[South Indian Sanskrit MS 041, Whish MS 40] Subodhiní

Subodhiní

Language – Sanskrit

Date – [1800?]
Palm leaf; 8 or 9 lines on a folio.

Text consists of the Subodhinī, a commentary on the Bhagavadgītā by Śrīdharasvāmin, in 18 Adhyāyas.

Winternitz notes that there is an entry by C. M. Whish on the last folio, “Calicut 1826”, and that he things the MS may be 50 to 100 years older than this.

Text begins: vande kṛṣṇārjunau vīrau naranārāyaṇāv ubhau | dhārttarāṣṭrakulonmattagajārohaṇavallabhau | sāratthyam arjunasyājau kurvan gītāmṛtan dadau | lokatrayopakārāya tasmai kṛṣṇātmane namaḥ | … śrīmādhavaṃ praṇamyātha devaṃ viśveśam ādarāt | tatbhaktiyantritaḥ kurve gītāvyākhyāṃ subodhinīm | etc.

Adhyāya I ends on f.9, A. II on f.27b, A. III on f.40b, A. IV on f.54, A. V on f.63b, A. VI on f.74, A. VII on f.82, A. VIII on f.90, A. IX on f.97b, A. X on f.106, A. XI on f.120b, A. XII on f.126, A. XIII on f.137, A. XIV on f.144, A. XV on f.151, A. XVI on f.157b, A. XVII on f.165b, A. XVIII on f.190.

Text ends: śrī-Paramānandapādābjarajaśrīdhāriṇādhunā | Śrīdharasvāminā proktā gītāṭīkā subodhinī || iti śrībhagavatgītāṭīkāyām subodhinyām Śrīdharasvāmi-kṛtāyām paramārtthanirṇayo nāma aṣṭādaśoddhyāyaḥ || śrīkṛṣṇāya paramātmane namaḥ || svaprāgalbhyabalād vilokya bhagavatgītān tadantargatan tatvaṃ prepsur upaiti kiṃ gurukṛpāviyūṣadṛṣṭiṃ vinā | asya svāñjalinā rahasyajaladher āditsur antarmmaṇināvartteṣu na kin nimajjati janas satkarṇadhāraṃ vinā || hariḥ om, etc.

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.47-48. 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.