Shloka 39

Adhyāya 40: Brahmā on Mahān (The Great Principle) and the All-Pervading Puruṣa

Devanagari script

इस प्रकार श्रीमह्याभारत आश्वमेधिकपर्वके अन्तर्गत अनुगीतापर्वमें गुरु-शिष्य- संवादविषयक उनतालीसवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ

Transliteration

iti prakāraṃ śrī-mahābhārate āśvamedhika-parvaṇi antargate anugītā-parvaṇi guru-śiṣya-saṃvāda-viṣayakaḥ ūnatāliśattamo 'dhyāyaḥ pūrṇaḥ

Translation

So endet das neununddreißigste Kapitel, das den Dialog zwischen Lehrer und Schüler behandelt, im Anugītā-Abschnitt des Aśvamedhika-Parva des ehrwürdigen Mahābhārata. Dieses Schlusskolophon bezeichnet die Vollendung eines lehrhaften Austauschs, der nach den Erschütterungen des Krieges ethisches Handeln und diszipliniertes Verstehen begründen soll.

Word by Word

इतिthus

प्रकारम्manner/way

श्रीrevered/auspicious (honorific)

महाभारतम्the Mahabharata

आश्वमेधिकपर्वकेin the Ashvamedhika Parva (section)

अन्तर्गतincluded/contained within

अनुगीतापर्वमेंin the Anugita-parvan

गुरु-शिष्य-संवाद-विषयकconcerning the teacher-disciple dialogue

उनतालीसवाँthirty-ninth

अध्यायःchapter

पूरःcomplete

अभवत्was/became

Speaker

वायुदेव उवाच

Characters & Entities

श

श्रीमहाभारत (Mahābhārata)

आ

आश्वमेधिकपर्व (Āśvamedhika Parva)

अ

अनुगीतापर्व (Anugītā Parva)

ग

गुरु (teacher)

श

शिष्य (disciple)

व

वायुदेव (Vāyudeva) (as speaker label)

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 verse is a colophon rather than a doctrinal statement: it marks the completion of a chapter whose subject is the guru–disciple dialogue. Its instructional implication is to frame the preceding discussion as authoritative, pedagogical guidance on dharma and disciplined understanding.

What is happening in the narrative?

The text signals closure: the thirty-ninth chapter of the Anugītā section within the Aśvamedhika Parva is declared complete. Such endings help organize the epic’s didactic portions and indicate a transition to the next unit of narration or teaching.