Shloka 28

Kārtavīrya–Samudra Saṃvāda and the Jāmadagnya Precedent (आश्वमेधिक पर्व, अध्याय २९)

Devanagari script

इस प्रकार श्रीमह्याभारत आश्वमेधिकपर्वके अन्तर्गत अनुगीतापर्वमें ब्राह्मणगीताविषयक अद्वाईसवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ

Transliteration

iti prakāraḥ śrī-mahābhārate āśvamedhika-parvake antargata anugītā-parvaṇi brāhmaṇa-gītā-viṣayakaḥ advāviṃśatimaḥ adhyāyaḥ pūrṇaḥ abhūt

Translation

وهكذا، في «المهابهارتا» الموقَّرة، ضمن «أشفاميدهيكا پرفا»، وفي قسم «أنوگيتا»، اكتمل الفصل الثاني والعشرون المتعلّق بـ«أنشودة البرهمي». وهذه الخاتمة (الكولوفون) تُعلن تمام وحدةٍ تعليمية، وتُقيم وقفةً للتأمّل في الإرشاد الأخلاقي والروحي الذي أُلقي آنفًا.

Word by Word

इतिthus; end-quote marker

प्रकारम्manner; way

श्रीauspiciousness; honorific 'Śrī'

महाभारतम्the Mahābhārata

आश्वमेधिकpertaining to the Aśvamedha

पर्वकेin the parvan/section

अन्तर्गतincluded within; contained

अनुगीताin the Anugītā

पर्वin the parvan/section

ब्राह्मणगीताin the Brāhmaṇa-gītā

विषयकconcerning; relating to

द्वाविंशतितमःtwenty-second

अध्यायःchapter

पूरःcomplete; full

अभवत्was; became; came to an end

Speaker

ब्राह्मण उवाच

Characters & Entities

Mahābhārata

Āśvamedhika Parva

Anugītā

Brāhmaṇa (speaker/teacher)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

This line is a colophon rather than a doctrinal verse: it indicates that the instructional unit called the Brāhmaṇa-gītā chapter has ended within the Anugītā portion. Its function is to frame the teaching as a complete, self-contained lesson meant for recollection and ethical reflection.

What is happening in the narrative?

The speaker’s discourse reaches a formal stopping point. The text signals that, within the Āśvamedhika Parva’s Anugītā section, the chapter focused on the Brāhmaṇa’s teaching is now concluded.