Shloka 26

अन्तर्वन-विद्यारण्योपमा

The Allegory of the Inner Forest of Knowledge

Devanagari script

इस प्रकार श्रीमह्याभारत आश्वमेधिकपर्वके अन्तर्गत अनुगीतापर्वमें ब्राह्मणगीताविषयक छब्बीसवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ

Transliteration

iti prakāraṃ śrīmahābhārate āśvamedhika-parvake antargata anugītā-parvaṇi brāhmaṇa-gītā-viṣayaka ṣaḍviṃśatitamo 'dhyāyaḥ pūrṇaḥ

Translation

ഇങ്ങനെ ശ്രീമഹാഭാരതത്തിലെ ആശ്വമേധികപർവ്വത്തിലെ അനുഗീതാപർവ്വത്തിൽ ബ്രാഹ്മണഗീതാ-വിഷയകമായ ഇരുപത്താറാം അധ്യായം സമാപ്തമായി।

Word by Word

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

• प्रकारेण: in this manner; by this way
• प्रकारेण: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रकार
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• श्री: auspiciousness; honorific 'Shri'
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्री
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• महाभारते: in the Mahabharata
• महाभारते: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: महाभारत
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• आश्वमेधिक: Ashvamedhika (pertaining to the Ashvamedha)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: आश्वमेधिक
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• पर्वके: in the Parva-section
• पर्वके: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पर्वक
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• अन्तर्गत: included; contained within
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अन्तर्गत
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• अनुगीता: in the Anugita
• अनुगीता: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: अनुगीता
• Form: Feminine, Locative, Singular

• पर्वणि: in the sub-parva/section
• पर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पर्वन्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• ब्राह्मणगीता: Brahmana-gita (the 'song/teaching' of the Brahmana)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्राह्मणगीता
• Form: Feminine, Locative, Singular

• विषयक: concerning; on the topic of
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विषयक
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• षड्विंशतितमः: twenty-sixth
• Type: Adjective
• Root: षड्विंशतितम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

• पूरितः: completed; finished
• Type: Verb
• Root: पूर्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular, क्त (past passive participle)

• अभवत्: was; became
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू
• Form: Imperfect (लङ्), 3rd, Singular

Speaker

ब्राह्मण उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Mahābhārata
• Āśvamedhika Parva
• Anugītā Parva
• Brāhmaṇa (speaker/teaching figure)
• Brāhmaṇa-gītā

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

This line is a colophon rather than a doctrinal verse: it frames the preceding material as the completed twenty-sixth chapter of the Brāhmaṇa-gītā topic within the Anugītā. Its function is to mark closure and to situate the ethical/spiritual instruction within the epic’s larger structure.

What is happening in the narrative?

The narrative pauses to record a formal end-of-chapter notice. It indicates that the discourse attributed to the brāhmaṇa speaker has reached the end of its twenty-sixth chapter within the Anugītā portion of the Aśvamedhika Parva.