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

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

   Work 1.1

   Locus:ff. 1v–12v (complete)
   Incipit: f. 1v:
vaiśaṁpāyana uvāca ..
dvāsthaṁ prāha mahāprājño dhṛtarāṣṭro mahīpatiḥ ..
viduraṁ draṣṭum i
chāmi tam ihānaya māciram ..1..
Note:
MBh. 5.33.1
   Explicit: f. 12v:

pradāyaiṣām ucitaṁ tāta rā
jyaṁ sukhī putraiḥ sahito modamānaḥ ..
na devānāṁ nāpi ca mānuṣāṇāṁ bhaviṣya
si tvaṁ tarkaṇīyo narendra ..119.. ..
Note:
MBh. 5.33.104
   Final rubric: f. 12v:
iti udyogaparvaṇi viduraprajāgare adhyā
yaḥ .. ..
   Colophon:None

   Work 1.2

   Locus:ff. 12v–19r (complete)
   Incipit: f. 12v:
dhṛtarāṣṭra uvāca ..
jāgrato dahyamānasya yat kāryam anupaśyasi ..
tad brūhi tvaṁ hi nas tāta dharmārthakuśalo hy asi ..1..
Note:
MBh. 5.34.1
   Explicit: f. 19r:

anukrośād ānṛśaṁsyād yo 'sau dharmabhṛtāṁ varaḥ ..
gauravāt tava rājeṁ
dra bahūn kleśāṁs titikṣati ..86..
Note:
MBh. 5.34.83
   Final rubric: f. 19r:
iti udyogaparvaṇi prajāgare adhyāyaḥ .. .. ..
   Colophon:None

   Work 1.3

   Locus:ff. 19v–25v (complete)
   Incipit: f. 19v:
dhṛtarāṣṭra uvāca ..
brūhi bhūyo mahābuddhe dharmārthasahitaṁ vacaḥ ..
śṛṇvato nāsti me tṛpti
r vici[ṇītrā]()ha bhāṣase ..1..
Note:
MBh. 5.35.1
   Explicit: f. 25v:

sarvair guṇair upetās tu pāṇḍavā bharatarṣabha
pitṛvat tvayi vartaṁte teṣu vartasva putravat
.. ..
Note:
MBh. 5.35.67
   Final rubric: f. 25v:
iti udyogaparvaṇi prajāgare adhyāyaḥ .. ..
   Colophon:None

   Work 1.4

   Locus:f. 25v (incomplete)
   Incipit: f. 25v:
vidura uvāca ..
atraivodāha
raṁtīmam itihāsaṁ purātanaṁ ..
ātreyasya ca saṁvādaṁ sādhyānāṁ ceti naḥ śrutaṁ ..1..
Note:
MBh. 5.36.1
   Explicit: f. 25v:

sādhyā devā vayam ete maharṣe dṛṣṭvā bhavaṁtaṁ na śaknumo 'numātuṁ
śrutena dhīro
buddhimāṁs tvaṁ mato naḥ kāvyāṁ vācaṁ vaktum arhasy udārāṁ ..3..
   Final rubric:none
   Colophon:None

Work 2

Locus:ff. 1r–25v (incomplete)
Author:Nīlakaṇṭhabhaṭṭa
Part:Udyogaparvan
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

   Locus:ff. 1v–12v (complete)
   Incipit: f1v-f2r:
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 .. .. ..
   Colophon:None

   Work 2.2

   Locus:ff. 12v–19r (complete)
   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 .. ..
   Colophon:None

   Work 2.3

   Locus:ff. 19v–25v (complete)
   Incipit: f. 19v:

brūhīti ..1.. ārjavaṁ avaiṣamyaṁ ..2..3..4..5..6..7..

   Explicit: f25r-f25v:

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 .. ..
   Colophon:None

   Work 2.4

   Locus:f. 25v (incomplete)
   Incipit: f. 25v:

atraiveti ..1.. [[?]]haṁsarūpeṇa pa
rivrājakarūpeṇa ..2.. anumātuṁ liṁgena jñātuṁ .. kāvyāṁ vidvallakṣaṇābhidhāyinīṁ ..3.. ..

   Explicit:included in incipit
   Final rubric:none
   Colophon:None

Physical description

Form:Folia
Material:Paper.
Extent:25
Dimension:13 x 25 cm
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

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Transcription (Manuscript Layout)

mū:
aDyAya 33:
f.1v
Line 2: vaiśaṁpāyana uvāca .. dvāsthaṁ prāha mahāprājño dhṛtarāṣṭro mahīpatiḥ .. viduraṁ draṣṭum i
Line 3: chāmi tam ihānaya māciram ..1.. [
f.12v
Line 3: [ pradāyaiṣām ucitaṁ tāta rā
Line 4: jyaṁ sukhī putraiḥ sahito modamānaḥ .. na devānāṁ nāpi ca mānuṣāṇāṁ bhaviṣya
Line 5: si tvaṁ tarkaṇīyo narendra ..119.. ..
iti udyogaparvaṇi viduraprajāgare adhyā
Line 6: yaḥ .. ..
aDyAya 34:
dhṛtarāṣṭra uvāca .. jāgrato dahyamānasya yat kāryam anupaśyasi ..
Line 7: tad brūhi tvaṁ hi nas tāta dharmārthakuśalo hy asi ..1.. [
f.19r
Line 8: anukrośād ānṛśaṁsyād yo 'sau dharmabhṛtāṁ varaḥ .. gauravāt tava rājeṁ
Line 9: dra bahūn kleśāṁs titikṣati ..86..
iti udyogaparvaṇi prajāgare adhyāyaḥ .. .. ..
aDyAya 35:
f.19v
Line 2: dhṛtarāṣṭra uvāca .. brūhi bhūyo mahābuddhe dharmārthasahitaṁ vacaḥ .. śṛṇvato nāsti me tṛpti
Line 3: r vici[ṇītrā]()ha bhāṣase ..1.. [
f.25v
Line 5: [ sarvair guṇair upetās tu pāṇḍavā bharatarṣabha pitṛvat tvayi vartaṁte teṣu vartasva putravat
Line 6: .. ..
iti udyogaparvaṇi prajāgare adhyāyaḥ .. ..
aDyAya 36:
vidura uvāca .. atraivodāha
Line 7: raṁtīmam itihāsaṁ purātanaṁ .. ātreyasya ca saṁvādaṁ sādhyānāṁ ceti naḥ śrutaṁ ..1.. [
Line 8: [

Line 9: dhyā ūcuḥ ..
sādhyā devā vayam ete maharṣe dṛṣṭvā bhavaṁtaṁ na śaknumo 'numātuṁ śrutena dhīro
Line 10: buddhimāṁs tvaṁ mato naḥ kāvyāṁ vācaṁ vaktum arhasy udārāṁ ..3.. [ Commentary:
aDyAya 33:
f.1v
Line 1: śrīgaṇeśāya namaḥ .. ..

dvāstham iti ..1..2..3..4..5.. .. ..
Line 9: .. śrīkṛṣṇaparamātmane namaḥ .. śrīnaranārāyaṇāya namaḥ .. .. .. ..


f.2r
Line 1:

akalpo na kiṁ tu kalpaḥ samartha eva sarvadā vidurasaṁdarśanaṁ mamāpratyākhyeyam ity arthaḥ ..
Line 9: jātu kadācit .. athavā kalpaḥ kalpanāsaṁśayam ity arthaḥ .. 7..8..9..
Line 10: prajāgaraṁ nidrayā abhāvaṁ ..10.. ..


BhBhD. Part 3, V {u}dyogaparvan, p. 51b-52a [
f.12v
Line 1:

..118.. tarkaṇīyaḥ śaṁkyaḥ ..119.. ..


BhBhD. Part 3, V {u}dyogaparvan, p. 57b
iti viduravākye adhyāyaḥ .. .. ..
aDyAya 34:
Line 10:

dahyamānasya ciṁtāgnineti śeṣaḥ .. dharmārthayoḥ kuśalaḥ mokṣasya vaktum anadhikārāt . dvayor eva
Line 11: grahaḥ ..1..


BhBhD. Part 3, V {u}dyogaparvan, p. 57b [
f.19r
Line 11:

anukrośāt dayālutvāt . anṛśaṁsyāt . akrauryāt ..86..


BhBhD. Part 3, V {u}dyogaparvan, p. 61b
iti viduravākyavyākhyāne adhyāyaḥ .. ..
aDyAya 35:
f.19v
Line 1:

brūhīti ..1.. ārjavaṁ avaiṣamyaṁ ..2..3..4..5..6..7..


BhBhD. Part 3, V {u}dyogaparvan, p. 61b [
f.25r
Line 10: [

buddhir eva yeṣāṁ bhalasiddhau sādhanaṁ tā
Line 11: ni buddhiśreṣṭhāni praśastatamāni karmāṇi .. bāhumadhyāni bāhubalasādhyāni madhyāni .. jaṁghe
f.25v
Line 1: ti gopanīyatvaṁ lakṣyate .. tena kapaṭasādhyāni jaghanyāni nīcāni . eṣām siddhau svaśirasi
Line 2: bhāraḥ saṁkaṭaṁ patati tāni nīcatarāṇi ..74..

tatrāṁtyadvayavaṁto duryodhanādaya iti matvā prā
Line 3: ha.. duryodhana iti ..75..76.. ..


BhBhD. Part 3, V {u}dyogaparvan, p. 65a
ity udyogaparvaṇi viduravyākhyāne adhyāyaḥ .. ..
aDyAya 36:
Line 11:

atraiveti ..1.. [[?]]haṁsarūpeṇa pa
Line 12: rivrājakarūpeṇa ..2.. anumātuṁ liṁgena jñātuṁ .. kāvyāṁ vidvallakṣaṇābhidhāyinīṁ ..3.. ..


BhBhD. Part 3, V {u}dyogaparvan, p. 65b
Record revised:29 February 2012