Shloka 24

Garuḍa, the Brāhmaṇa’s Release, and Kaśyapa’s Counsel

Gajakacchapa-ākhyāna Prelude

Devanagari script

इस प्रकार श्रीमयह़्ा भातत आदिपव॑के अन्तर्गत आस्तीकपव॑र्में गरुडचरित्रविषयक चौबीसवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ

Transliteration

Iti prakāraḥ Śrīmahābhārata Ādiparva-ke antargata Āstīkaparva-meṃ Garuḍa-caritra-viṣayaka caturviṃśatitam adhyāyaḥ pūrṇaḥ abhavat.

Translation

So endet das vierundzwanzigste Kapitel, das von Garuḍa berichtet, innerhalb des Āstīka-Abschnitts der Ādi Parva der ehrwürdigen Mahābhārata. Dieses Kolophon kennzeichnet den Abschluss einer Erzähleinheit und lädt den Hörer ein, darüber nachzusinnen, wie beispielhafte Taten und ihre Folgen als moralische Unterweisung in die größere, auf Dharma gegründete Ordnung des Epos eingefügt sind.

Word by Word

इतिthus

प्रकारेणin this manner

श्रीमहाin the venerable Mahabharata

भारतin the Bharata (Mahabharata)

आदिin the beginning (Adi)

पर्वकेin the Parva (book/section)

अन्तर्गतcontained within

आस्तीकAstika (name)

पर्वणिin the Parva (section)

गरुडof Garuda

चरित्रof the story/deeds

विषयकconcerning

चतुर्विंशतितमःtwenty-fourth

अध्यायःchapter

समाप्तःcompleted/ended

अभवत्was/became

Speaker

पितामह उवाच

Characters & Entities

Mahābhārata

Ādi Parva

Āstīka Parva

Garuḍa

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

This line functions as a colophon: it teaches how the Mahābhārata organizes moral reflection through clearly bounded narrative units. By marking completion, it encourages the reader to pause and consider the ethical implications of the Garuḍa narrative within the broader dharma framework of the Ādi Parva.

What is happening in the narrative?

No new event occurs here; it is an editorial closing statement indicating that the chapter focused on Garuḍa’s account has concluded within the Āstīka section of the Ādi Parva.