Manuscript Identifiers

Collection:UPenn Ms. Indic
Item:5
Repository:Rare Book & Manuscript Library
Institution:University of Pennsylvania
Location:Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Contents

Work 1

Locus:(modern foliation scheme) ff. 1r–129v (incomplete)
Author:Kṛṣṇa Dvaipāyana Vyāsa
Title:Bhagavadgītā
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.

Most of the preface to the Bhagavadgītā must have occupied the missing leaves numbered 1–4 in the original foliation of work I.

Language:Sanskrit in Devanāgarī script

   Work 1.1

   Locus:(modern foliation scheme) ff. 1r–2v (incomplete)
   Author:unknoṭn
   Title:Bhagavadgītāmālāmantra
   Incipit: (modern foliation scheme) f. 1v:

<sarvopaniṣa>
do gāvo dogdhā gopālanaṁdanaḥ .
pārtho vatsaḥ sudhīr bho
ktā dugdhaṁ gītāmṛtaṁ mahat ..4..
Note:
BhG. Preface 3.6
   Explicit: (modern foliation scheme) f. 2r:

yaṁ brahmā varuṇeṁdrarudramarutaḥ stunvaṁti divyaiḥ sta
vair vedaiḥ sāṁgapadakramopaniṣadair gāyaṁti yaṁ
sāmagāḥ .
dhyānāvasthi()tadgatena manasā pa
śyaṁti yaṁ yogino yasyāṁtaṁ na viduḥ surāsura
gaṇā devāya tasmai namaḥ ..9..
Note:
BhG. Preface 4.2
   Colophon:None

   Work 1.2

   Locus:(modern foliation scheme) ff. 2v–129v (complete)
   Author:Kṛṣṇa Dvaipāyana Vyāsa
   Title:Bhagavadgītā
   Incipit: (modern foliation scheme) f. 2v:
dhṛtarāṣṭra uvā
ca

oṁ


dharmakṣetre kurukṣetre samavetā yuyutsavaḥ
māmakāḥ pāṇḍavāś caiva kim akurvata saṁjaya ..1..
Note:
BhG. 1.1; MBh. 6.23.1
   Explicit: (modern foliation scheme) f. 129r:

yatra yogeśva!rāt! kṛṣṇo yatra pārtho dhanurdharaḥ .
ta
tra śrīr vijayo bhūtir dhruvā nītir matir mama ..78..
Note:
BhG. 18.78; MBh. 6.40.78
   Final rubric: f129r-f129v:
iti śrī mahā<bhā>rate śatasahasrasaṁhitāyāṁ vaiyyā
sikyāṁ bhīṣmaparvaṇi śrībhagavadgītāsūpa
niṣatsu brahmavidyāyāṁ yogaśāstre śrīkṛ
ṣṇārjunasaṁvāde mokasaṁnyāsayogo namā
ṣṭādaśo dhyāyaḥ ..18..
saṁpūrṇam ..
   Colophon:None

Work 2

Locus:(modern foliation scheme) ff. 130v–163v (complete)
Author:Kṛṣṇa Dvaipāyana Vyāsa
Title:Viṣṇusahasranāmastotra
Incipit: f131v-f133r:

yasya
smaraṇamātreṇa janmasaṁsāra
vaṁdhanāt ..
vimucyate namas tasmai
viṣṇave prabhaviṣṇave ..1..

namaḥ samastabhū
tānāṁ ādibhūtāya bhūbhṛte .
anekarū
parūpāya viṣṇave prabhaviṣṇave ..2..
vai
śaṁpāyana uvāca ..

śrutvā dharmā!ṇy! aśe
ṣeṇa pāvanāni ca sarvaśaḥ
yudhiṣṭhiraḥ
śāṁtanavaṁ punar evābhyabhāṣata ..3..
Note:
MBh. 13.135.1
Explicit: f160r-f163v:

viśveśvaram ajaṁ devaṁ jagataḥ prabhavāpyayam ..
bhajaṁti ye puṣkarākṣaṁ na te yāṁti parābhavam ..47
arjuna uvāca ..
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śrībhagavān uvāca .. [
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sarva
vedeṣu yat puṇyaṁ sarva tīrtheṣu yat phalaṁ ..
tat pha
laṁ samavāpnoti śrutvā devaṁ janārdanaṁ ..56..
Note:
MBh. 13.135.142*639, lines 5–6
[
[
naro muktim avāpnoti cakrapāṇer vaco yathā
!vra!<bra>hmahatyādikaṁ pāpaṁ sarvapāpaṁ pramucyate ..63

vilayaṁ yāṁti pāpāni cāty apāpasya kā kathā
sarva pāpavinirmukto viṣṇulokaṁ sa gacchati
64..
Final rubric: (modern foliation scheme) f. 163v:
iti śrīmahābhārate śatasahasrasaṁhitā
yāṁ śrīviṣṇudivyasahasranāmasaṁpūrṇaṁ samā
ptam ..
Colophon:None
Note:The Viṣṇusahasranāman is included in the Anuśāsanaparvan in the critical edition of the Mahābhārata at MBh. 13.135.1–142, yet the text as an independent treatise typically appends a phalaśruti not included in the critical text and most of which is also absent from the critical apparatus. The last verse of the text of the critical edition corresponds to verse 147 found on f160r-f160v
Language:Sanskrit in Devanāgarī script

Work 3

Locus:(modern foliation scheme) ff. 164v–189v (complete)
Author:Kṛṣṇa Dvaipāyana Vyāsa
Title:Bhīṣmastavarāja
Incipit: f165v-f167r:
janme
jaya uvāca ..

oṁ


śaratalpe śayā
nas tu bhāratānāṁ pitāmahaḥ
katham utsṛṣṭavān dehaṁ kaṁ cit yogam a
dhārayan ..1..
Note:
MBh. 12.47.1
Explicit: (modern foliation scheme) f. 189r:

stavarājo samāpto yaṁ viṣṇor adbhutaka
rmaṇaḥ ..
gāṁgeyena purā gīto mahāpātakanā
śanaḥ ..28..
Final rubric: f189r-f189v:
iti śrīmahābhārate śatasahasrasaṁ
hitāyāṁ śāntiparvaṇi rājadharmottareṣu bhīṣmasta
varājaḥ samāptaḥ
Colophon:None
Note:The Bhīṣmastavarāja is included in the text of the critical edition of the Mahābhārata at MBh. 12.47.1–72, yet the text as an independent treatise typically appends a phalaśruti not included in the critical text and most of which is also absent from the critical apparatus.
Language:Sanskrit in Devanāgarī script

Work 4

Locus:(modern foliation scheme) ff. 190v–205v (complete)
Author:Kṛṣṇa Dvaipāyana Vyāsa
Title:Anusmṛti
Incipit: f191v-f194r:
śatānīka uvāca ..

oṁ


mahāte
jo mahāprāja sarvaśāstraviśā
rada ..
akṣīṇakarmavadhas tu puruṣo dvija
sattama ..1..
maraṇe yaj japej jāpyaṁ paṁcabhā
vam anusmaret ..
paramaṁ padam āpnoti ta
n me brūhi suniścitaṁ ..2..
śaunaka uvā
ca ..

śrīvatsāṁkaṁ jagadbījam anaṁtaṁ loka
sākṣiṇaṁ ..
purā nārāyaṇaṁ devaṁ nāradaḥ paryapṛ
cchata ..3..
nārada uvāca ..
bhagavan bhūtabhavyeśa
śradadhānair jiteṁdriyaiḥ
kathaṁ bhaktair viciṁtyo si
maraṇe paryupasthite 4
kiṁ vā nityaṁ japej jā
pyaṁ talpād utthāya mānavaḥ
svapno vibuddho dhyā
yeś ca tan me brūhi sanātanaṁ 5
śrutvā tasya tu
devarṣe vākyaṁ vākyaviśāradaḥ ..
provāca bhagavā
n viṣṇur nāradaṁ jagatāṁ patiḥ ..6..
śrībhagavān u
vāca ..

haṁta te kathayiṣyāmi mune divyām anu
smṛtiṁ ..
maraṇe yām anusmṛtya prāpnoti paramāṁ
gatiṁ ..7..
Explicit: f205r-f205v:
!nā
rada!<śaunaka> uvāca ..

pavaṁ sa devadevena nāradaḥ pratibodhi
taḥ
cakāra keśavo bhaktiṁ tasmāt tvaṁ kuru bhūpate
saṁsārapavasīmaṁto ya svātāṁ kila kathyate
nanu dhyāyati yo dehī kathayāmi ca tat sukhaṁ ..
keśavasya kathaṁ puṇyaṁ dhyāyate vai stavo tathā ..
sarva
baṁdhavinirmuktaḥ paraṁ padam avāpnuyāt ..
sa
nāma dhyāyate nityaṁ sarve yāṁti parāṁ gatiṁ ..74
Final rubric: (modern foliation scheme) f. 205v:
iti śrīmahābhārate śatasahasrasaṁhitāyaṁ vai
yāsikyāṁ viṣṇudharmottareṣu anusmṛtiṁ .. sa
māptaḥ ..
Colophon:None
Note:The final rubric places the Anusmṛti in the Mahābhārata and also in the Viṣṇudharmottara. Yet the work is not included in the text of the Pune critical edition of the Mahābhārata, nor in the Viṣṇudharmottara Purāṇa. A similar passage, though with significant differences, occurs in Vol. 12's Appendix I no. 17B and likewise calls itself the Anusmṛti. UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 489, etc. also contains the Anusmṛti, but the text remains unidentified.
Language:Sanskrit in Devanāgarī script

Work 5

Locus:(modern foliation scheme) ff. 206v–228v (incomplete)
Author:unknoṭn
Title:Gajendramokṣaṇa
Incipit: f207v-f209v:
śatānīka uvāca ..

oṁ


mayā
hi devadevasya viṣṇor amitate
jasaḥ ..
śrutvā sabhūtayaḥ sarvā gadata
s tava suvrataḥ ..

yadi prasanno bhagavā
n anugrāho smi vā yadi ..
tad ahaṁ śro
tum icchāmi nṛṇāṁ duḥsvapnanāśanaṁ ..
2..

svapnā hi !sva!<su> mahābhāga dṛśaṁti ye śu
bhāśubhāḥ
phalāni te prayacchaṁti tadguṇā
ny eva bhārgava 3

tādṛk puṇyaṁ pavitraṁ ca nṛṇā
m atiśubhāpradaṁ
duḥsvapnāś ca śamaṁ yāṁti tan me
vistarato vada 4..
Explicit: f227v-f228v:
bhīṣma uvāca ..
hāhā
hūhūr iti khyātau gītavādyaviśāradau ..
i
iti tau śāpitau tena devalena mahātmanā ..1
urvaśī menakāraṁbhā tathā cānye psarogaṇāḥ
śakrasya purato rājaṁ nṛtyaṁte sma sumadhyamāḥ ..2
tatas tau gāyamānau tu gaṁdharvau rājasadmani ..
anyonyaṁ cakratuḥ spardhāṁ śakrasya puratas tadā ..
āvayo<r u>bhayor madhye kaḥ śreṣṭo gītavādyayoḥ .
ta!t!<d> vadasva suraśre!ṣṭo!<ṣṭho> jñātvā gītasya lakṣaṇaṁ ..4
gaṁdharvayor vacaḥ śrutvā pratyuvāca śatakratuḥ
yuvayor gītavādyeṣu viśeṣ!ū!<o> nopalakṣyate ..5..
eka eva muniśre!ṣṭo!<ṣṭho> devalo nāma nāmataḥ ..
yuvayoḥ saṁśayacdhetā bhaviṣyati na saṁśayaḥ ..6

tatas !ta!<tu> tau śakravaco niśamya praṇamya rājaṁ
śirasā sureśvaraṁ ..
gatau suhṛṣṭau jayakāṁkṣi
ṇau tau yatrāśrame ti!ṣṭa!<ṣṭha>ti sadvijā!gryāḥ!<gryaḥ>..7 [missing 4 leaves, The end of the story of the competition between the gandharvas Hāhā and Hūhū and the latter's being cursed by the sage Devala to be incarnated as a crocodile.]
Colophon:None
Note:

The fifth work contains the narration by the sage Śaunaka to the king Śatānīka, which frames the narration of Vaiśaṁpāyaṇa to Janamejaya, which in turn frames the narration of Bhīṣma to Yuddhiṣṭhira. The second verse on (modern foliation scheme) f. 209r identifies the subject of the fifth work as the Duḥsvapnanāśana, "destruction of bad dreams," verse 4 on (modern foliation scheme) f. 209v, verse 18 on (modern foliation scheme) f. 212r, and 22ab on (modern foliation scheme) f. 212v discuss the pacification of bad dreams, and verse 3 on (modern foliation scheme) f. 209r(modern foliation scheme) f. 209v points to the problem that bad dreams produce negative consequences. The work contains the narrative of Viṣṇu releasing an elephant from the jaws of a crocodile as an example of how to obtain release from bad dreams. Verse 22 on (modern foliation scheme) f. 212v(modern foliation scheme) f. 213r introduces the narrative as the ancient itihāsa Gajendramokṣaṇa. The story reaches a climax in verse 100 on (modern foliation scheme) f. 227r with the release of the elephant, but continues in an epilogue narrating the story of how the gandharva Hūhū became incarnated as the crocodile. In some versions, such as UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 2491 the gandharva Hāhā is incarnated as the elephant. The end of the story of the competition between the gandharvas Hāhā and Hūhū and the latter's being cursed by the sage Devala to be incarnated as a crocodile, is missing in what must be the content of the four missing final pages following verse 107 on (modern foliation scheme) f. 228v.

UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 488 and Item 2491 also contain the same version of the Gajendramokṣaṇa. Although the final rubric of the fourth work in this ms. situates the Anusmṛti in the Viṣṇudharmottara Purāṇa and the fifth work is narrated by the sage Śaunaka to the king Śatānīka as is the Viṣṇudharma Purāṇa, the text in these mss. remains unidentified.

As Rocher (1986: 143) notes, the Gajendramokṣaṇa is told in the Bhāgavata Purāṇa, skandha 8, adhyāyas 2–4 (see BhP. 8.1.30–8.5.1) Although BhP. 8.1.30 mentions the same title {g}ajendramokzaRa, it is a different version. In that context Bādarāyani narrates the story to Parikṣit. The narrative mentions duḥsvapnanāśa in BhP. 8.4.14d,' to='and duḥsvapnādyupaśānti in BhP. 8.4.15d.

Language:Sanskrit in Devanāgarī script

Physical description

Form:Folia
Material:Paper.
Extent:236
Dimension:11 x 18 cm
Collation: Bound by folding long rectangular leaves. What the modern foliation scheme numbers 1 must be the same leaf as what it numbers 228. The binding must have been done after four leaves, containing the initial four pages and final four pages of the ms., were lost.
Condition:Excellent
Binding: Bound on the left in book format with a cardboard cover sealed in woven red cloth.
Layout:Generally 6 lines per page, 3 and 5 lines per page in elaborately framed text on the first and second pages of text in each of works II–V on (modern foliation scheme) f. 131v and (modern foliation scheme) f. 133r, (modern foliation scheme) f. 165v and (modern foliation scheme) f. 167r, (modern foliation scheme) f. 191v and (modern foliation scheme) f. 193r, and (modern foliation scheme) f. 207v and (modern foliation scheme) f. 209r.

Hands

Hand 1:Written clearly with a reed with a broad nib that distinguishes thick and thin strokes and produces sharp angles. Same hand as UPenn Ms. Coll. 390 Item 773, Item 2563, and Item 2639.
Additions:

The last three quarters of VSN., verse 6 (MBh. 13.135.6) left out during initial copying are added in the bottom margin in the same hand on (modern foliation scheme) f. 133v. The syllable kru similarly omitted is added in the same hand on (modern foliation scheme) f. 183r. Verse numbers omitted during the initial copying are occasionaly added in margins in the same had, for example, on (modern foliation scheme) f. 148r and (modern foliation scheme) f. 152r.

On (modern foliation scheme) f. 136v a different hand inserts “śrī” before the name of Vyāsa in the nyāsa preceding the Viṣṇusahasranāman and replaces śru by stu on (modern foliation scheme) f. 162r. Similar minor marginal corrections appear on (modern foliation scheme) f. 150r, (modern foliation scheme) f. 151r, and (modern foliation scheme) f. 160r.

Decoration

Color:Single daṇḍas, double daṇḍas, speakers, and final rubrics appear in red. Infrequent minor mistakes are covered over with yellow throughout the ms., for example, on (modern foliation scheme) f. 24r, (modern foliation scheme) f. 26r, and (modern foliation scheme) f. 163r. Additional colors are used in borders and illustrations.
Border:An orange rectangular band trimmed with black lines within a thin black rectangular line surrounded by another orange rectangle frames the text on most pages. Each of works II–V begins on (modern foliation scheme) f. 131v, (modern foliation scheme) f. 165v, (modern foliation scheme) f. 191v, and (modern foliation scheme) f. 207v:
with text in black, gold, and black lines in a frame with flowers painted in it in purple, orange, and green surrounded by an elaborate gold, blue, and orange frame itself framed in thin black and orange lines. The text of these works continues on their second pages on (modern foliation scheme) f. 133r, (modern foliation scheme) f. 167r, (modern foliation scheme) f. 193r, and (modern foliation scheme) f. 209r:
in five alternating black and gold lines in a frame with flowers painted in it in purple, orange, and green.
Illustration:

The ms. contains five full-color illustrations. On (modern foliation scheme) f. 76v:
appears an illustration of Arjuna witnessing Viṣṇu's four-armed form seated on a lotus holding a lotus, beads, and conch, with the heads of Gaṇeśa, Brahmā, himself, Śiva, and others surrounding his head.

On (modern foliation scheme) f. 130v:
appears an illustration of Viṣṇu reclining on Śeṣa with Lakṣmī sitting before him, Brahmā sitting in a lotus emerging from his navel, and Śiva to Brahmā's right in the background.

On (modern foliation scheme) f. 164v:
appears an illustration of Kṛṣṇa in Viṣṇu's four-armed form holding beads, a lotus, and conch attending Bhīṣma lying on his bed of arrows with Arjuna firing arrows into his mattress.

On (modern foliation scheme) f. 190v:
appears an illustrated elderly man on a couch with a pillow holding beads (perhaps śaunaka) addressing a younger man sitting on the floor with a pillow (perhaps śatānīka) in a palace.

On (modern foliation scheme) f. 206v:
appears an illustration of Viṣṇu accompanied by Garuḍa liberating the elephant from the crocodile in the lake.

History

Origin: The name Brian Zahn preceded by an asterisk is written vertically downwards in the right margin on (modern foliation scheme) f. [iv]v.:
The manuscript likely originates in Kashmir. The colophon of UPenn Ms. Coll. 390 Item 2563, written in the same hand, dates that manuscript to the year saṁvat 1913, equivalent to 1856-57 c.e.
Acquisition:

The present codex was acquired by The University of Pennsylvania Library and catalogued on 21 September 1993.

Subject headings

SubjectLC:Hinduism – Legends.
SubjectLC:Codices.
SubjectLC:Illuminated manuscripts.
SubjectLC:Manuscripts, Sanskrit – 19th century.
SubjectLC:Manuscripts – India – 19th century.
SubjectSL:Itihāsa. Narrative, Epic, History

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Transcription (Manuscript Layout)

work 1:
work 1.1:
[missing 4 leaves, Missing the Bhagavadgītāmālāmantra]
<sarvopaniṣa>
f.1v
Line 1: do gāvo dogdhā gopālanaṁdanaḥ . pārtho vatsaḥ sudhīr bho
Line 2: ktā dugdhaṁ gītāmṛtaṁ mahat ..4.. vasudevasutaṁ
Line 3: devaṁ kaṁsacāṇūramardanam . devakīparamānaṁdaṁ
Line 4: krṛṣṇaṁ vaṁde jagadgurum ..5.. [
f.2r
Line 4: [ yaṁ brahmā varuṇeṁdrarudramarutaḥ stunvaṁti divyaiḥ sta
Line 5: vair vedaiḥ sāṁgapadakramopaniṣadair gāyaṁti yaṁ
Line 6: sāmagāḥ . dhyānāvasthi()tadgatena manasā pa
f.2v
Line 1: śyaṁti yaṁ yogino yasyāṁtaṁ na viduḥ surāsura
Line 2: gaṇā devāya tasmai namaḥ ..9..
oṁ aDyAya 1:
dhṛtarāṣṭra uvā
Line 3: ca

oṁ

dharmakṣetre kurukṣetre samavetā yuyutsavaḥ
Line 4: māmakāḥ pāṇḍavāś caiva kim akurvata saṁjaya ..1.. [ [ aDyAya 18:
f.128v
Line 1: [ saṁjaya uvāca [
f.129r
Line 4: yatra yogeśva!rāt! kṛṣṇo yatra pārtho dhanurdharaḥ . ta
Line 5: tra śrīr vijayo bhūtir dhruvā nītir matir mama ..78..
Line 6:
iti śrī mahā<bhā>rate śatasahasrasaṁhitāyāṁ vaiyyā
f.129v
Line 1: sikyāṁ bhīṣmaparvaṇi śrībhagavadgītāsūpa
Line 2: niṣatsu brahmavidyāyāṁ yogaśāstre śrīkṛ
Line 3: ṣṇārjunasaṁvāde mokasaṁnyāsayogo namā
Line 4: ṣṭādaśo dhyāyaḥ ..18..
saṁpūrṇam ..
work 2:
f.131v
Line 1: oṁ śrigaṇeśāya namaḥ .. oṁ yasya
Line 2: smaraṇamātreṇa janmasaṁsāra
Line 3: vaṁdhanāt .. vimucyate namas tasmai
f.133r
Line 1: viṣṇave prabhaviṣṇave ..1.. namaḥ samastabhū
Line 2: tānāṁ ādibhūtāya bhūbhṛte . anekarū
Line 3: parūpāya viṣṇave prabhaviṣṇave ..2..
vai
Line 4: śaṁpāyana uvāca ..
śrutvā dharmā!ṇy! aśe
Line 5: ṣeṇa pāvanāni ca sarvaśaḥ yudhiṣṭhiraḥ
f.133r
Line 1: śāṁtanavaṁ punar evābhyabhāṣata ..3.. [
f.135v
Line 5: [ śrīvedavyāsa uvāca .. [
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Line 6: viśveśvaram ajaṁ devaṁ jagataḥ prabhavāpyayam ..
f.160v
Line 1: bhajaṁti ye puṣkarākṣaṁ na te yāṁti parābhavam ..47
Line 2: arjuna uvāca .. [
Line 4: [
śrībhagavān uvāca .. [
f.162r
Line 1: [ sarva
Line 2: vedeṣu yat puṇyaṁ sarva tīrtheṣu yat phalaṁ .. tat pha
Line 3: laṁ samavāpnoti śrutvā devaṁ janārdanaṁ ..56.. [
f.163r
Line 4: [ naro muktim avāpnoti cakrapāṇer vaco yathā
Line 5: !vra!<bra>hmahatyādikaṁ pāpaṁ sarvapāpaṁ pramucyate ..63
Line 6: vilayaṁ yāṁti pāpāni cāty apāpasya kā kathā
f.163v
Line 1: sarva pāpavinirmukto viṣṇulokaṁ sa gacchati
Line 2: 64..
iti śrīmahābhārate śatasahasrasaṁhitā
Line 3: yāṁ śrīviṣṇudivyasahasranāmasaṁpūrṇaṁ samā
Line 4: ptam ..
śubham ..
work 3:
f.165v
Line 1: oṁ śrīgaṇeśāya namaḥ .. oṁ janme
Line 2: jaya uvāca ..

oṁ

śaratalpe śayā
Line 3: nas tu bhāratānāṁ pitāmahaḥ
f.167r
Line 1: katham utsṛṣṭavān dehaṁ kaṁ cit yogam a
Line 2: dhārayan ..1.. vaiśaṁpāyana uvāca .. śṛ
Line 3: !ṇva!<ṇu>ṣvāvahito rājaṁ śucir bhūtvā samā
Line 4: hitaḥ .. bhīṣmas tu kuruśārdūladehotsa
Line 5: rgaṁ samāśrayet ..2.. nivartamāne tv aya
f.167v
Line 1: ne hy uttare vai divākare samāviśad yadātmāna
Line 2: m ātmany eva samāhitaḥ 3 śuklapakṣasya cāṣṭa
Line 3: myāṁ māghamāsasya pārthiva prajāpatye ca na
Line 4: kṣatre madhyaṁ prāpte divākare 4 vikīrṇāṁ
Line 5: śur ivādityo bhīṣmaḥ śaraśatair vṛtaḥ
Line 6: śuśubhe parayā lakṣmyā vṛto !vra!<bra>hmaṇasattamaiḥ [
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Line 3: [ bhīṣma uvāca .. ārādhayām<y> ahaṁ viṣṇuṁ vā
Line 4: cā jigadiṣāmayaṁ .. tayā vyāsasamāsinyā
Line 5: prīyatāṁ puruṣottamaḥ ..13.. [
f.184r
Line 1: [ rasa!ḥ!<>
Line 2: talagataḥ śrīmān anaṁto bhagavān hariḥ .. sarvaṁ dhā
Line 2: rayane yo sau tasmai śeṣātmane namaḥ ..1.. [
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Line 1:
Line 2: vaiśaṁpāyana uvāca .. [
f.188r
Line 5: [ yaṁ yoginaḥ prāṇa
Line 6: viyogakāle yaṁ tv ekacitte viniveśa
f.188v
Line 1: yanti .. sākṣāt purastād dharim īkṣamāṇaḥ prā
Line 2: ṇān jahau prāptakālo hi bhīṣmaḥ ..25.. [ iti
Line 3: stavaṁ yaḥ pa!ṭa!<ṭha>yati śārṅgadhanvanaḥ śṛṇoti
Line 4: vā yadukulanaṁdanastavaṁ .. sa cakrabhṛtpratiha
Line 5: takilbiṣo jano janārdanaṁ praviśaṁti de
Line 6: hasaṁkṣaye ..26.. asitaniśitadhāraṁ yasya
f.189r
Line 1: cakraṁ karāgre .. maṇikanakavicitre kuṁḍale ya
Line 2: sya ka!raṇe!<rṇe> .. amaraśatasahasraiḥ sevyate yasya
Line 3: mālā asuraku!ta!<la>nihaṁtā prīyatāṁ vāsude
Line 4: vaḥ ..27.. stavarājo samāpto yaṁ viṣṇor adbhutaka
Line 5: rmaṇaḥ .. gāṁgeyena purā gīto mahāpātakanā
Line 6: śanaḥ ..28..
iti śrīmahābhārate śatasahasrasaṁ
f.189v
Line 1: hitāyāṁ śāntiparvaṇi rājadharmottareṣu bhīṣmasta
Line 2: varājaḥ samāptaḥ
work 4:
f.191v
Line 1: oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya ..
Line 2: oṁ śatānīka uvāca ..

oṁ

mahāte
Line 3: jo mahāprāja sarvaśāstraviśā
f.193r
Line 1: rada .. akṣīṇakarmavadhas tu puruṣo dvija
Line 2: sattama ..1.. maraṇe yaj japej jāpyaṁ paṁcabhā
Line 3: vam anusmaret .. paramaṁ padam āpnoti ta
Line 4: n me brūhi suniścitaṁ ..2.. śaunaka uvā
Line 5: ca ..
śrīvatsāṁkaṁ jagadbījam anaṁtaṁ loka
f.193v
Line 1: sākṣiṇaṁ .. purā nārāyaṇaṁ devaṁ nāradaḥ paryapṛ
Line 2: cchata ..3.. nārada uvāca .. bhagavan bhūtabhavyeśa
Line 3: śradadhānair jiteṁdriyaiḥ kathaṁ bhaktair viciṁtyo si
Line 4: maraṇe paryupasthite 4 kiṁ vā nityaṁ japej jā
Line 5: pyaṁ talpād utthāya mānavaḥ svapno vibuddho dhyā
Line 6: yeś ca tan me brūhi sanātanaṁ 5 śrutvā tasya tu
f.194r
Line 1: devarṣe vākyaṁ vākyaviśāradaḥ .. provāca bhagavā
Line 2: n viṣṇur nāradaṁ jagatāṁ patiḥ ..6.. śrībhagavān u
Line 3: vāca ..
haṁta te kathayiṣyāmi mune divyām anu
Line 4: smṛtiṁ .. maraṇe yām anusmṛtya prāpnoti paramāṁ
Line 5: gatiṁ ..7..
oṁkāram āditaḥ kṛtvā mām anusmṛtya
Line 6: cātmanā .. pakāgraḥ prayato bhūtvā tv imaṁ maṁtra
f.194v
Line 1: m udīrayet ..8..

oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya


Line 2:
anaṁtaṁ śāśvataṁ devam avyaktaṁ puruṣottamaṁ
Line 3: prapadye prāṁjalir viṣṇu!r!m acyutaṁ parameśvaraṁ ..
Line 4: 9.. [
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Line 6: nāhaṁ vasāmi vaikuṁṭe yogine rudayena ca ..
f.205r
Line 1: madbhaktā yatra gāyaṁti tatra ti!ṣṭāṁ!<ṣṭhā>mi nārada ..71 !nā
Line 2: rada!<śaunaka> uvāca ..
pavaṁ sa devadevena nāradaḥ pratibodhi
Line 3: taḥ cakāra keśavo bhaktiṁ tasmāt tvaṁ kuru bhūpate
Line 3: saṁsārapavasīmaṁto ya svātāṁ kila kathyate
Line 4: nanu dhyāyati yo dehī kathayāmi ca tat sukhaṁ .. keśavasya kathaṁ puṇyaṁ dhyāyate vai stavo tathā .. sarva
f.205v
Line 1: baṁdhavinirmuktaḥ paraṁ padam avāpnuyāt .. sa
Line 2: nāma dhyāyate nityaṁ sarve yāṁti parāṁ gatiṁ ..74
Line 3:
iti śrīmahābhārate śatasahasrasaṁhitāyaṁ vai
Line 4: yāsikyāṁ viṣṇudharmottareṣu anusmṛtiṁ .. sa
Line 5: māptaḥ ..
śubhaṁ ..
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f.207v
Line 1: oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya ..
Line 2: oṁ śatānīka uvāca ..

oṁ

mayā
Line 3: hi devadevasya viṣṇor amitate
f.209r
Line 1: jasaḥ .. śrutvā sabhūtayaḥ sarvā gadata
Line 2: s tava suvrataḥ .. yadi prasanno bhagavā
Line 3: n anugrāho smi vā yadi .. tad ahaṁ śro
Line 4: tum icchāmi nṛṇāṁ duḥsvapnanāśanaṁ ..
Line 5: 2..
svapnā hi !sva!<su> mahābhāga dṛśaṁti ye śu
f.209v
Line 1: bhāśubhāḥ phalāni te prayacchaṁti tadguṇā
Line 2: ny eva bhārgava 3 tādṛk puṇyaṁ pavitraṁ ca nṛṇā
Line 3: m atiśubhāpradaṁ duḥsvapnāś ca śamaṁ yāṁti tan me
Line 4: vistarato vada 4..
śaunaka uvāca .. idam eva ma
Line 5: hābhāga pṛṣṭavā<ṁ>s te pitāma!hā!<haḥ> bhīṣmaṁ dharmabhṛ
Line 6: tāṁ śre!ṣṭaṁ!<ṣṭhaṁ> dharmaputro yudhiṣṭhiraḥ 5..
yudhi!ṣṭi!<ṣṭhi>ra uvā
f.210r
Line 1: ca .. jitaṁ te puṁḍarīkākṣa namas te viśvabhāvana
Line 2: namas te stu hṛṣīkeśa mahāpuruṣapūrvaja ..6..
Line 3: [
f.211v
Line 3: [ janamejaya uvāca .. kiṁ japa
Line 4: n mucyate pāpā kiṁ japan sukham aśnute .. duḥsva
Line 5: pnanāśanaṁ puṇyaṁ śrotum icchāmi nārada ..16..
Line 6:
vaiśaṁpāyana uvāca .. devavrataṁ mahāprājñaṁ sarvaśā
f.212r
Line 1: straviśāradaṁ .. vinayenopasaṁgamya paryapṛccha
Line 2: dyudhi!ṣṭi!<ṣṭhi>raḥ..17.. yudhi!ṣṭi!<ṣṭhi>ra uvāca .. duḥsvapna
Line 3: darśanaṁ ghoraṁ avīkṣya bharatarṣabha .. prayataḥ kiṁ
Line 3: japej jāpyaṁ vi!vu!<bu>ddhaḥ kiṁ samācaret ..18. kasmai
Line 5: kuryān namaskāraṁ prātar utthāya mānavaḥ .. kiṁ
Line 6: ca dhyāyeta satataṁ pūjyo vā ko bhavet sadā ..19.
f.212v
Line 1: pitāmahaprasādena !vu!<bu>ddhir bhedo bhaven mama .. tada
Line 2: haṁ śrotum icchāmi !vrū!<brū>hi me vadatāṁ vara ..20.. bhīṣma
Line 3: uvāca ..
ṛṣaiṇāṁ naimiṣāraṇye saṁvādaṁ nārada
Line 4: sya ca .. śṛṇu rājan mahā!vā!<bā>ho kathayiṣye hi śāṁ
Line 5: tikaṁ ..21..
duḥsvapnadarśane !jāṁpya!<jāpyaṁ> yad vā nityaṁ samā
Line 6: hitaiḥ .. atrāpy udāharaṁtīmam itihāsaṁ purātanaṁ
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Line 1: gajeṁdramokṣaṇaṁ puṇyaṁ kṛṣṇasyākliṣṭakarmaṇaḥ
Line 2: sarvaratnamayaḥ śrīmāṁs trikuṭo nāma parvataḥ ..
Line 3: sutaḥ parvatarājasya sumero bhāskaradyutiḥ ..23 [
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Line 6: gajeṁdra uvāca .. namo mūlaprakṛtaye ajitāya
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Line 1: mahātmane .. anāśrayāya devāya nispṛhāya na
Line 2: mo namaḥ ..62.. [
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Line 6: bhīṣma uvāca .. bhaktiṁ tasyānusaṁcitya nāgasyāmocasaṁstavāt
f.226v
Line 1: prītimāṁ bhagavān rājaṁ śrutvā cakragadādharaḥ
Line 2: āruhya garuḍaṁ viṣṇur ājagāma surottamaḥ ..
Line 3: sātridhyaṁ kalpayām āsa tasmin sarasi lokadhṛ
Line 4: t .. grāhagrastaṁ gajeṁdraṁ ca taṁ grāhaṁ ca jalāśayā
Line 5: t .. ujjahārāprameyātmā tara!ṁ!<>sā madhusūdanaḥ ..97 jalasthaṁ dārayām āsa grāha!!<ṁ> cakreṇa mādhavaḥ ..
f.227r
Line 1: mocayam āsa nāgeṁdraṁ pāpebhyaḥ śaraṇāgataṁ ..98
Line 2: sa hi devalaśāpena hūhūgaṁdharvasattamaḥ .. grā
Line 3: hatvam agamat kṛṣṇadevaṁ prāpya divaṁ gataḥ..99..
Line 4: idam asya paraṁ guhyaṁ rājan pu!ṇyā!<ṇya>tamaṁ śṛṇu .. gajeṁ
Line 5: drasya kṛtaṁ stotraṁ pratya!kṣya!<kṣa>pāpanāśanaṁ .. sarvapā
Line 6: pavinirmukto viṣṇuloke mahīyate ..100..
yudhi
f.227v
Line 1: !ṣṭi!<ṣṭhi>ra uvāca .. khathaṁ śāpodbhavaṁ nāgaṁ gaṁdharvā
Line 2: ṇāṁ mahātmanāṁ .. etad icchāmy ahaṁ śrotuṁ vi
Line 3: stareṇa pitāmaha ..100.. bhīṣma uvāca .. hāhā
Line 4: hūhūr iti khyātau gītavādyaviśāradau .. i
Line 5: iti tau śāpitau tena devalena mahātmanā ..1
Line 6: urvaśī menakāraṁbhā tathā cānye psarogaṇāḥ
f.228r
Line 1: śakrasya purato rājaṁ nṛtyaṁte sma sumadhyamāḥ ..2
Line 2: tatas tau gāyamānau tu gaṁdharvau rājasadmani ..
Line 3: anyonyaṁ cakratuḥ spardhāṁ śakrasya puratas tadā ..
Line 4: āvayo<r u>bhayor madhye kaḥ śreṣṭo gītavādyayoḥ .
Line 5: ta!t!<d> vadasva suraśre!ṣṭo!<ṣṭho> jñātvā gītasya lakṣaṇaṁ ..4 gaṁdharvayor vacaḥ śrutvā pratyuvāca śatakratuḥ
f.228v
Line 1: yuvayor gītavādyeṣu viśeṣ!ū!<o> nopalakṣyate ..5..
Line 2: eka eva muniśre!ṣṭo!<ṣṭho> devalo nāma nāmataḥ ..
Line 3: yuvayoḥ saṁśayacdhetā bhaviṣyati na saṁśayaḥ ..6
Line 4: tatas !ta!<tu> tau śakravaco niśamya praṇamya rājaṁ
Line 5: śirasā sureśvaraṁ .. gatau suhṛṣṭau jayakāṁkṣi
Line 6: ṇau tau yatrāśrame ti!ṣṭa!<ṣṭha>ti sadvijā!gryāḥ!<gryaḥ>..7 [missing 4 leaves, The end of the story of the competition between the gandharvas Hāhā and Hūhū and the latter's being cursed by the sage Devala to be incarnated as a crocodile.]
Record revised:6 December 2011