Shloka 38

Sāttvika-vṛtta-kathana (Brahmā on the Conduct of Sattva) — Chapter 38

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते आश्वमेधिके पर्वणि अनुगीतापर्वणि गुरुशिष्यसंवादेडष्टत्रिंशो 5ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate āśvamedhike parvaṇi anugītāparvaṇi guruśiṣyasaṃvāde aṣṭatriṃśo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

ଇତି ଶ୍ରୀମହାଭାରତେ ଅଶ୍ୱମେଧିକପର୍ବେ ଅନୁଗୀତାପର୍ବେ ଗୁରୁ-ଶିଷ୍ୟ ସମ୍ବାଦେ ଅଷ୍ଟତ୍ରିଂଶ ଅଧ୍ୟାୟ।

Word by Word

• इति: thus; so
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति

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

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

• पर्वणि: in the parvan/book
• पर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पर्वन्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• अनुगीतापर्वणि: in the Anugītā-parvan
• अनुगीतापर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: अनुगीतापर्वन्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• गुरुशिष्यसंवादे: in the dialogue of teacher and disciple
• गुरुशिष्यसंवादे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: गुरुशिष्यसंवाद
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• अष्टत्रिंशः: thirty-eighth
• अष्टत्रिंशः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अष्टत्रिंश
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

Speaker

वायुदेव उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Śrī Mahābhārata
• Āśvamedhika Parva
• Anugītāparvan
• Guru
• Śiṣya

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

This line is not a doctrinal verse but a colophon: it frames the teaching as part of the Anugītā’s guru–śiṣya transmission and signals the completion of the chapter, emphasizing the pedagogical setting in which dharma and ethical instruction are conveyed.

What is happening in the narrative?

The text is closing the thirty-eighth chapter of the Anugītā section within the Aśvamedhika Parva, formally marking the end of that unit of the teacher–disciple dialogue.