Shloka 44

कālacakra-वर्णनम् तथा āśrama-धarma-निरूपणम्

The Wheel of Time and the Norms of the Āśramas

Devanagari script

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

Transliteration

iti prakāraḥ śrī-mahābhārate āśvamedhika-parvake antargata anugītā-parvaṇi guru-śiṣya-saṃvāda-viṣayakaś catuścatvāriṃśattamo 'dhyāyaḥ pūrṇaḥ

Translation

अशा प्रकारे श्रीमहाभारताच्या आश्वमेधिक पर्वातील अनुगीतापर्वात गुरु-शिष्य-संवादविषयक चव्वेचाळीसावा अध्याय समाप्त झाला।

Word by Word

इतिthus

प्रकारेणin this manner

श्रीvenerable/auspicious (honorific)

महाभारतेin the Mahabharata

आश्वमेधिकAshvamedhika (pertaining to the Ashvamedha)

पर्वकेin the Parva/section

अन्तर्गतincluded/contained

अनुगीताin the Anugita

पर्वणिin the sub-parva/section

गुरु-शिष्य-संवाद-विषयकconcerning the guru-disciple dialogue

चतुश्चत्वारिंशत्तमःforty-fourth

अध्यायःchapter

समाप्तःcompleted/finished

अभवत्was/became

Speaker

वायुदेव उवाच

Characters & Entities

Mahābhārata

Āśvamedhika Parvan

Anugītā Parvan

Guru

Śiṣya

Vāyudeva (speaker attribution)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

This line functions as a colophon rather than a doctrinal verse: it highlights the importance of dharmic instruction being transmitted through a structured guru–śiṣya dialogue, underscoring disciplined learning and faithful preservation of teaching.

What is happening in the narrative?

The text formally concludes the forty-fourth chapter of the Guru–Disciple dialogue portion within the Anugītā section of the Aśvamedhika Parvan, signaling the end of that chapter’s discourse.