Bhagavadgītā

Bhagavadgītā 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. The text 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 Upaniṣad 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 Dhṛtarāṣṭra, Sañjaya, Arjuna and 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 in (1b) from Asya Śrīmadbhagavadgītāmālāmantrasya, [2] Hṛdayādinyāsa verses (1b) from Nainaṃ chindanti, [3] Ceromonial metered verses a total of 11 in (3a) from Pārthāya pratibodhitāṃ, [4] Dhyānam verses (5a) from Yaṃ brahmā. The main text has 18 Adhyāyas (chapters) and 700 Ślokas (metered verses) which are [1] Arjunaviṣadayoga(47 verses) starting from speaker title Dhṛtarāṣṭra Uvāca in (f.5a), [2] Sāṃkhyayoga(72 verses)(f.11b), [3] Karmayoga(43 verses)(f.22b), [4] Jñānkarmasaṅnyāsayoga(42 verses)(f.28b), [5] Karmasaṅnyāsayogā(29 verses)(f.34a); [6] Ātmasaṃyamayoga(47 verses)(f.38a), [7] Jñānavijñānayoga(30 verses)(f.44a), [8] Akṣarabrahmayoga(28 verses)(f.48a), [9] Rājavidyārājaguhyayoga(34 verses)(f.52a), [10] Vibhūtiyoga(42 verses)(f.56b), [11] Viśvasvarūpadarśanayoga(55 verses)(f.62a), [12] Bhaktiyoga(20 verses)(f.71a), [13] Kṣetrakṣatrajñavibhāgayoga(34 verses)(f.73b), [14] Gaṇatrayavibhāgayoga(27 verses)(f.78a), [15] Puruṣottamyoga(20 verses)(f.81b), [16] Daivasurasaṃpadvibhāgayoga(24 verses)(f.84b), [17] Śraddhātrayayoga(28 verses)(f.87b), [18] Mokṣasaṃyāsayoga(78 verses)(f.91a–101b). This Ms. is written in 7 lines per folio. Cover and back page contains title. There are double red vertical margins on each side of the folio. The full stop style vertical brackets are in red. Mistakes are covered with yellow. The Ms. is dated in (f.102a).