Manuscript Identifiers

Collection:UPenn Ms. Coll. 390
Item:2780
Repository:Rare Book & Manuscript Library
Institution:University of Pennsylvania
Location:Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Catalog:Poleman
Item:827

Contents

Work 1 (incomplete)

Locus:ff. 1r–25v
Author:Kṛṣṇa Dvaipāyana Vyāsa
Title:Mahābhārata
Part:Udyogaparvan
Part:Adhyāya 33–36.3
Colophon:none
Language:Sanskrit in Devanāgarī script

   Work 1.1 (complete)

   Locus:ff. 1v–12v
   Incipit: f. 1v
vaiśaṁpāyana uvāca ..
dvāsthaṁ prāha mahāprājño dhṛtarāṣṭro mahīpatiḥ ..
viduraṁ draṣṭum ichāmi tam ihānaya māciram ..1.. (Anuṣṭubh) ( MBh. 5.33.1 )
   Explicit: f. 12v
pradāyaiṣām ucitaṁ tāta rājyaṁ
sukhī putraiḥ sahito modamānaḥ ..
na devānāṁ nāpi ca mānuṣāṇāṁ
bhaviṣyasi tvaṁ tarkaṇīyo narendra ..119.. .. ( MBh. 5.33.104 ) (Triṣṭubh)
   Final rubric: f. 12v
iti udyogaparvaṇi viduraprajāgare adhyāyaḥ .. ..

   Work 1.2 (complete)

   Locus:ff. 12v–19r
   Incipit: f. 12v
dhṛtarāṣṭra uvāca ..
jāgrato dahyamānasya yat kāryam anupaśyasi ..
tad brūhi tvaṁ hi nas tāta dharmārthakuśalo hy asi ..1.. (Anuṣṭubh) ( MBh. 5.34.1 )
   Explicit: f. 19r
anukrośād ānṛśaṁsyād yo 'sau dharmabhṛtāṁ varaḥ ..
gauravāt tava rājeṁdra bahūn kleśāṁs titikṣati ..86.. ( MBh. 5.34.83 ) (Anuṣṭubh)
   Final rubric: f. 19r
iti udyogaparvaṇi prajāgare adhyāyaḥ .. .. ..

   Work 1.3 (complete)

   Locus:ff. 19v–25v
   Incipit: f. 19v
dhṛtarāṣṭra uvāca ..
brūhi bhūyo mahābuddhe dharmārthasahitaṁ vacaḥ ..
śṛṇvato nāsti me tṛptir vici[ṇītrā](trāṇī)ha bhāṣase ..1.. (Anuṣṭubh) ( MBh. 5.35.1 )
   Explicit: f. 25v
sarvair guṇair upetās tu pāṇḍavā bharatarṣabha
pitṛvat tvayi vartaṁte teṣu vartasva putravat .. .. ( MBh. 5.35.67 ) (Anuṣṭubh)
   Final rubric: f. 25v
iti udyogaparvaṇi prajāgare adhyāyaḥ .. ..

   Work 1.4 (incomplete)

   Locus:f. 25v
   Incipit: f. 25v
vidura uvāca ..
atraivodāharaṁtīmam itihāsaṁ purātanaṁ ..
ātreyasya ca saṁvādaṁ sādhyānāṁ ceti naḥ śrutaṁ ..1.. (Anuṣṭubh) ( MBh. 5.36.1 )
   Explicit: f. 25v
sādhyā devā vayam ete maharṣe
dṛṣṭvā bhavaṁtaṁ na śaknumo 'numātuṁ
śrutena dhīrobuddhimāṁs tvaṁ mato naḥ
kāvyāṁ vācaṁ vaktum arhasy udārāṁ ..3.. (Triṣṭubh)
   Final rubric:none

Work 2 (incomplete)

Locus:ff. 1r–25v
Author:Nīlakaṇṭhabhaṭṭa
Part:Udyogaparvan
Part:Adhyāya 33–36.3
Colophon:none
Note:The manuscript contains MBh. 5.33.1–5.36.3 with Nīlakaṇṭhabhaṭṭa's commentary but ends abruptly.
Language:Sanskrit in Devanāgarī script

   Work 2.1 (complete)

   Locus:ff. 1v–12v
   Incipit: f. 1vf. 2r
dvāstham iti ..1..2..3..4..5.. .. ..
akalpo na kiṁ tu kalpaḥ samartha eva sarvadā vidurasaṁdarśanaṁ mamāpratyākhyeyam ity arthaḥ ..
jātu kadācit ..
athavā kalpaḥ kalpanāsaṁśayam ity arthaḥ ..
7..8..9..
prajāgaraṁ nidrayā abhāvaṁ ..10.. ..
   Explicit: f. 12v
..118..
tarkaṇīyaḥ śaṁkyaḥ ..119.. ..
   Final rubric: f. 12v
iti viduravākye adhyāyaḥ .. .. ..

   Work 2.2 (complete)

   Locus:ff. 12v–19r
   Incipit: f. 12v
dahyamānasya ciṁtāgnineti śeṣaḥ ..
dharmārthayoḥ kuśalaḥ mokṣasya vaktum anadhikārāt .
dvayor eva grahaḥ ..1..
   Explicit: f. 19r
anukrośāt dayālutvāt .
anṛśaṁsyāt . akrauryāt ..86..
   Final rubric: f. 19r
iti viduravākyavyākhyāne adhyāyaḥ .. ..

   Work 2.3 (complete)

   Locus:ff. 19v–25v
   Incipit: f. 19v
brūhīti ..1..
ārjavaṁ avaiṣamyaṁ ..2..3..4..5..6..7..
   Explicit: f. 25rf. 25v
buddhir eva yeṣāṁ bhalasiddhau sādhanaṁ tā ni buddhiśreṣṭhāni praśastatamāni karmāṇi ..
bāhumadhyāni bāhubalasādhyāni madhyāni ..
jaṁghe ti gopanīyatvaṁ lakṣyate ..
tena kapaṭasādhyāni jaghanyāni nīcāni .
eṣām siddhau svaśirasi bhāraḥ saṁkaṭaṁ patati
tāni nīcatarāṇi ..74..
tatrāṁtyadvayavaṁto duryodhanādaya iti matvā prā ha..
duryodhana iti ..75..76.. ..
   Final rubric: f. 25v
ity udyogaparvaṇi viduravyākhyāne adhyāyaḥ .. ..

   Work 2.4 (incomplete)

   Locus:f. 25v
   Incipit: f. 25v
atraiveti ..1..
[[?]]haṁsarūpeṇa parivrājakarūpeṇa ..2..
anumātuṁ liṁgena jñātuṁ ..
kāvyāṁ vidvallakṣaṇābhidhāyinīṁ ..3.. ..
   Explicit:included in incipit
   Final rubric:none

Physical description

Form:Folia
Material:Paper
Extent:25 folia
Dimension:13 x 25 cm (h x w)
Foliation: Foliated in the upper left and lower right margins on the verso of each folio, except the last, f. 25v, which lacks the number in the upper left margin.
   Formula:1–25
   Signatures:vi0 nī0 appears above the folio number in the upper left margin on the verso of each folio, except the first, f. 1v and last, f. 25v.
Collation: Alternating single and paired folios.
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
Condition:Incomplete. Occasional wormholes. The first and last leaves have marginal damage.
Binding: Unbound
Layout:Written in 10–12 lines per page. The base text is written indented with commentary above and below in an hourglass arrangement.

History

Origin: 17–
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
SubjectLC:Manuscripts, Sanskrit – 18th century
SubjectLC:Manuscripts – India – 18th century
SubjectSL:Mahābhārata

Record history

Revised: 29 February 2012

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Transcription (text structure)


Mūla:

Adhyāya 33:
vaiśaṁpāyana uvāca ..
dvāsthaṁ prāha mahāprājño dhṛtarāṣṭro mahīpatiḥ ..
viduraṁ draṣṭum ichāmi tam ihānaya māciram ..1.. (Anuṣṭubh) ( MBh. 5.33.1 )
<...>
<...>
pradāyaiṣām ucitaṁ tāta rājyaṁ
sukhī putraiḥ sahito modamānaḥ ..
na devānāṁ nāpi ca mānuṣāṇāṁ
bhaviṣyasi tvaṁ tarkaṇīyo narendra ..119.. .. ( MBh. 5.33.104 ) (Triṣṭubh)
iti udyogaparvaṇi viduraprajāgare adhyāyaḥ .. ..

Adhyāya 34:
dhṛtarāṣṭra uvāca ..
jāgrato dahyamānasya yat kāryam anupaśyasi ..
tad brūhi tvaṁ hi nas tāta dharmārthakuśalo hy asi ..1.. (Anuṣṭubh) ( MBh. 5.34.1 )
<...>
anukrośād ānṛśaṁsyād yo 'sau dharmabhṛtāṁ varaḥ ..
gauravāt tava rājeṁdra bahūn kleśāṁs titikṣati ..86.. ( MBh. 5.34.83 ) (Anuṣṭubh)
iti udyogaparvaṇi prajāgare adhyāyaḥ .. .. ..

Adhyāya 35:
dhṛtarāṣṭra uvāca ..
brūhi bhūyo mahābuddhe dharmārthasahitaṁ vacaḥ ..
śṛṇvato nāsti me tṛptir vici[ṇītrā](trāṇī)ha bhāṣase ..1.. (Anuṣṭubh) ( MBh. 5.35.1 )
<...>
<...>
sarvair guṇair upetās tu pāṇḍavā bharatarṣabha
pitṛvat tvayi vartaṁte teṣu vartasva putravat .. .. ( MBh. 5.35.67 ) (Anuṣṭubh)
iti udyogaparvaṇi prajāgare adhyāyaḥ .. ..

Adhyāya 36:
vidura uvāca ..
atraivodāharaṁtīmam itihāsaṁ purātanaṁ ..
ātreyasya ca saṁvādaṁ sādhyānāṁ ceti naḥ śrutaṁ ..1.. (Anuṣṭubh) ( MBh. 5.36.1 )
<...>
<...>
sādhyā ūcuḥ ..
sādhyā devā vayam ete maharṣe
dṛṣṭvā bhavaṁtaṁ na śaknumo 'numātuṁ
śrutena dhīrobuddhimāṁs tvaṁ mato naḥ
kāvyāṁ vācaṁ vaktum arhasy udārāṁ ..3.. (Triṣṭubh) ( MBh. 5.36.3 )
< The manuscript ends abruptly, missing an unknown number of leaves beginning with number 26 which contain MBh. 5.36.4–??. >

Commentary:

Adhyāya 33:
śrīgaṇeśāya namaḥ .. ..
dvāstham iti ..1..2..3..4..5.. .. ..
.. śrīkṛṣṇaparamātmane namaḥ ..
śrīnaranārāyaṇāya namaḥ .. .. .. ..
akalpo na kiṁ tu kalpaḥ samartha eva sarvadā vidurasaṁdarśanaṁ mamāpratyākhyeyam ity arthaḥ ..
jātu kadācit ..
athavā kalpaḥ kalpanāsaṁśayam ity arthaḥ ..
7..8..9..
prajāgaraṁ nidrayā abhāvaṁ ..10.. .. BhBhD. Part 3, V {u}dyogaparvan, p. 51b-52a
<...>
..118..
tarkaṇīyaḥ śaṁkyaḥ ..119.. .. BhBhD. Part 3, V {u}dyogaparvan, p. 57b
iti viduravākye adhyāyaḥ .. .. ..

Adhyāya 34:
dahyamānasya ciṁtāgnineti śeṣaḥ ..
dharmārthayoḥ kuśalaḥ mokṣasya vaktum anadhikārāt .
dvayor eva grahaḥ ..1.. BhBhD. Part 3, V {u}dyogaparvan, p. 57b
<...>
anukrośāt dayālutvāt .
anṛśaṁsyāt . akrauryāt ..86.. BhBhD. Part 3, V {u}dyogaparvan, p. 61b
iti viduravākyavyākhyāne adhyāyaḥ .. ..

Adhyāya 35:
brūhīti ..1..
ārjavaṁ avaiṣamyaṁ ..2..3..4..5..6..7.. BhBhD. Part 3, V {u}dyogaparvan, p. 61b
<...>
<...>
buddhir eva yeṣāṁ bhalasiddhau sādhanaṁ tā ni buddhiśreṣṭhāni praśastatamāni karmāṇi ..
bāhumadhyāni bāhubalasādhyāni madhyāni ..
jaṁghe ti gopanīyatvaṁ lakṣyate ..
tena kapaṭasādhyāni jaghanyāni nīcāni .
eṣām siddhau svaśirasi bhāraḥ saṁkaṭaṁ patati
tāni nīcatarāṇi ..74..
tatrāṁtyadvayavaṁto duryodhanādaya iti matvā prā ha..
duryodhana iti ..75..76.. .. BhBhD. Part 3, V {u}dyogaparvan, p. 65a
ity udyogaparvaṇi viduravyākhyāne adhyāyaḥ .. ..

Adhyāya 36:
atraiveti ..1..
[[?]]haṁsarūpeṇa parivrājakarūpeṇa ..2..
anumātuṁ liṁgena jñātuṁ ..
kāvyāṁ vidvallakṣaṇābhidhāyinīṁ ..3.. .. BhBhD. Part 3, V {u}dyogaparvan, p. 65b