Manuscript Identifiers

Collection:UPenn Ms. Coll. 390
Item:2202
Repository:Rare Book & Manuscript Library
Institution:University of Pennsylvania
Location:Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Catalog:Poleman
Item:980
Catalog:Poleman
Item:985

Contents

Work 1

Locus:ff. 1r–3v (complete)
Author:Kṛṣṇa Dvaipāyana Vyāsa
Title:Aṣṭādaśaślokīgītā
Incipit: f. 1r:
arjuna uvāca
na kāṁkṣe vijayaṁ kṛṣṇa na ca
rājyaṁ sukhāni ca ..
kin no rājyena govi<n>da kiṁ bhogai
r jīvitena vā ..1..
Note:
BhG. 1.32; MBh. 6.23.32
Explicit: f. 3r:
saṁjaya0
yatra yogī
śvaraḥ kṛṣṇo yatra pārtho dhanurdharaḥ ..
tatra śrīr vi
jayo bhūtir dhruvā nī[i]tir matir mama ..19..
Note:
BhG. 1.1; MBh. 6.40.78
Final rubric: f3r-f3v:
iti śrīmatbhagavatgītāsūpani
ṣatsu brahmavidyāyāṁ yogaśāstre śrīkṛṣṇārju
nasaṁvāde aṣṭādaśaślokī gītā sā[[?]]ra samā
ptaḥ ..
Colophon:none
Note:The Aṣṭādaśaślokīgītā, also known as the Gītāsāra, consists of a selection of eighteen verses from the Bhagavadgītā plus the final phalaśruti verse of the Bhagavadgītā. All nineteen verses are included in the text of the critical edition of the Mahābhārata at MBh. BhG. 1.32, MBh. 6.23.32; BhG. 2.20, MBh. 6.24.20; BhG. 3.28, MBh. 6.25.28; BhG. 4.24, MBh. 6.26.24; BhG. 5.18, MBh. 6.27.18; BhG. 6.25, MBh. 6.28.25; BhG. 7.4, MBh. 6.29.4; BhG. 8.13, MBh. 6.30.13; BhG. 9.22, MBh. 6.31.22; BhG. 10.42, MBh. 6.32.42; BhG. 11.36, MBh. 6.33.36 (including the speaker line introducing it); BhG. 12.16, MBh. 6.34.16; BhG. 13.32, MBh. 6.35.32; BhG. 14.22, MBh. 6.36.22; BhG. 15.14, MBh. 6.37.14; BhG. 16.23, MBh. 6.38.23; BhG. 17.15, MBh. 6.39.15; BhG. 18.73, MBh. 6.40.73 (including the speaker line introducing it); BhG. 18.74, MBh. the speaker line introducing 6.40.74 BhG. 18.78, MBh. 6.40.78.
Language:Sanskrit in Devanāgarī script

Work 2

Locus:ff. 3v–4v (complete)
Author:Kṛṣṇa Dvaipāyana Vyāsa
Part:Saptaślokīgītā
Incipit: f. 3v:

kavim om iti ca sthāne
sarvataś cordhvam ity api ..
sarvasya manmanā veti
ślokāḥ sapta prakīrtitāḥ ..1..
śrī <bha>gavān u0

kaviṁ purāṇam anuśāsitāram aṇor aṇīyāṁsa
m anusmared yaḥ ..
sarvasya dhātāram acintyarūpa!ṁ!m ādityavarṇaṁ tamasaḥ parastāt ..2..
Note:
BhG. 8.9; MBh. 6.30.9
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Explicit: f. 4v:

manmanā bhava madbhakto madyā
jī māṁ namaskuru ..
mām evaiṣyasi yuktvaivam ātmā
naṁ matparāyaṇaḥ ..8..
Note:
BhG. 1.32; MBh. 6.31.34
Final rubric: f. 4v:
iti0
saptaślokī gītā samāptaḥ .. ..
Colophon: f. 4v:
saṁvat 1887 plavanāmasaṁvatsare pauṣaśuddha 2
Note:

The Saptaślokīgītā consists of a selection of seven verses from the Bhagavadgītā. Some versions add an introductory verse that gives the pratīkas of the seven verses, and a final phalaśruti verse. The seven core verses from the Bhagavadgītā are included in the text of the critical edition of the Mahābhārata at BhG. 8.9, MBh. 6.30.09; BhG. 8.13, MBh. 6.30.13; BhG. 11.36, MBh. 6.33.36; BhG. 13.13, MBh. 6.35.13; BhG. 15.1, MBh. 6.37.1; BhG. 15.15, MBh. 6.37.15; BhG. 18.65, MBh. 6.40.65. The introductory and final verses are not included in the critical text or the critical apparatus.

The present manuscript includes the introductory verse and the final phalaśruti verse.

Language:Sanskrit in Devanāgarī script

Physical description

Form:Folia
Material:Country-made paper.
Extent:4
Dimension:10.3 x 15.4 cm
Collation: Single folios.
Condition:Very good condition.
Binding: Unbound.
Layout:Written in 9 lines per page.

Hands

Hand 1:Clearly writtenakṣaras.
Additions:

There are no additions nor marginal corrections. On f. 2v and f. 3v corrections are made by blotting characters out with black ink.

Decoration

Border:Vertical double red lines rule the left and right margins of the text on each page.

History

Origin:The colophon states that the manuscript was completed on the 2nd tithi of the bright fortnight in the month of pauṣa in the year 1887, called plava, of the saṁvat era, which corresponds with Friday, 17 December 1830 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 – 19th century.
SubjectLC:Manuscripts – India – 19th century.
SubjectSL:Mahābhārata

Facsimile

Whole imageIndividual pages
f. 1rf. 1r  
f. 1v,f. 2rf. 1v  f. 2r  
f. 2v,f. 3rf. 2v  f. 3r  
f. 3v,f. 4rf. 3v  f. 4r  

Facsimile

Whole imageIndividual pages
f. 3v,f. 4rf. 3v  f. 4r  
f. 4vf. 4v  


Transcription (Manuscript Layout)

work 1:
f.1r
Line 1: śrīgaṇeśāya namaḥ .. atha aṣṭā<da>śaślokigītāprā
Line 2: raṁbhaḥ .. ..
arjuna uvāca na kāṁkṣe vijayaṁ kṛṣṇa na ca
Line 3: rājyaṁ sukhāni ca .. kin no rājyena govi<n>da kiṁ bhogai
Line 4: r jīvitena vā ..1.. [
f.3r
Line 5: [ saṁjaya0 yatra yogī
Line 6: śvaraḥ kṛṣṇo yatra pārtho dhanurdharaḥ .. tatra śrīr vi
Line 7: jayo bhūtir dhruvā nī[i]tir matir mama ..19..
hariḥ
Line 8: õ tat sad
iti śrīmatbhagavatgītāsūpani
Line 9: ṣatsu brahmavidyāyāṁ yogaśāstre śrīkṛṣṇārju
f.3v
Line 1: nasaṁvāde aṣṭādaśaślokī gītā sā[[?]]ra samā
Line 2: ptaḥ .. .. śrīkṛṣṇārpaṇam astu .. ..

Line 3: work 2:
śrīgaṇeśāya namaḥ .. kavim om iti ca sthāne
Line 4: sarvataś cordhvam ity api .. sarvasya manmanā veti
Line 5: ślokāḥ sapta prakīrtitāḥ ..1..
śrī <bha>gavān u0
Line 6:
kaviṁ purāṇam anuśāsitāram aṇor aṇīyāṁsa
Line 7: m anusmared yaḥ .. sarvasya dhātāram acintyarūpa!ṁ!m ādityavarṇaṁ tamasaḥ parastāt ..2.. [ [
f.4v
Line 2: [ manmanā bhava madbhakto madyā
Line 3: jī māṁ namaskuru .. mām evaiṣyasi yuktvaivam ātmā
Line 4: naṁ matparāyaṇaḥ ..8..
yo māṁ gītāsamuhyena
Line 5: stotum ichati pā<ṁ>ḍava .. tenāhaṁ saptabhi<ḥ> ślok!e!<ai><ḥ> stu
Line 6: ta eva na saṁśayaḥ .. ..
hariḥ õ tat sad iti0
Line 7: saptaślokī gītā samāptaḥ .. .. śrī ..

Line 8:
saṁvat 1887 plavanāmasaṁvatsare pauṣaśuddha 2
Record revised:23 February 2012