Narayaniya (Narayaneeyam)
by Vishwa Adluri | 41,385 words
The English translation of the Narayaniya (Narayaneeyam), literally, 鈥渢he work containing everything about Narayana鈥�) which is a small text of 1006 verses occurring in the Shantiparva of the Mahabharata. The aim of the text is the glorification of the God Hari-Narayana, who is described as the God of gods (devadeva). Narayana is described as the g...
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Note to the Translation
This translation is based on the constituted text of the critical edition of the 惭补丑腻产丑腻谤补迟补.[1] I have remained true to this edition throughout, even when some have been critical of the editor鈥檚 decisions.[2] I have compared the text of the critical edition with the text of 狈墨濒补办补峁囜弓丑补 (the vulgate) as reprinted in the Kinjawadekar or the 颁颈迟谤补艣腻濒补 Press edition and also with the popular Gita Press edition.[3] In some places, where I thought them significant, I have noted their divergences from the critical edition. Additionally, all lines and passages from the critical apparatus (that is, such as are found only in some manuscripts) have been translated and included in an apparatus. This edition can thus truly claim to be the most comprehensive edition of the 狈腻谤腻测补峁嚹珁补 currently available. As regards translations, I have consulted the three existing translations I am aware of: the English translation by K. M. Ganguli, the French translation by Anne-Marie Esnoul, and the Hindi translation by Pandit R. 艢膩stri.[4] Finally, I have also included excerpts from 狈墨濒补办补峁囜弓丑补鈥檚 commentary, the 叠丑腻谤补迟补产丑腻惫补诲墨辫补, in the notes where appropriate. Though sparse at times, 狈墨濒补办补峁囜弓丑补鈥檚 commentary is an invaluable source of guidance on difficult passages. As the greatest of the 惭补丑腻产丑腻谤补迟补 commentators, 狈墨濒补办补峁囜弓丑补鈥攖he Commentator, as Ganguli titles him鈥攄eserves much more attention and respect than he has been accorded in the recent period.[5]
Footnotes and references:
[1]:
S. K. Belvalkar, ed., The 惭补丑腻产丑腻谤补迟补 for the First Time Critically Edited, vol. 15: The 艢腻苍迟颈辫补谤惫补苍 [Part III: Mok峁dharma, A] (Pune: Bhandarkar Oriental Research Institute, 1954). The Sanskrit text (in Roman script) has been taken throughout from the electronic version of the 惭补丑腻产丑腻谤补迟补 critical edition provided by John Smith at http://bombay.indology.info/mahabharata/statement.html.
[2]:
See the chapter 鈥淗istory of Research,鈥� and, especially the section 鈥淭he Critical Edition of the 狈腻谤腻测补峁嚹珁补.鈥�
[3]:
Ramachandra Kinjawadekar, ed., Shriman 惭补丑腻产丑腻谤补迟补m. 艢膩ntiparv膩tmaka岣�, vol. 5 (Pune: Citrashala Press, 1932); Pandit Ramanarayanadatta Sastri Pandey, ed., 艢r墨manmahar峁 Vedavy膩sapra峁嚹玹a 惭补丑腻产丑腻谤补迟补, vol. 5 (Gorakhpur: Gita Press, no date).
[4]:
Kisari Mohan Ganguli, The Mahabarata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa Translated into English Prose. 脟anti Parva, vol. 2 (Calcutta: Bharata Press, 1891) and Anne-Marie Esnoul, 狈腻谤腻测补峁嚹珁补 Parvan du 惭补丑腻产丑腻谤补迟补, un texte 笔腻帽肠补谤腻迟谤补 (Paris: Les Belles Lettres, 1979). The Hindi translation is the same as the Gita Press (Gorakhpur) edition, cited in the preceding note.
[5]:
For the reception of 狈墨濒补办补峁囜弓丑补 in the modern period, see Christopher Minkowski, 鈥淲hat Makes a Work 鈥楾raditional鈥�? On the Success of 狈墨濒补办补峁囜弓丑补鈥檚 惭补丑腻产丑腻谤补迟补 Commentary,鈥� in Boundaries, Dynamics and Constructions of Traditions in South Asia, ed. Federico Squarcini (Florence: Firenze University Press, 2005), 225鈥�52. Among 狈墨濒补办补峁囜弓丑补鈥檚 critics are Franz Bopp, John Muir, K. T. Telang, V. S. Sukthankar, and Adolf Holtzmann Jr.