Bhagavadgītā māhātmya

Bhagavadgītā māhātmya is a group of devotional verses dedicated to the popular work the Bhagavadgītā. Which is the 3rd part out of the 4, from the 6th Parva (chapter) of the epic Mahābhārata out of the 18 Parvas. Bhagavadgītā māhātmya is popular especially in Maharashtra used for private meditation and prayer. It is presented as a dialogue between the wild boar form of supreme Hindu deity Viṣṇu called Varāha and the earth (Pṛthivī). This Ms. opens with a praise to Pāṇḍuraṅga, a child form of the deity Kṛṣṇa in the opening Maṅgala vākya. There are a total of 23 verses in the text. There is a similar text with the same name is present also in the Padmapurāṇa. This Ms. is written in 9 lines per folio. Title of Ms. is present in (f.3a). Each folio has a double red restangular frame. Some words and numerals are rubbed with orange powder for highlighting. Mistakes are blacked out. Some corrections and additions in the margins.