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/arrived at. (This is a colophon-style closing line marking the chapter’s completion.)

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.