Shloka 30

अम्बरीषगाथा—गुणत्रयविभागः तथा लोभनिग्रहः

Ambarīṣa’s Gāthā: The Guṇas and the Restraint of Greed

Devanagari script

इस प्रकार श्रीमह्याभारत आश्वमेधिकपर्वके अन्तर्गत अनुगीतापर्वमें ब्राह्मणगीताविषयक तीसवाँ अध्याय प्रा हुआ

Transliteration

iti prakāraṁ śrī-mahābhārate āśvamedhika-parvake antargata anugītā-parvaṇi brāhmaṇa-gītā-viṣayaka triṁśattamo 'dhyāyaḥ prāptaḥ

Translation

Thus, in the revered Mahābhārata, within the Āśvamedhika Parva, in the Anugītā section, the thirtieth chapter concerning the Brāhmaṇa’s Song has been concluded.

Word by Word

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

• प्रकारम्: manner; way
• प्रकारम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रकार
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• श्रीमहाभारते: in the venerable Mahabharata
• श्रीमहाभारते: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्रीमहाभारत
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• आश्वमेधिकपर्वणि: in the Ashvamedhika Parva
• आश्वमेधिकपर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: आश्वमेधिकपर्व
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• अन्तर्गत: included; contained (within)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अन्तर्गत
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• अनुगीतापर्वणि: in the Anugita Parva
• अनुगीतापर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: अनुगीतापर्व
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• ब्राह्मणगीताविषयक: concerning the Brahmana-gita
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ब्राह्मणगीताविषयक
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• त्रिंशत्तमः: thirtieth
• Type: Adjective
• Root: त्रिंशत्तम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

• प्राप्तः: has been reached/obtained; is concluded/arrived
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्राप्त
• Form: Perfective (past participle used predicatively), Singular

Speaker

ब्राह्मण उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Mahābhārata
• Āśvamedhika Parva
• Anugītā
• Brāhmaṇa-gītā

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

This line itself does not teach doctrine; it functions as a colophon, indicating that the chapter dealing with the Brāhmaṇa’s didactic discourse (Brāhmaṇa-gītā) has reached its end within the Anugītā portion of the Āśvamedhika Parva.

What is happening in the narrative?

The text is marking a structural boundary: it announces the completion of the thirtieth chapter on the subject of the Brāhmaṇa’s teaching within the Anugītā section of the Āśvamedhika Parva.