Shloka 44

Brahmā’s Enumeration of Primacies (Ādi) and the Supremacy of Knowledge

Jñāna

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते आश्वमेधिके पर्वणि अनुगीतापर्वणि गुरुशिष्यसंवादे चतुश्नत्वारिंशो5ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate āśvamedhike parvaṇi anugītāparvaṇi guruśiṣyasaṃvāde catuścatvāriṃśo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

ଇତି ଶ୍ରୀମହାଭାରତର ଆଶ୍ୱମେଧିକ ପର୍ବର ଅନୁଗୀତା ପର୍ବରେ ଗୁରୁ-ଶିଷ୍ୟ-ସଂବାଦର ଚୁଆଳିଶତମ ଅଧ୍ୟାୟ ସମାପ୍ତ।

Word by Word

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

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

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

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

• अनुगीतापर्वणि: in the Anugītā-parvan (subsection)
• 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

• चतुश्चत्वारिंशः: forty-fourth
• Type: Adjective
• Root: चतुश्चत्वारिंशत्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

Speaker

वायुदेव उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Śrī Mahābhārata
• Āśvamedhika Parva
• Anugītāparvan
• Guru
• Śiṣya
• Vāyudeva (as speaker heading)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

This verse is a colophon rather than a doctrinal statement: it formally closes the forty-fourth chapter of the Guru–Disciple dialogue in the Anugītā section, underscoring the tradition of presenting ethical instruction as a complete, bounded teaching unit.

What is happening in the narrative?

The text signals the end of a chapter within the Anugītā portion of the Aśvamedhika Parva. It functions as an editorial/narrative marker indicating that the preceding instruction has concluded and the work will proceed to the next segment.