Shloka 43

Devanagari script

इस प्रकार श्रीमह्याभारत आश्वमेधिकपव॑के अन्तर्गत अनुगीतापर्वमें गुरु-शिष्य- संवादविषयक तैंतालीसवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ

Transliteration

Iti prakāraṁ Śrīmahābhārate Āśvamedhikaparvaṇi antargata Anugītāparvaṇi guru-śiṣya-saṁvāda-viṣayakaḥ trayastriṁśattamaḥ? (taina-cattvāriṁśattamaḥ) adhyāyaḥ samāptaḥ.

Translation

Thus, in the revered Mahābhārata, within the Āśvamedhika Parva—specifically in the Anugītā section—the forty-third chapter, dealing with the dialogue between teacher and disciple, comes to its close.

Word by Word

इतिthus

प्रकारम्manner/way

श्रीमहाभारतेin the Śrī-Mahābhārata

आश्वमेधिकपर्वणिin the Aśvamedhika Parva

अन्तर्गतेincluded/contained (in)

अनुगीतापर्वणिin the Anugītā Parva

गुरुशिष्यसंवादविषयकःconcerning the teacher-disciple dialogue

त्रिचत्वारिंशत्तमःforty-third

अध्यायःchapter

समाप्तःcompleted/ended

अभवत्was/became

Speaker

वायुदेव उवाच

Characters & Entities

Mahābhārata

Āśvamedhika Parva

Anugītā

guru (teacher)

śiṣya (disciple)

Vāyudeva (as speaker label)

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Cross References

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

This line is a colophon: it does not present a new teaching, but signals that the chapter whose topic is a guru–disciple dialogue has concluded within the Anugītā portion of the Āśvamedhika Parva.

What is happening in the narrative?

The discourse section ends formally. The text marks the completion of the forty-third chapter of the Anugītā-related material inside the Āśvamedhika Parva.