________________
Vedanta
[381
नवरत्नप्रकाश
Navaratnaprakāša
No. 381
N.
631
No. 1886-92
Size.- 101 in. by 4fs in.
Extent. - 11 leaves ; 7 lines to a page ; 28 letters to a line.
Description.- Country paper thin, rough and grey. Devanāgari
Characters; handwriting large bold and uniform. Borders ruled with two spaced double red lines. Yellow pigment frequently used for corrections. The original Navaratna consists of 9verses (See foll. 16, 56,6b-7a; 76; 8a, 9a, 96, 10a, 106 ) and the Prakāśa is a commentary on this. The foll. have been eaten away near the right margin.'
Age.- Fairly old.
Author.- Vitthalesvaradiksita.
Begins.-fol. 1b.
श्रीकृष्णो विजयते॥ चिंतासंतानहंतारो यत्पदांबुजरेणवः॥
स्वीयानां तर्मिजाचार्यान्प्रणमामि मुहुर्मुहुः॥ १॥ ननु भगवदीयानां कथं चिंतोद्भवः॥ इत्थं आत्मनिवेदिनो हि भगवनजनाहाँ नेतरे....etc.
fol. 5b.
निवेदनं तु स्मत्तव्यं सर्वथा तादृशैजनः॥ सर्वेश्वरश्च सर्वामा निजेछातः करिष्यति ॥२॥...etc.
Ends.--fol. 11.
भक्तिमार्गे प्रवृत्तस्य दोक्षार्थमिदमुच्यते ॥ मंधस्य सूर्य इव तद्विमुखस्यात्र मार्थिता ॥१॥ भकिमार्गसुधासिधोर्विचारमपना स्पर्ष ॥ . स्फुटीकृतानि रत्नानि श्रीमदाचार्यपंरितैः ॥२॥
