Śrībhagavadgītāpustaka

Śrībhagavadgītāpustaka is the 3rd part out of the 4, from the 6th Parva (chapter) of the epic Mahābhārata, that is Bhīṣmaparva. They are a total of 18 Parvas. It is more well known as a stand alone text than most other parts of the Mahābhārata because of it's attribution to Kṛiṣṇa and his teachings of Dharma. Because of the text being rich in philosophy it is considered to be like an Upaniṣada mostly by the Vaiṣṇava tradition. The text has elements of Yoga, Sāṃkhya and Vedānta school of Hindu philosophies present in it. The speakers of the verses are given as Dhṛtarāṣṭa, Sañjaya, Arjuna & Śrībhagavāna Uvāca. This Ms. contains a group of ceremonial initiation verses which are meant for public recitation, it is present in the start of the text which can be divided as [1] Karanyāsa verses from Asya Śrīmadbhagavadgītāmālāmantrasya and [2] Hṛdayādinyāsa verses in (f.1b) from Nainaṃ chindanti. [3] Ceromonial metered verses in (f.2b) from Atha dhyānam Pārthāya pratibodhitāṃ a total of 9. The main text is divided into 18 Adhyāyas(chapters) & 700 Ślokas(metered verses) which are [1] Arjunaviṣadayoga(47 verses) starting from speaker title Dhṛtarāṣṭra Uvāca in (f.3b), [2] Sāṃkhyayaga(72 verses)(f.8a), [3] Karmayoga(43 verses)(f.14b), [4] Jñānkarmasaṅnyāsayoga(42 verses)(f.18b), [5] Karmasaṅnyāsayogā(29 verses)(f.22b), [6] Ātmasaṃyamayoga(47 verses)(f.25a), [7] Jñānavijñānayoga(30 verses)(f.29b), [8] Akṣarabrahmayoga(28 verses)(f.32b), [9] Rājavidyārājaguhyayoga(34 verses)(f.35a), [10] Vibhūtiyoga(42 verses)(f.38b), [11] Viśvasvarūpadarśanayoga(55 verses)(f.43a), [12] Bhaktiyoga(20 verses)(f.49a), [13] Kṣetrakṣatrajñavibhāgayoga(34 verses)(f.51a), [14] Gaṇatrayavibhāgayoga(27 verses)(f.54a), [15] Puruṣottamayoga(20 verses)(f.56b), [16] Daivasurasaṃpadvibhāgayoga(24 verses)(f.58b), [17] Śraddhātrayayoga(28 verses)(f.61a), [18] Mokṣasaṃyāsayoga(78 verses)(f. 63b–71a). This Ms. is written 7 lines per folio. Cover and back page both contain title in red. There are 2 double red line rectangular frames with X on all 4 sides in which the text is enclosed in (f.1a), (f.1b), (f.71a) and (f.71b). There are double red vertical margins on each side of the folio. The (Pūrna Virāma) full stop style vertical brackets, speaker titles & significant words are in red. Numbers rubbed with orange powder for highlighting. Mistakes are covered with yellow. A few marginal corrections. The Ms. is dated Saṃvat 1872 & Śaka 1737 in (f.71a).