Shloka 34

Adhyāya 34: Kṣetrajña-Lakṣaṇa and the Araṇi Metaphor

Mind–Intellect Allegory

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते आश्वमेधिके पर्वणि अनुगीतापर्वणि ब्राह्मणगीतासु चतुस्त्रिंशो 5ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate āśvamedhike parvaṇi anugītāparvaṇi brāhmaṇagītāsu catuḥstriṃśo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

ಇತಿ ಶ್ರೀಮಹಾಭಾರತದ ಆಶ್ವಮೇಧಿಕಪರ್ವದಲ್ಲಿ ಅನುಗೀತಾಪರ್ವದಲ್ಲಿ ಬ್ರಾಹ್ಮಣಗೀತಾಸು ಮುವತ್ತ್ನಾಲ್ಕನೇ ಅಧ್ಯಾಯಃ ಸಮಾಪ್ತಃ।

Word by Word

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

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

• आश्वमेधिके: in the Ashvamedhika (parva)
• आश्वमेधिके: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: आश्वमेधिक
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

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

• अनुगीतापर्वणि: in the Anugita-subparva
• 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

• चतुस्त्रिंशः: thirty-second
• चतुस्त्रिंशः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: चतुस्त्रिंश
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

Speaker

अजुन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Śrī Mahābhārata
• Āśvamedhika Parva
• Anugītā-parvan
• Brāhmaṇa-gītā(s)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

This line is a colophon, not a doctrinal statement. Its function is to locate the material within the Mahābhārata’s hierarchy (Parva → sub-parvan/section → thematic set) and to mark the completion of Adhyāya 34.

What is happening in the narrative?

No narrative action occurs here. The text is simply closing the thirty-fourth chapter of the Brāhmaṇa-gītā material within the Anugītā portion of the Aśvamedhika Parva.