Manuscript Identifiers

Collection:UPenn Ms. Coll. 390
Item:2199
Repository:Rare Book & Manuscript Library
Institution:University of Pennsylvania
Location:Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Catalog:Poleman
Item:953

Contents

Work 1

Locus:ff. 1r–104v (complete)
Title:Bhagavadgītā
Cover rubric: f. 1r:
.. iti śrībhagavadgī<tā>prāraṁbhaḥ ..
Final rubric: f. [104]v:
.. iti śrībhagavadgītā[prāraṁbhaḥ]() ..
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. The preface in this manuscript ends with one verse that corresponds to a verse introducing the Bhagavadgītā in the critical apparatus.

Language:Sanskrit in Devanāgarī script

   Work 1.1

   Locus:ff. 1v–6r (complete)
   Title:Bhagavadgītā Preface
   Incipit: f. 1v:
asya śrībhaga
vadgītāmālāmaṁtrasya bhagavān vedavyāsa
ṛṣiḥ
   Explicit: f5v-f6r:

yaṁ
brahmā varuṇeṁdrarudramaruta<ḥ> stunvaṁti !dī!<di>
vyaiḥ stavair vedaiḥ sāṁgapadakramopaniṣa
dai<r> gāyaṁti yaṁ sāmagāḥ ..
dhyānāvasthi
tatadgatena manasā paśyaṁti yaṁ yo
gino ya!ṁ!<>syāṁtaṁ na viduḥ surāsuraga
ṇā devāya tasmai namaḥ ..9..
Note:
BhG. Preface 4.2

kṛ
ṣṇaṁ kamalapatrākhyaṁ puṇyaḥ
śravaṇakīrtanāt ..
vāsude
vaṁ jagadyoniṁ nomi<naumi> nārāya
ṇo hariṁ ..10..
Note:
MBh. 6.23.1*85, lines 1–2
   Final rubric: f. 6r:
iti kavacaṁ samāptaṁ ..
   Colophon:None

   Work 1.2

   Locus:ff. 1v–104r (complete)
   Author:Kṛṣṇa Dvaipāyana Vyāsa
   Title:Bhagavadgītā
   Incipit: f. 6v:
dhṛta
rāṣṭra uvāca ..

dharmakṣetre kurukṣetre sa
mavetā yuyutsavaḥ ..
māmakāḥ pāṇḍavāś cai
va kim akurvata saṁjaya ..1..
Note:
BhG. 1.1; MBh. 6.23.1
   Explicit: f. 103v:

yatra yogeśvaraḥ kṛṣṇo
yatra pārtho dhanurdharaḥ ..
tatra śrīr vija
yo bhūti<r> dhruvā nīti<r> matir mama ..78..
Note:
BhG. 18.78; MBh. 6.40.78
   Final rubric: f. [104]r:
iti śrīmadbhagavadgītāsūpaniṣatsu
brahmavidyāyāṁ yogaśāstre śrīkṛṣṇā
rjunasaṁvāde mokṣayogo nāmāṣṭāda
śo dhyāyaḥ ..18..
   Colophon: f. [104]r:
sādhāraṇa!t!<>saṁva
tsare [jyeṣṭha] aṣāśuddhatrodaśī 13
maṁdavāsare taddinedaṁ pu[kaṁsta]() nārā
yaṇedaṁ pustaka ..

Physical description

Form:Folia
Material:European paper with chain lines and a watermark.
Watermark:A big shield with a crown on top; only the top appears on some leaves and only the bottom on others.
Extent:104
Dimension:10.6 x 15.1 cm
Collation: Mostly paired folios with a few single folios at the beginning.
Formula:1, 2, 3, 4, 5–6, 7–8, 9–10, 11–12, 13–14, 15–16, 17–18, 19–20, 21–22, 23–24, 25–26, 27–28, 29–30, ... 103–[104].
Condition:Very good. Occasional ink-blotches in lettering and in margins. Water stains.
Binding: Unbound.
Layout:Written in 7–9 lines per page.

Hands

Additions:

There are some marginal additions in brown or black (f. 80r). Mistakes covered over with yellow throughout.

Decoration

Color:Orange powder is rubbed over invocations, final rubrics, introduction of speakers, and numbers on f. 1v:
f. 16v, over the final rubric on f. 90r, f. 93v, and over the final colophon on f. [104]r. Elsewhere, f. 17r:
f. 102v:
final rubrics and some introductions of speakers are in brown and double daṇḍas are in brown or pink. Some marginal additions are in brown. Mistakes are covered over with yellow throughout.
Border:Two sets of vertical double brown lines rule the left and right margins of the text on each page. Pink horizontal lines complete a rectangular frame on f. 1r.

History

Origin:The colophon states that the manuscript was completed during the day on the 13th tithi of the bright fortnight in the month of āṣāḍha in the year called sādhāraṇa in the saṁvat era. Every 44th year in the 60-year cycle of years in Indian calendars is called sādhāraṇa, including saṁvat 1787, 1847, 1907, and 1967 corresponding to 1730-31, 1790-91, 1850-51, 1910-11 A.D. The date of completion of the manuscript given corresponds to either Wednesday, 28 June 1730 A.D., Saturday, 24 July 1790 A.D., Monday, 22 July 1850 A.D., or Wednesday, 20 July 1910 A.D.. The acquisition of the manuscript by the University of Pennsylvania prior to 1930 prohibits any later date. David Nelson placed the date in the 18th century (17–) indicating one of the first two options.
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.1r
Line 1: .. iti śrībhagavadgī<tā>prāraṁbhaḥ .. work 1:
f.1v
Line 1: .. śrīgaṇeśāya namaḥ .. õ

asya śrībhaga
Line 2: vadgītāmālāmaṁtrasya bhagavān vedavyāsa
Line 3: ṛṣiḥ anuṣṭup chaṁdaḥ śrī kṛṣṇaparamā
Line 4: tmā devatā . aśocān anvaśocas tvaṁ pra
Line 5: jñāvādāṁś ca bhāṣaseti bījaṁ .. sarvadharmā
Line 6: n parityajya mām ekaṁ śaraṇaṁ vrajeti śa
Line 7: ktiḥ .. [

[
f.5v
Line 2: [ yaṁ
Line 3: brahmā varuṇeṁdrarudramaruta<ḥ> stunvaṁti !dī!<di>
Line 4: vyaiḥ stavair vedaiḥ sāṁgapadakramopaniṣa
Line 5: dai<r> gāyaṁti yaṁ sāmagāḥ .. dhyānāvasthi
Line 6: tatadgatena manasā paśyaṁti yaṁ yo
Line 7: gino ya!ṁ!<>syāṁtaṁ na viduḥ surāsuraga
f.6r
Line 1: ṇā devāya tasmai namaḥ ..9.. kṛ
Line 2: ṣṇaṁ kamalapatrākhyaṁ puṇyaḥ
Line 3: śravaṇakīrtanāt .. vāsude
Line 4: vaṁ jagadyoniṁ nomi<naumi> nārāya
Line 5: ṇo hariṁ ..10..
.. cha .. cha .. cha .. iti kavacaṁ samāptaṁ .. śrīdavyā
work 2:
f.6v
Line 1: õ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya .. dhṛta
Line 2: rāṣṭra uvāca ..
dharmakṣetre kurukṣetre sa
Line 3: mavetā yuyutsavaḥ .. māmakāḥ pāṇḍavāś cai
Line 4: va kim akurvata saṁjaya ..1.. [
f.103v
Line 5: [ yatra yogeśvaraḥ kṛṣṇo
Line 6: yatra pārtho dhanurdharaḥ .. tatra śrīr vija
Line 7: yo bhūti<r> dhruvā nīti<r> matir mama ..78..
f.104r
Line 1:
iti śrīmadbhagavadgītāsūpaniṣatsu
Line 2: brahmavidyāyāṁ yogaśāstre śrīkṛṣṇā
Line 3: rjunasaṁvāde mokṣayogo nāmāṣṭāda
Line 4: śo dhyāyaḥ ..18..
sādhāraṇa!t!<>saṁva
Line 5: tsare [jyeṣṭha] aṣāśuddhatrodaśī 13
Line 6: maṁdavāsare taddinedaṁ pu[kaṁsta]() nārā
Line 7: yaṇedaṁ pustaka .. śrīlakṣmīnṛsimahaḥ
Line 8: prītāṁ

f.104v
Line 1:
.. iti śrībhagavadgītā[prāraṁbhaḥ]() ..
Record revised:9 February 2012