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 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 in (f.1b), [2] Hṛdayādinyāsa verses in (f.3b) from Nainaṃ chindanti, [3] Ceromonial metered verses in (f.4a) from Atha dhyānam Oṃ Pārthāya pratibodhitāṃ a total of 9. The main text has 18 Adhyāyas (chapters) & 700 Ślokas(metered verses) which are [1] Arjunaviṣadayoga(47 verses) starting from speaker title Dhṛtarāṣṭra Uvāca in (f.6a), [2] Sāṃkhyayaga(72 verses)(f.14a), [3] Karmayoga(43 verses)(f.27a), [4] Jñānkarmasaṅnyāsayoga(42 verses)(f.34b), [5] Karmasaṅnyāsayogā(29 verses)(f.41b), [6] Ātmasaṃyamayoga(47 verses)(f.47a), [7] Jñānavijñānayoga(30 verses)(f.55a) Only 29 verses are present in the Ms. The 30th verse is present incomplete. The rest of the 11 Adhyāyas are missing. This Ms. is written 6 lines per folio in ornamental caligraphy block print style Devanāgarī script. Cover page is blank. In each folio the text is is enclosed in an orange rectangular frame with finner line borders around it, in variation of ornamental red, gold, black or tan alternatively. Introduction of speakers are in gold letters. Significant words and syllables are either in gold lettering or red. Mistakes are covered with yellow. Orange powder is rubbed over numbers for highlighting.