Shloka 24

Cāturhotra as Inner Sacrifice (Yoga-Yajña) and Nārāyaṇa Recitation

Devanagari script

इस प्रकार श्रीमह्याभारत आश्वमेधिकपर्वके अन्तर्गत अनुगीतापर्वमें ब्राह्मण-गीताविषयक चौबीसवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ

Transliteration

iti prakāraḥ śrīmahābhārate āśvamedhika-parvake antargata anugītā-parvaṇi brāhmaṇa-gītā-viṣayakaś caturviṁśatitamo 'dhyāyaḥ samāptaḥ

Translation

Así concluye el capítulo vigésimo cuarto, sobre el tema del “Canto del brāhmaṇa” (Brāhmaṇa-gītā), dentro de la sección Anugītā del Aśvamedhika Parva del venerado Mahābhārata. La narración señala el cierre formal del capítulo, anunciando el paso a la siguiente parte de enseñanza y reflexión sobre el dharma.

Word by Word

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

• प्रकारेण: in this manner; by this way
• प्रकारेण: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रकार
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• श्रीमहाभारते: in the revered Mahabharata
• श्रीमहाभारते: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: महाभारत
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

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

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

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

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

• चतुर्विंशः: twenty-fourth
• Type: Adjective
• Root: चतुर्विंश
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

• समाप्तः: completed; finished
• Type: Adjective
• Root: समाप्त
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अभवत्: was; became
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू
• Form: Imperfect (Laṅ), 3rd, Singular

Speaker

नारद उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Mahābhārata
• Āśvamedhika Parva
• Anugītā
• Brāhmaṇa-gītā
• Nārada

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

This line is a colophon rather than a doctrinal verse: its function is to mark the completion of a chapter devoted to the Brāhmaṇa-gītā theme within the Anugītā. The implied pedagogical point is structural—signaling that a unit of ethical-spiritual instruction has concluded and the text is moving onward.

What is happening in the narrative?

The speaker label indicates Nārada, but the sentence itself serves as an editorial/narrative closure: it announces that the twenty-fourth chapter on the Brāhmaṇa-gītā topic in the Anugītā portion of the Aśvamedhika Parva has ended.