Shloka 49

Brahmopadeśa: Ahiṃsā, Jñāna, and the Kṣetrajña–Sattva Analysis

Chapter 49

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते आश्वमेधिके पर्वणि अनुगीतापर्वणि गुरुशिष्यसंवादे एकोनपज्चाशत्तमो5 ध्याय:,इस प्रकार श्रीमह्याभारत आश्वमेधिकपव॑के अन्तर्गत अनुगीतापर्वमें गुरु-शिष्य- संवादविषयक उनचासवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate āśvamedhike parvaṇi anugītāparvaṇi guru-śiṣya-saṃvāde ekona-pañcāśattamo 'dhyāyaḥ | iti prakāraṃ śrīmahābhārate āśvamedhika-parvaṇi antargata anugītāparvaṇi guru-śiṣya-saṃvāda-viṣayaka unacāsavāṃ adhyāyaḥ pūrṇaḥ

Translation

So schließt sich im Śrī Mahābhārata, innerhalb der Āśvamedhika-Parva—genauer im Anugītā-Abschnitt—der Guru–Schüler-Dialog: Das neunundvierzigste Kapitel ist beendet. Auf diese Weise ist das neunundvierzigste Kapitel, das dem Thema des Gesprächs zwischen guru und śiṣya im Anugītā-Teil der Āśvamedhika-Parva gewidmet ist, vollendet.

Word by Word

• इति: thus; end-quote marker
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति

• श्री: glory; auspicious honorific
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्री
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• महाभारते: in the Mahābhārata
• महाभारते: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: महाभारत
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• आश्वमेधिके: in the Āśvamedhika (parvan)
• आश्वमेधिके: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: आश्वमेधिक
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• पर्वणि: in the book/section (parvan)
• पर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पर्वन्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• अनुगीतापर्वणि: in the Anugītā-parvan
• अनुगीतापर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: अनुगीतापर्वन्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• गुरुशिष्यसंवादे: in the dialogue of teacher and disciple
• गुरुशिष्यसंवादे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: गुरुशिष्यसंवाद
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• एकोनपञ्चाशत्तमः: forty-ninth
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एकोनपञ्चाशत्तम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अध्यायः: chapter
• अध्यायः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: अध्याय
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

वायुदेव उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Śrī Mahābhārata
• Āśvamedhika Parva
• Anugītā
• Guru (teacher)
• Śiṣya (disciple)
• Vāyudeva (as speaker label in the edition)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

This verse is a colophon rather than a doctrinal statement: it marks the completion of the forty-ninth chapter of the Anugītā section, framed as a guru–śiṣya dialogue. Its function is to signal textual closure and preserve the work’s internal organization.

What is happening in the narrative?

The dialogue segment attributed to the teacher–disciple setting is being formally concluded. The edition’s closing line identifies the larger location (Āśvamedhika Parva), the subsection (Anugītā), and the chapter number (49), indicating that this chapter has ended.