Shloka 47

Brahmopadeśa on Saṃnyāsa, Tapas, and Jñāna (ब्रह्मोपदेशः—संन्यासतपोज्ञानविमर्शः)

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते आश्वमेधिके पर्वणि अनुगीतापर्वणि गुरुशिष्यसंवादे सप्तचत्वारिंशो5ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate āśvamedhike parvaṇi anugītāparvaṇi guruśiṣyasaṃvāde saptacatvāriṃśo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

ઇતિ શ્રીમહાભારતે આશ્વમેધિકે પર્વણિ અનુગીતાપર્વણિ ગુરુ-શિષ્ય-સંવાદે સત્તેચાળીસમો અધ્યાય।

Word by Word

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

• श्री: auspiciousness; venerable (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 Aśvamedhika (section)
• आश्वमेधिके: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: आश्वमेधिक
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

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

• अनुगीतापर्वणि: in the Anugītā-parvan (sub-book)
• 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

• सप्तचत्वारिंशः: forty-seventh
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सप्तचत्वारिंश
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

Speaker

वायुदेव उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Śrī Mahābhārata
• Āśvamedhika Parva
• Anugītā
• guru (teacher)
• śiṣya (disciple)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

This line itself does not add a new doctrinal teaching; it formally closes the chapter and highlights that the instruction is framed as a guru–śiṣya dialogue within the Anugītā, underscoring the authority and continuity of ethical-spiritual transmission.

What is happening in the narrative?

The text signals the end of Adhyāya 47 in the Anugītā portion of the Āśvamedhika Parva. It is a structural marker (colophon) indicating that the preceding teacher–disciple discourse has reached a chapter boundary.