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

So endet im verehrten Mahābhārata, innerhalb der Āśvamedhika-Parva, im Abschnitt der Anugītā, das zweiundzwanzigste Kapitel über das „Lied des Brāhmaṇa“. Dieses abschließende Kolophon kennzeichnet den Abschluss einer Lehr-Einheit und setzt eine Zäsur zur Besinnung auf die soeben dargelegte ethische und geistige Unterweisung.

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.