Shloka 47

Adhyāya 48: Brahmopadeśa on Prāṇāyāma, Sāttvika Vṛtti, and the Sattva–Kṣetrajña Question

Devanagari script

इस प्रकार श्रीमह्याभारत आश्वमेधिकपर्वके अन्तर्गत अनुगीतापर्वमें गुरु-शिष्य- संवादविषयक सैंतालीसवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ

Transliteration

Iti prakāraḥ Śrīmahābhārate Āśvamedhika-parvake antargata Anugītā-parvaṇi guru-śiṣya-saṃvāda-viṣayakaḥ saptacatvāriṃśattamo ’dhyāyaḥ pūrṇaḥ.

Translation

ດັ່ງນີ້ ຈົບລົງແລ້ວ ບົດທີ່ສີ່ສິບເຈັດ ອັນກ່ຽວກັບການສົນທະນາລະຫວ່າງອາຈານແລະສິດ ໃນພາກອະນຸຄີຕາ ອັນຢູ່ໃນອາສະວະເມດິກະປະວະ ຂອງມະຫາພາຣະຕະອັນສັກສິດ. ຄຳປິດນີ້ເປັນເຄື່ອງໝາຍວ່າ ບົດຮຽນໜຶ່ງໄດ້ສຳເລັດ ແລະຈັດວາງຄຳສອນກ່ອນໜ້າໃຫ້ເປັນການຖ່າຍທອດທາງຈິດໃຈແລະຈັນຍາບັນຢ່າງມີລະບຽບ.

Word by Word

इतिthus

प्रकारेणin this manner

श्रीमहाभारतेin the (holy) Mahabharata

आश्वमेधिकपर्वणिin the Ashvamedhika Parva

अन्तर्गतincluded/contained (within)

अनुगीतापर्वणिin the Anugita Parva

गुरुशिष्यसंवादविषयकःpertaining to the guru-disciple dialogue

सप्तचत्वारिंशत्तमःforty-seventh

अध्यायःchapter

सम्पूर्णःcompleted

अभवत्was/has become

Speaker

वायुदेव उवाच

Characters & Entities

म

महाभारत (Mahābhārata)

आ

आश्वमेधिकपर्व (Āśvamedhika Parva)

अ

अनुगीतापर्व (Anugītā Parva)

ग

गुरु (guru)

श

शिष्य (śiṣya)

व

वायुदेव (Vāyudeva) (speaker attribution)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

This line is a colophon rather than a doctrinal verse: it frames the preceding material as a completed unit of instruction transmitted through a guru–disciple dialogue, emphasizing the authority of disciplined teaching and the structured handing down of dharma-oriented knowledge.

What is happening in the narrative?

The text signals closure: it announces that the forty-seventh chapter on the guru–disciple dialogue within the Anugītā section of the Āśvamedhika Parva has concluded, marking a formal end to that chapter’s discourse.