Shloka 24

Garuḍa’s Inquiry on Permissible Prey and Vinatā’s Counsel (ब्राह्मणावध्यता–उपदेशः)

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते आदिपर्वणि आस्तीकपर्वणि सौपर्णे चतुर्विशो5ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate ādiparvaṇi āstīkaparvaṇi sauparṇe caturviṃśo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

इति श्रीमहाभारताच्या आदिपर्वातील आस्तीकपर्वातील सौपर्ण-प्रकरणाचा चोवीसावा अध्याय.

Word by Word

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

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

• आदिपर्वणि: in the Ādi-parvan (Book of the Beginning)
• आदिपर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: आदिपर्वन्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• आस्तीकपर्वणि: in the Āstīka-parvan section
• आस्तीकपर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: आस्तीकपर्वन्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• सौपर्णे: in the Sauparṇa (Garuda-related) section
• सौपर्णे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: सौपर्ण
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• चतुर्विंशः: twenty-fourth
• Type: Adjective
• Root: चतुर्विंश
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

Speaker

पितामह उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Mahābhārata
• Ādi Parva
• Āstīka Parvan
• Sauparṇa (section related to Suparṇa/Garuḍa)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

This line is a colophon marking the close of a chapter; its function is organizational rather than doctrinal, emphasizing the careful preservation and structured transmission of the epic.

What is happening in the narrative?

The narrative pauses: the text formally announces that the twenty-fourth chapter of the Sauparṇa portion within the Āstīka sub-parvan of the Ādi Parva has concluded.