[South Indian Sanskrit MS 021, Whish MS 20] Śatarudriya

Language-Sanskrit
Date[1800?]

Manuscript consists of 3 texts: 1. Caraṇavyūha (f.1-4); 2. the beginning of a commentary on the Śatarudriya, or Rudrādhyāya (Taittirīya Saṃhitā iv, 5) (f.5-7); 3. Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upanisad or Śatapathabrāhmaṇa Upaniṣad (Kāṇva Śākhā) (f.8-96).

The Caraṇavyūha begins: athāthaś caraṇavyūhaṃ vyākhyāsyāmaḥ tatra yad uktāñ cāturvedyāñ catvāro vedā jñātā bhavanti | ṛgvedo yajurvedas sāmavedotharvaveda(ś) ceti | tatra ṛgvedasya sapta bhedā bhavanti | etc.

It ends: yodhīte caraṇavyūhaṃ sa vipraḥ paṅktipāvanaḥ | tārayaty akhilān pūrvān puruṣān sapta sapta ca | yo nāmāni purā devā amṛtatvāñ ca gacchati | lokātītam mahāśāntim amṛtatvañ ca gacchati | amṛtatvāñ ca gacchaty on nama ity āha bhagavān Vyāsaḥ Pārāśaryyo Vyāsaḥ || vāsudevasvarūpāya vivasvatbiṃbatejase | vedovaṃśāvadaṃśāya Vedavyāsāya te namaḥ || śrīgurucaraṇāravindābhyān namaḥ || śrībṛhaspataye namaḥ ||

Text of the commentary on the Śatarudriya begins: on namo rudrāya rudrāṇāṃ vyākhyāṃ vakṣyāmi yajjape | mokṣāghakṣayasālokyavyādhināśaṃ prayojanaṃ | atha jābālopaniṣat | atha hainaṃ brahmacāriṇa ūcuḥ kiñjapyenāmṛtatvaṃ brūhīti | sa hovāca Yājñavalkyaḥ śatarudrīyeṇeti | etc.

It ends: uktaṃ vāyavye | rogavān paredaṃ paretya rudrajāpañ cared iti | yajñasūktaḥ kalpaḥ | śatarudrā devatā asyeti śatarudryam ucyate || hariḥ oṃ | śubham astu

Text of the Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad begins: oṃ śrīgaṇapataye namaḥ | on namo brahmādibhyo brahmavidyāsaṃpradāyakarttṛbhyo vaṃśaṛṣibhyo namo gurubhyaḥ | śrīmad-Yājñavalkyagurubhyo namaḥ | hariḥ om | o nuṃ uṣā vā aśvasya meddhyasya śiras sūryyaś cakṣur vātaḥ, etc.

F.23 iti vājasaneyāntargata-Kāṇvīye śuklayajurvede bṛhadāraṇyake saptadaśakāṇḍe prathamoddyāyaḥ || Between the first and second Adhyāyas a description of the Pañcagavyavidhi is inserted (f.23).

The 3rd Adhyāya begins f.37, the 4th at f.54, the 5th at f.74 and the 6th at f.82.

Text ends: o nuṃ iti vājasaneyāntaragata-Kāṇvīye śuklayajurvede śatapathabrāhmaṇe upatiṣṭhatsaptadaśakāṇḍe ṣaṣṭhoddhyāyas samāptaḥ || hariḥ | oṃ | śubham astu śrīrāmacandrāya namaḥ || ekapāc ca haviryyajña uddhārīty addhvaragrahau | vājapeyo rājasūya ukhāsaṃbharaṇan tathā | hastī ghaṭaś citiś caiva sāntīty agnirahasyakau | aṣṭādhyāyī maddhyamaś cā aśvamedhaḥ pravargyakaḥ | bṛhadāraṇyakañ ceti kāṇḍās saptadaśa kramāt || oṃ oṃ oṃ | paraguṇaparadānaprastutāśeṣakṛtyā nijaguṇakalikābhir llokam āmodayantaḥ | aviditaparadoṣā jñānapīyūṣapūrṇāḥ karakṛtam aparādhaṃ kṣantum arhanti santaḥ || śrīgurubhyo namaḥ ||

Winternitz notes that there are entries by C M Whish (e.g. on recto of first (blank) folio, on f.7a and f.96a) which are dated ‘Calicut 1826′. The MS. is probably not much older.’

South Indian Sanskrit / Whish Manuscript Collection.

See ’A catalogue of South Indian Sanskrit manuscripts (especially those of the Whish Collection) belonging to the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland’ by M. Winternitz, with an appendix by F. W. Thomas (London: RAS, 1902) p.23-25. Go to http://tinyurl.com/j3tkdwj for a digital copy of this catalogue.

J. L. Whish, gift of manuscripts collected by his brother C. M. Whish, July 1836.

Text in Sanskrit; Grantha script.