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Shloka 231

Vāc–Manas Saṃvāda: Prāṇa-Apāna and the Primacy Debate (वाक्–मनस् संवादः)

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते आश्वमेधिके पर्वणि अनुगीतापर्वणि ब्राह्मणगीतासु एकविंशो<5ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate āśvamedhike parvaṇi anugītāparvaṇi brāhmaṇagītāsu ekaviṃśo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

So endet im Śrī Mahābhārata, im Aśvamedhika-Parva, im Abschnitt der Anugītā, unter den Lehren, die Brāhmaṇa-gītās genannt werden, das einundzwanzigste Kapitel.

Word by Word

इतिthus; end-quote marker

श्रीमहाभारतेin the auspicious Mahābhārata

आश्वमेधिकेin the Aśvamedhika (parvan)

पर्वणिin the book/section (parvan)

अनुगीतापर्वणिin the Anugītā-parvan (sub-book)

ब्राह्मणगीतासुamong/in the Brāhmaṇa-gītās

एकविंशःtwenty-first

अध्यायःchapter

Speaker

ब्राह्मण उवाच

Characters & Entities

Śrī Mahābhārata

Āśvamedhika Parva

Anugītā-parvan (section)

Brāhmaṇa-gītā(s)

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

This line is a colophon (chapter-ending marker), not a doctrinal statement. Its function is to locate the material within the Mahābhārata’s structure—Aśvamedhika Parva → Anugītā section → Brāhmaṇa-gītās—and to indicate that the twenty-first chapter has concluded.

What is happening in the narrative?

The narrative pauses to close the chapter formally. Such colophons are editorial/traditional signals used in manuscripts and printed editions (including Gītā Press) to mark boundaries of chapters and sub-sections.