Shloka 27

अन्तर्वन-विद्यारण्योपमा

The Allegory of the Inner Forest of Knowledge

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते आश्वमेधिके पर्वणि अनुगीतापर्वणि ब्राह्मणगीतासु सप्तविंशोडध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate āśvamedhike parvaṇi anugītāparvaṇi brāhmaṇagītāsu saptaviṃśo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

Thus, in the Śrī Mahābhārata, within the Aśvamedhika Parva, in the Anugītā section, in the Brāhmaṇa-gītās, ends the twenty-seventh chapter. This is a colophon marking the close of a unit of teaching attributed to a brāhmaṇa speaker, situating the discourse within the ethical and reflective frame of the Anugītā.

Word by Word

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

• श्री: holy; venerable; auspiciousness (honorific)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्री
• Form: Feminine, nominative singular (honorific prefix used indeclinably in practice)

• महाभारते: in the Mahabharata
• महाभारते: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: महाभारत
• Form: Neuter, locative singular

• आश्वमेधिके: in the Ashvamedhika
• आश्वमेधिके: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: आश्वमेधिक
• Form: Neuter, locative singular (agreeing with पर्वणि)

• पर्वणि: in the book/section (parva)
• पर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पर्वन्
• Form: Neuter, locative singular

• अनुगीतापर्वणि: in the Anugita section
• अनुगीतापर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: अनुगीतापर्वन्
• Form: Neuter, locative singular

• ब्राह्मणगीतासु: among/in the Brahmana songs (Brahmana-gitas)
• ब्राह्मणगीतासु: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्राह्मणगीता
• Form: Feminine, locative plural

• सप्तविंशः: twenty-seventh
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सप्तविंश
• Form: Masculine, nominative singular (used with अध्यायः)

• अध्यायः: chapter
• अध्यायः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: अध्याय
• Form: Masculine, nominative singular

Speaker

ब्राह्मण उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Śrī Mahābhārata
• Āśvamedhika Parva
• Anugītā-parvan
• Brāhmaṇa (speaker/tradition)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

This line is not a doctrinal verse but a colophon. Its function is to close and authenticate the preceding teaching by locating it within the Mahābhārata’s Aśvamedhika Parva, specifically the Anugītā section and the Brāhmaṇa-gītās.

What is happening in the narrative?

The discourse attributed to the brāhmaṇa speaker reaches a formal stopping point: the text signals that the twenty-seventh chapter has concluded within the Anugītā portion of the Aśvamedhika Parva.