Manuscript Identifiers

Collection:UPenn Ms. Coll. 390
Item:490
Repository:Rare Book & Manuscript Library
Institution:University of Pennsylvania
Location:Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Catalog:Poleman
Item:867

Contents

Work 1

Locus:ff. 1r-17v (complete)
Author:Kṛṣṇa Dvaipāyana Vyāsa
Title:Mahābhārata
Part:Śāntiparvan
Incipit: f. 1v:
|| janamejaya uvāca || || śaratalpe śayānas tu bhāratānāṃ pitāmahaḥ
(MBh. 12.47.1ab)
Explicit: f. 17r:
stavarājaḥ samāpto yaṃ viṣṇor adbhutakarmaṇaḥ
gāṃgeyena purā gīto mahāpātakanāśanaḥ ||127||

(lines three and four of star passage 98 inserted by M1.3 after MBh. 12.47.65)
Final rubric: f. 17r-f. 17v:
iti śrīmahābhārate satasahasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ śāṃtiparvaṇi rājadharme bhīṣmoktaṃ stavarājastotraṃ saṃpūrṇam ||
Colophon:None
Note:The concluding verse 127 on f. 17r, "Finished is this sin-destroying regal praise of Viṣṇu of wonderful deeds previously sung by the son of the Ganges (Bhīṣma)," and the final rubric on f. 17v, "Finished is the regal praise hymn uttered by Bhīṣma in the Rājadharma section in the Śāntiparvan in the Mahābhārata of a hundred thousand verses," identify the text as the Bhīṣmastavarāja, which comprises the contents of Adhyāya 47 in the Rājadharma section of the Śāntiparvan of the Ṃahbharata. (MBh. 12.47.1--12.47.72). Bhīṣma sings this praise of Viṣṇu just prior to abandoning his arrow-filled body. The manuscript is 75% longer than the text in the Pune critical edition. The last two verses of the text (MBh. 12.47.71-72) in the critical edition correspond to verses 119--120 on f. 16r of the ms., though the latter varies considerably. While the text of the chapter in the critical edition ends there, the ms. continues with six additional verses, four of which correspond with verses in the star passages in the critical apparatus: verse 121 on f. 16r corresponds with the first two lines of star passage 98 while the concluding verse 127 on f. 17r corresponds with lines three and four of star passage 98 inserted by M1.3 after MBh. 12.47.65. Verse 122 on f. 16v corresponds with lines 5--8 of star passage 94, verse 124 on f. 16v corresponds with lines 5--8 of star passage 99, and verse 125 on f. 16v--f. 17r corresponds with lines 1--4 of the same passage. Verses 123 (in Anuṣṭubh meter) and 126 (in Mālinī meter) are not found in the critical text or apparatus.
Language:Sanskrit in Devanagari script

Physical description

Form:folia
Material:Country-made paper.
Extent:17
Dimension:9.3 x 15.4 cm
Foliation:17 leaves, foliated 1-17.
formula: 1-17
Layout:Written in 7 lines per leaf.

Decoration

Color:Red ink used for invocations, introduction of speakers and colophon.
Illustration:Ornamental design in red and black on f. 1r:

History

Origin: 18--
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 -- Bhīṣmastavarāja.
SubjectLC:Manuscripts, Sanskrit -- 19th century.
SubjectLC:Manuscripts -- India -- 19th century.
SubjectSL:Mahābhārata

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f. 16v, f. 17r f. 16v     f. 17r
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Transcription

śrīgaṇeśāya namaḥ ||

|| janamejaya uvāca || ||
śaratalpe śayānas tu bhāratānāṃ pitāmahaḥ (
MBh. 12.47.1ab)
katham utsṛṣṭavān dehaṃ kaṃ cid yogam adhārayat ||1||

vaiśaṃpāyana uvāca ||
śṛṇuṣvāvahito rājan śucir bhūtvā samāhitaḥ
bhīṣmas tu kuruśārdūla dehotsargaṃ samāśrayat 2
...

śrībhīṣma uvāca ||
ārādhayāmy ahaṃ viṣṇuṃ vācāṃ jigadiṣāmy ahaṃ
tayā vyāsasamāsīnyā prīyatāṃ puruṣottamaḥ 13
...
iti vidyātapoyonir ayonir viṣṇur īḍitaḥ
vāgyajñenārcito devaḥ prīyatāṃ me janārddanaḥ ||11||

vaiśaṃpāyana uvāca ||
etāvad uktvā vacanaṃ bhīṣmas tadgatamānasaḥ
namaskṛtyaiva kṛṣṇāya prayāṇam akarot tadā 12
...
te rathair gaganākāraiḥ prayātā[]{ḥ} puruṣarṣabhāḥ
tena ghoṣeṇa mahatā kaṃpayaṃto vasuṃdharāṃ 19
tato giraḥ puruṣavarastaveritāḥ
surādibhiḥ pathi sumanāś ca suśruve
kṛtāṃjaliṃ praṇatam athāparaṃ janaṃ
sa keśavo muditamanā[]{ḥ} stavādṛtaḥ 20
anādinidhanaṃ devam aprameyaparākramaṃ
lokādhyakṣaṃ stuvan nityaṃ sarvapāpaiḥ pramucyate 21
kṛṣṇe ratāḥ kṣṇam anusmaraṃti
rātrau ca kṛṣṇaṃ punar utthitā ye
te bhinnadehāḥ praviśaṃti kṛṣṇaṃ
havir yathā maṃtrahutaṃ hutāṃśe 122
śuklapakṣe divābhūmau gaṃgāyāṃ cottarāyaṇe
dhanyās tāta mariṣyaṃti hṛdayasthe janārdane 23
yaṃ yoginaḥ prāṇaviyogakāle
ye tvaikacitte viniveśayaṃti
sākṣāt purastād dharim īkṣyamāṇaḥ
prāṇāṃ jahau prāptakālo hi bhīṣmaḥ
iti stavaṃ yaḥ paṭhati śārṅgadhanvanaḥ
śṛṇoti vā yadukulanaṃdanastavaṃ
sa cakradhṛk pratihatakilbiṣo jano
janārdanaṃ praviśati dehasaṃkṣaye 125
asiniśitasudhāraṃ yasya cakraṃ karāgre
maṇikanakavicitraṃ kuṃḍale yasya karṇe
bhramaraśatasahasraiḥ sevyate yasya mālā
hy asurakulanihantā prīyatāṃ vāsudevaḥ 26
stavarājaḥ samāpto yaṃ viṣṇor adbhutakarmaṇaḥ
gāṃgeyena purā gīto mahāpātakanāśanaḥ ||127||

iti śrīmahābhārate satasahasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ śāṃtiparvaṇi rājadharme bhīṣmoktaṃ stavarājastotraṃ saṃpūrṇam || ||
śrīgaurīśaṃkarārpaṇam astu || ||
śrīkṛṣṇārpaṇam astu || || śrī || ||
Record revised:19 October 2011