁcadhā ramaṇaṁ mataṁ .. ātmanā prathamā līlā manasā tu nataḥ parā 6
vākprāṇais tu tṛtīyā syād iṁdriyais tu tataḥ parā .. śārīrī
Line 6: paṁcamī vācyā tato rūpaṁ pratiṣṭitaṁ ..7..
ṣaḍviṁśe tu hariḥ pūrvaṁ jīvanānandayat svayaṁ .. te cet samarpitātmānas tatropāyaś ca rūpyate ..8.. ā
Line 7: tmā yāvatprasaṁnno bhūt tāvaṁd vairamate hariḥ .. sotaḥ karaṇasaṁvaṁdhī tirodhatte hariś ca saḥ ..9..

prathamaṁ bhajanānaṁdaṁ nirūpayituṁ strīṣu svānaṁ
Line 8: daṁ sthāpanīya iti tāsu ratyarthaṁ icchāṁ kṛtavān ity āha ..

mū:
śrīśuka uvāca.. bhagavān api tā rātrīḥ śāradotphullamallikāḥ . vī
Line 9: kṣya raṁtuṁ manaś cakre yogamāyām upāśritaḥ ..1

BhP. 10.29.1 Commentary:

mayemā raṁsyatha kṣapā iti rātrayo varatvena dattāḥ .. strīṇāṁ ramaṇārthās tā rātrir bhagavān
Line 10: parigṛhya sarvāsv eṣu rātriṣu tā ādhidaivakīr āropya pūrṇatvāt tāsāṁ pūrṇimā rūpāḥ kṛtvā ṛtum api śaradam eva kṛtvā tasyā pi kāryaṁ puṣpā
Line 11: ṇy eva kṛtvā rasoddīpakatvena sarvāṁtyām agnīviṁdhāya paścād ramaṇārthaṁ svānaṁdaprakāśakaṁ kāmapitāmahaṁmana utpāditavān ..

[
f.25r
Line 7: [
iti śrībhāgavate subodhinyāṁ śrīmallakṣmaṇabhaṭṭātmajaśrīvallabhadīkṣitaviracitāyāṁ daśamaskaṁdhavivara
Line 8: ṇe ṣaḍviṁśo dhyāyavivaraṇaṁ ..
aDyAya 27:
Commentary:
[
f.39r
Line 2: [
iti śrībhāgavatasubodhinyāṁ śrīmadvallabhadīkṣitaviracitāyāṁ daśamaskaṁdhavivaraṇe sa[ma]ptaviṁśo dhyāyavi
Line 3: varaṇaṁ ..27..
aDyAya 28:
Commentary:
[
f.50r
Line 7: [
iti śrīmadvallabhadīkṣitaviracitāyāṁ subodhinyāṁ aṣṭaviṁśo dhyāyavivaraṇaṁ ..28..
aDyAya 29:
Commentary:
[
f.59v
Line 10: [
iti śrībhāgavatasubodhinyāṁ śrīmadvallabhadīkṣitaviracitāyāṁ daśamaskaṁdhavivara
Line 11: ṇe ekonatriṁśo dhyāyavivaraṇaṁ ..29..
aDyAya 30:
Commentary:
[
f.73v
Line 1: mū:
vikrīḍitaṁ vrajavadhūbhir idaṁ ca viṣṇoḥ śraddhānvito nuśṛṇuyād athevarṇavadhaḥ .. bhaktiṁ parāṁ bhagavati pratilabhya kāmaṁ hṛdyogam āśv apahinoty acireṇa
74r
Line 1: dhīraḥ ..40.. Commentary:

vrajavadhūbhiḥ saha bhagavata idaṁ viśeṣeṇa krīditaṁ śraddhānvito bhūtvā samyak kathyamānam upaśṛṇuyāt athavā varṇayet śrava
Line 2: ṇānāṁtaram eva kīrttanam ity athaśabdaḥ ya iti nātra varṇādibhi niyamaḥ kiṁ tu yaḥ kaścana bhagavato māhātmyaśravaṇadaivam api mocayatīti bha
Line 3: ktānāṁ ca sarvathā pratipattiśravaṇācca bhagavati parāṁ bhaktim upagatas tato bhaktyā aṁtaḥ sthirībhūtayā hṛdayasya rogarūpaṁ kāmasyāśu śī
Line 4: ghram evāpahinoti yaḥ pūrvaṁ hṛdayavādhakatvena sthitaḥ śīghram eva cā vādhakarttā tam āśv eva dūrīkaroti śravaṇamātreṇaiva tataḥ pūrvavāsa
Line 5: nayā punarūddhame acireṇaiva dhīro bhavati ata idaṁ sābhiprāyaṁ śrotavyam iti kalakaraṇāt phalam uktam ..40..
BhP. with eleven commentaries, edited by Kṛṣṇaśaṅkara Śāstrin vol. 10, part 3, p. 838, lines 12–17

iti śrībhāga
Line 6: vatasubodhinyāṁ śrīmadvallabhadīkṣitaviracitāyāṁ daśamaskaṁdhavivaraṇe triṁśo dhyāyavivaraṇaṁ ..30..
śrīkṛṣṇaḥ śaraṇaṁ mameti
Line 7: paramo mantro yam aṣṭākṣaraḥ .. śrīsamaṁta 1880.. kātīka vadi ..10..

f.74v
Line 1: .. iti vallabhakṛtasubodhinī samāptā ..
Record revised:12 April 2012