Mahapurana Part 1

SR No.: 002722
Original Sutra Author: Pushpadant
Author: P L Vaidya
Publisher: Bharatiya Gyanpith
Publication Year: 1979
Total Pages: 560
Language: Hindi, Apbhramsa
Classification: Book_Devnagari & Mythology
File Size: 11 MB

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INTRODUCTION
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Mss. represents an older recension than the other one. Occasional disagreement between G and K is due to the fact that K represents a mixed version, the text in it being corrected on the model of the text in the MBP group at numerous places. I have noted all such places in the Critical Apparatus where I was able to read the original and the corrected variants, but at places the pigment or the ink was applied rather thick which made it difficult for me to decipher the Ms. correctly.
The second group of Mss. in my Critical Apparatus is represented by M, B and P. Besides these, I had an occasion to consult three more Mss., one from the Sena Gana Bhāndāra at Kāranjā and two from the Bhandarkar Oriental Research Institute, Poona. All the Mss. of this group contain the Prasasti stanzas, (i) and (iii-viii) given above. Over and above this they also contain the following ; (b) 9. ( i ) बलिजीमूतदधीचिषु सर्वेषु स्वगितामुपगतेषु ।
संप्रत्यनन्यगतिकस्त्यागगुणो भरतमावसति ॥ ( Found at the beginning of the third sandhi.) 10. ( ii ) आश्रयवशेन भवति प्रायः सर्वस्य वस्तुनोऽतिशयः ।
भरताश्रयेण संप्रति पश्य गुणा मुख्यतां प्राप्ताः॥ ( Found at the beginning of the fourth samdhi. ) 11. ( iii ) श्रीर्वाग्देव्यै कुप्यति वाग्देवी द्वेष्टि संततं लक्ष्म्यै ।
___ भरतमनुगम्य सांप्रतमनयोरात्यन्तिकं प्रेम ॥ ( Found at the beginning of the sixth samdhi.) 12. ( iv ) हंहो भद्र प्रचण्डावनिपतिभवने त्यागसंख्यानकर्ता
कोऽयं श्यामः प्रधानः प्रवरकरिकराकारबाहुः प्रसन्नः । धन्यः प्रालेयपिण्डोपमधवलयशोधौतधात्रीतलान्तः
ख्यातो बन्धुः कवीनां भरत इति कथं पान्थ जानासि नो त्वम् ॥ ( Found at the beginning of the seventh samdhi.) 13. ( v ) मातर्वसुंधरि कुतूहलिनो ममैत
दापृच्छतः कथय सत्यमपास्य शाठ्यम् । त्यागी गुणी प्रियतमः सुभगोऽतिमानी
किं वास्ति नास्ति सदृशो भरतार्यतुल्यः ॥ ( Found at the beginning of the eighth samdhi,) 14. ( vi ) सूर्यात्तेज ( ?) गभीरिमा जलनिधेः स्थैर्य सुरातविधोः
सौम्यत्वं कुसुमायुधात्सुभगतां त्यागं बले: संभ्रमान् । एकीकृत्य विनिर्मितोऽतिचतुरो धात्रा सखे सांप्रतं
भरतार्यो गुणवान् सुलब्धयशसः खण्डः (?) कवेर्वल्लभः ॥ ( Found at the beginning of the eleventh samdhi. )